Bigger than basketball: Duke, filmmakers honor CB Claiborne, school’s first Black player
C.B. Claiborne’s Duke basketball story is worth remembering, and preserving. After a film screening highlighting the Blue ...
College of Idaho to name basketball arena in honor of NBA legend Elgin Baylor
The College of Idaho will rename its basketball arena to honor NBA legend and a pivotal figure in the civil rights movement, ...
In 1968, a southern Illinois native broke a major NBA color barrier
Jackie White, a native of Centralia, Illinois, in 1968 became the first Black person to officiate an NBA game.
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‘Watch That Tone and That Mouth!’: Outrage Ensues After NBA Star Anthony Edwards Boldly Tells Barack Obama ‘Don’t Talk’
Man” Edwards, 23, does not dim his confidence for anyone, not even the first Black president of America, former President Barack ...
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NBA Player Gary Payton II Invests In Black-Owned Water Bottle Brand SUPLMNT
The Black-owned water bottle brand SUPLMNT welcomes NBA player Gary Payton II as its latest investor. The brand was founded ...
Students celebrate Black history writing achievements during summit in Oakland
Hundreds of students gathered at the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall in Oakland Wednesday to celebrate and learn about history through the Student Black History Month Summit and Essay Contest.
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Bigger than basketball: Duke, filmmakers honor CB Claiborne, school’s first Black player
At one point early in a short documentary detailing his journey from his segregated high school in Danville, Virginia, to becoming Duke’s first Black basketball player in the mid-1960s ...