Color Line in Basketball

Geitner Simmons of Regions of Mind has a post about segregation in American sports, taking a special look at the history of the Harlem Globetrotters and their world championship against the all-white Minnesota Lakers).

America, 20th Century

Before Sharon can plant the imperial flag, let me say that Basketball (like Baseball, in their specifics) is an American game, invented ten miles down river from me in Springfield, Massachusetts. :-b