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Mar 2020
21m 49s

When Basketball Meets Jim Crow

The HISTORY® Channel | Back Pocket Studios
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March 28, 1939. Two teams are facing off for the final game of World Professional Basketball Tournament in Chicago, the first professional tournament to feature both white and black basketball teams. This is several years before the start of the NBA, and Jim Crow segregation was still the law of the land in many parts of the country. The New York Rens, an al ... Show More
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