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.
Stephen Curry strolled onto his old court, where he led the Golden State Warriors to the NBA Finals in five consecutive years, and the crowd engulfed him in a thunderous ovation. It was the kind of ...
And almost five decades later, forming well over 50% of the total NBA population, black or African American ... Players ...