A groundbreaking, timely history of the largely unknown early days of Black basketball, bringing to life the trailblazing players, teams, and impresarios who made the game From the introduction of the game of basketball to Black communities on a wide scale in 1904 to the racial integration of the NBA in 1950, dozens of African American teams were founded and flourished. This period, known as the Black Fives Era (teams at the time were often called "fives"), was a time of pioneering players and managers. They battled discrimination and marginalization and created culturally rich, socially meaningful events. But despite headline-making rivalries between big-ci ..

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Effective Customer Relationship Management (CRM) begins with a customer's first contact---whether on the Internet, through a call center, or in a brick-and-mortar store. Jems from Johnson: A Guide to Successful Customer Relationship Management provides an up-close look at the life cycle of the retailer-customer relationship. The quality of what follows the first contact, says author Claude Johnson, is every bit as important to your company's success as your product and your sales staff. Successful CRM is the art of amassing and using data effectively to identify your customers and communicate with them frequently in a style that is personalized and appropriat ..