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Basketball History and Racism

By jsniper_2nice

  • The Birth of Basketball

    The Birth of Basketball
    Basketball was created as a YMCA sport.

  • YMCA vs High School

    YMCA vs High School
    The picture above in crawfordville high school when they won the championship in 1902.

  • Basketball Started to Expand

    Basketball Started to Expand
    Social Tuner team played variety of teams in 1903.

  • First Black Team

    First Black Team
    first all-black fully professional African-American owned basketball team

  • Henry Biasatti

    Henry Biasatti
    The first international player in the league.

  • Earl Lloyd

    Earl Lloyd
    He was the first black person to play in the National Basketball Association, in the 1950–51 NBA season

  • Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton

    Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton
    Clifton was the first black player to sign an NBA contract.

  • Don Barksdale

    Don Barksdale
    Third black person in the N.B.A

  • Lynette Woodard

    Lynette Woodard
    In 1985, Lynette Woodard became the first woman to play for the Globetrotters