Claude Johnson

Claude Johnson is a historian and founder of the Black Fives Foundation. He has a BS in civil engineering and economics from Carnegie Mellon and an MS in mechanical engineering from Stanford. During a 20-year career in corporate America, Johnson held management and executive positions at IBM, American Express, NBA Properties, Nike, Phat Farm, and Benetton Sportsystem. He left to become a stay-at-home dad to his three student-athlete three sons, each of whom became NCAA Division I student-athletes; the oldest two in football and his youngest in basketball.

Claude Johnson's Titles

Black Fives The Epic Story of Basketball's Forgotten Era

The Black Fives

Before the NBA, before March Madness, and before basketball became a global sport, Black players, coaches, and entrepreneurs built a thriving...