Key Takeaways The journey of Black players in the NBA began with Earl Lloyd, Chuck Cooper and Nat “Sweetwater” Clifton in ...

On the night of October 31, 1950, Earl Lloyd, a forward with the Washington Capitols, became the first African-American to play in an NBA game. From that moment, Lloyd would forever change how ...

NBA TV discusses Earl Lloyd's pioneering entrance to the National Basketball Association. Sacramento King's majority owner Vivek Ranadive joins the show to talk about being the first person of ...

Earl Lloyd became the first African-American to play in the NBA game in 1950. While outright bans on Black hockey players are ...

The journey of Black players in the NBA began with Earl Lloyd, Chuck Cooper and Nat “Sweetwater” Clifton in 1950. The stories of these first Black NBA players, along with those who followed ...