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
An account of the 1954 Illinois High School State Championship basketball game between the DuSable Panthers, the first all-black team to make the finals, and a
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