Twelve years before Kentucky and Texas Christian. Seven years after Jackie Robinson’s first at-bat in the Majors. A color barrier in both sports and in Americ

In the face of centuries of institutional and interpersonal racism, in light of the signals they receive from society, and given the choices they must make abou

Links the history of race relations to the history of basketball by reviewing the era of the first Black teams, the first integration of teams, and the innovati

Chicago has garnered national recognition by winning the World Series, the Super Bowl, and a string of titles in the National Basketball Association. But amateu

The Crispus Attucks High School basketball teams of 1955 and 1956 made Indiana basketball history as the first all-black team to win a state championship and th