Calls to add Black referees from players such as Wilt Chamberlain, Oscar Robertson and Bill Russell played a role in Jackie White becoming the first African-American to work as an NBA official on ...
Jackie White, a native of Centralia, Illinois, in 1968 became the first Black person to officiate an NBA game.
And almost five decades later, forming well over 50% of the total NBA population, black or African American ... Players ...
The new film 'Sweetwater' will highlight the Hall of Famer’s journey as an early Harlem Globetrotter and one of the first black NBA players ... as the first African American to sign a contract ...