Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton made history by signing with the New York Knicks, becoming the first Black player in the NBA. This ...

Black NBA pioneers like Lloyd, Cooper and Clifton faced hostility and racial prejudice, but their resilience paved the way for future Black players. The on-court excellence of Black players like ...

Earl Lloyd made NBA history by becoming the first Black basketball player to ever check into a ... You see Black folks and white folks pushing each other's cars through the snow." ...

Celebrating key Black players, coaches and referees who helped propel the sport of basketball ... a role in Jackie White becoming the first African-American to work as an NBA official on Feb ...

When that story ran in August 1980, the NBA appeared ... 70s, basketball traditionalists blamed “selfish” Black players for the decline of a once honorable and disciplined white game of ...

The NBA has recently celebrated and acknowledged the 75th anniversary of the first three Black players to take the court for the league. According to Andscape, during the 1950-51 basketball season ...

Some basketball fans may think of the 1970s as the so-called dark ages of the National Basketball Association (NBA). TV ratings were down. Attendance at games was low. And the league was seen as ...