Racism in Sport
Integration of the Black Athlete in Basketball
By: Trevor Bartoli and Keon Hughes
Taking A Stand
◦ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eO18D8_mCI
Texas Western Miners 1965-1966
The Journey and Milestones of Integrating
Blacks in the Game of Basketball
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George
Gregory Jr.
Clarence Walker
William Garrett
Pioneers into The Professional
Basketball League
Chuck Cooper
Nate Clifton
Earl Lloyd
Bill Russell & Wilt Chamberlin
A Growing League and its Changes
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Power house players: Russell and Wilt
Chamberlin (1950’s)
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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
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The Transition of Basketball
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3iJ
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Present Demographics of NBA
Salary Proxy for Skill Level
Status of Present Black Basketball
Figures
Donald Sterling Incident
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhT6d5fMhzI
Magic Johnson
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2014/04/usbasketball-team-protest-racist-comments2014428774149535.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
In Closing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1ymb
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References
 https://sports.vice.com/en_us/article/the-last-two-minutes-ofnba-games-a-history-of-racism-money-and-boredom
 http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/stories/010906aba.html
 http://www.blackfives.org/rens-break-pre-nba-color-barrier1948/
 http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2044405-racism-in-sportscomes-in-many-forms-must-be-fought-with-gestures-big-andsmall
 http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/12010612/nba-starsmaking-statement-wearing-breathe-shirts
 http://www.nba.com/analysis/rules_history.html
 http://www.besttickets.com/blog/unofficial-2014-nba-census/
 http://www.nba.com/2013/news/06/25/nba-diversity.ap/
 http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/diversity-in-the-nba-the-nfland-mlb/
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References Con’t
◦ http://blogs.weta.org/boundarystones/2014/03
/20/host-history-1966-ncaa-final-four-colefield-house
http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/basketballhis
tory.html
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/201
4/04/us-basketball-team-protest-racistcomments-2014428774149535.html