Make History Now! Combine lessons and stories of early African American basketball pioneers with appeal of sneaker culture and fashion to teach, enlighten, and inspire people in meaningful, action-oriented ways today.
 
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"These teams form our basketball family tree; these players are our on-court ancestors!"
- Claude Johnson

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Certain Materials Courtesy Of:

 
  • Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh

  • Converse, Inc.

  • Evan Posey Baker Collection

  • Fred Lavner Collection

  • Horne Family Photograph Collection

  • John Isaacs Collection

  • Lincoln University of Pennsylvania Archives

  • Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

  • New York Public Library

  • Nike, Inc.

  • Schomburg Center for Research In Black Culture

  • Spalding Sports Worldwide, Inc.

  • St. Philip’s Protestant Episcopal Church

  • United States Library of Congress

  • University of Pittsburgh Library

  • Zerbie Dorsey Swain Collection

 

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