White Male Ohioan Support For Black Basketball Players Goes Way Back

On March 3, 2008, in History, Humor, Politics, Premium, Race, by Black Fives

Black basketball players in Ohio have had strong support from white males as far back as anyone can remember, all the way to the 1910s.

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“We were helping our race by fortifying the bodies of our people in this, the struggle for existence, where only the fittest survive.”
-- Conrad Norman, Co-Founder, Alpha Physical Culture Club, 1910

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