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On April 25, 1950, Charles Chuck Cooper made history when he became the first African-American player to be drafted by an NBA team. But Lloyd found success elsewhere. He spent more than 10 years ...
Don Barksdale broke barriers as an African-American by becoming the first member of the U.S. Olympic basketball team (1948), the first to win a gold medal (1948), and the first to play in the NBA ...
Nat Clifton became the first Black player to sign a contract in the NBA when he signed with the Knicks in 1950. Less overt was the way in which Cooper, Lloyd and Clifton were deployed by their teams.
On Oct 31, 1950, Earl Lloyd broke the League’s color barrier when he entered the game for the Washington Capitols against the Rochester Royals (which today are now the Sacramento Kings).
Boston’s Chuck Cooper had been the first black player drafted in April, and Washington’s Earl Lloyd became the first black player to actually appear in an NBA game on Oct. 31, 1950.
Cooper was the first black player drafted into the NBA, joining the Boston Celtics when they selected him in the second round in April 1950.
LOS ANGELES – Tommy Hawkins, the first black basketball player to earn All-America honors at Notre Dame and who played for the Los Angeles Lakers during a 10-year NBA career, died Wednesday. He ...
Celebrating the key Black players, coaches and referees who helped propel the sport of basketball and the NBA.
Lusia Harris, who became the only woman to be officially drafted by an NBA team and scored the first points in women’s basketball history at the Olympics, died Tuesday, her family announced.
List of 1st Black players to reach NBA milestones. Celebrating key Black players, coaches and referees who helped propel the sport of basketball and the NBA.