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Sat, 12.26.1964

The First All-Black NBA Squad In America Plays

*On this date in 1964, the first all-Black National Basketball Association squad started a game. On Christmas Day of that year, the Boston Celtics defeated the Pistons 118-106. But the game produced an injury to Tommy Heinsohn.

With a game against the St. Louis Hawks the following day, head coach Red Auerbach needed to replace Heinsohn in the starting lineup. The legendary coach turned to Willie Naulls, a former All-Star, near the end of his career. Naulls joined Sam Jones, K.C. Jones, Tom Sanders, and Bill Russell in the lineup.

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What shall I give my children? who are poor, Who are adjudged the leastwise of the land, Who are my sweetest lepers, who demand No velvet and no velvety velour; But who... WHAT SHALL I GIVE MY CHILDREN by Gwendolyn Brooks.
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