HOMAGE is proud to partner with the BLACK FIVES brand to honor the pre-NBA history of African Americans in basketball through a new collection of looks celebrating the teams of the Black Fives Era, whose efforts not only elevated but shaped the game we know and love today. This collection pays homage to their pioneering, history-making, barrier-smashing spirit, grit, and determination.
In the first half of the 20th Century the sport of basketball, like American society, was segregated. Independent Black teams played throughout the nation in a well-organized, barnstorming circuit that helped produce teams like the New York Renaissance, arguably the most successful basketball team of all time. Their legacy, and that of every Black Fives squad, is one of incredible athletic feats and society-shaping excellence. Pay homage.
