Chuck Cooper Classic Tips Off Tomorrow

On December 3, 2009, in Basic, Community, History, NBA, Race, by Black Fives

In 1950, Cooper, a Pittsburgh resident and Duquesne University graduate became the first African-American selected in the NBA Draft.

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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.”
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