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Today, more than 75 percent of the players in the National Basketball Association are Black. But that wasn't always the case. When the league was founded in the 1940s, and for much of its early history, it was predominantly white. We sit down with former NBA player and coach Ray Scott to discuss the league's formative years and how it evolved alongside the civil rights movement.
Learn More: https://viewpointsradio.org/the-forgotten-history-of-the-nba
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Today, more than 75 percent of the players in the National Basketball Association are Black. But that wasn't always the case. When the league was founded in the 1940s, and for much of its early history, it was predominantly white. We sit down with former NBA player and coach Ray Scott to discuss the league's formative years and how it evolved alongside the civil rights movement.
Learn More: https://viewpointsradio.org/the-forgotten-history-of-the-nba
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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