Feb 27, 2018
5 min read
The Black-Versus-White Basketball Game That Integrated the Sport
Over 70 years ago, the Harlem Globetrotters took on the Minneapolis Lakers, and changed hoops forever
When the Harlem Globetrotters and the Minneapolis Lakers played an exhibition game in Chicago in 1948, critics dismissed the contest as a publicity stunt. There was no way the all-Black…
