Racism in Sport Integration of the Black Athlete in Basketball By: Trevor Bartoli and Keon Hughes
Texas Western Miners Taking A Stand ◦ 18D8_mCIhttps:// 18D8_mCI
The Journey and Milestones of Integrating Blacks in the Game of Basketball - oih George Gregory Jr. William Garrett Clarence Walker
Pioneers into The Professional Basketball League Chuck Cooper Earl Lloyd Nate Clifton
Bill Russell & Wilt Chamberlin
A Growing League and its Changes Power house players: Russell and Wilt Chamberlin (1950’s) The only white dominant players were Jerry Lucas and Jerry West in the 1950’s
Jerry West
The Birth of the Takeover In the 1960’s black’s took over They were developing a strong identity for the “Black Athlete” and those following The explosion of their talent helped solidify there equality as players Viewed still as an inferior race but were respected players
The Transition of Basketball N_oM4yk
Present Demographics of NBA
Salary Proxy for Skill Level
Status of Present Black Basketball Figures
Donald Sterling Incident
Magic Johnson basketball-team-protest-racist-comments html
Eric Garner
“They’re really questioning the justice system they’re questioning the process of the legal system and those who have authority and whether or not they’re abusing authority, and what’s the threshold to use that force, and so forth and so on.”
Areas that still need to be Improved
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