Claude Johnson

Claude Johnson is the founder and executive director of the Black Fives Foundation, which researches, preserves and showcases the pre-1950 history of African-Americans in basketball while honoring its pioneers. He bounces non-stop between that, his writing, and his home life, which includes three teen student-athlete sons in football and basketball.

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My sons, all Division I-caliber athletes, truly stand on their grandfather’s shoulders

Little did I know how much potential he saw in all of us

By Claude Johnson

5 years ago Sports

Basketball Hall Of Fame Induction Celebration

Trailblazer Ora Mae Washington should be in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

Her feats were ignored by white media but chronicled in the black press

By Claude Johnson

5 years ago Sports

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Basketball legend ‘Coach Mac,’ John McLendon, finally in Hall of Fame as coach

He will become the only Hall of Fame member inducted as a contributor and coach

By Claude Johnson

7 years ago Sports