It would take 18 more years for the league to put a Black referee on the court for a regular-season game. It happened on Feb.

During his time suiting up for the Nets, Hoover wore only jersey No. 10 and put up 11.0 points, 10.3 rebounds, and 2.7 ...

Jackie White, a native of Centralia, Illinois, in 1968 became the first Black person to officiate an NBA game.

Gametime takes a look back at the 1968 Eastern Conference Finals and how the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. affected everyone involved.