How the 1966 Texas western basketball team affected segregation I'm college basketball
Historical context
1966
Segregation in college sports
Civil rights movement
Vietnam
Brown v board
Willie worsley
Important People
Bobby joe hill
Orsten Artis
Willie worsley
Harry flourney
David Lattin
Don Haskins
Importance
The importance of the 1966 Texas western team is that there were the first college basketball team to win the NCAA championship starting 5 African American players. They challenged the ideas of white players being better than black players by beating an all white Kentucky team in the finals. They opened the door to African Americans to play college basketball
Impact
The impact of the 1966 basketball team was seen almost immediately when the first African American player signed to play in the sec just months later. The person it who signed was perry Wallace. The rise,of African American players in college basketball continually happened over the next years by 1972 all SEC teams were intergrated
1966 Texas western team
Sean Casey
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How the 1966 Texas western basketball team affected segregation I'm college basketball
Historical context
Willie worsley
Important People
Importance
The importance of the 1966 Texas western team is that there were the first college basketball team to win the NCAA championship starting 5 African American players. They challenged the ideas of white players being better than black players by beating an all white Kentucky team in the finals. They opened the door to African Americans to play college basketball
Impact
The impact of the 1966 basketball team was seen almost immediately when the first African American player signed to play in the sec just months later. The person it who signed was perry Wallace. The rise,of African American players in college basketball continually happened over the next years by 1972 all SEC teams were intergrated