#Honoring History – The Black Fives

By Kelso Brown | February 29, 2016

Earl Lloyd. Charles Henry “Chuck” Cooper. Nat “Sweetwater” Clifton. Those listed above were the first African American players to enter the NBA in the 1950’s. But, let’s jump back a few years to before there were any African American Players in the NBA. From 1904 to the 1950’s, 13 years after basketball was invented the…

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