Apostrophe
This week, we tell the stories of three pioneers in the NBA – Chuck Cooper, Nat “Sweetwater” Clifton & Earl Lloyd. Three Black men that broke basketball’s colour barrier. Three incredible human beings whose stories we hope you remember.
Major sources for this episode include:
History.com: 9 Black Athletes Who Integrated Professional Sports
NBA History: Top Moments: Earl Lloyd, Chuck Cooper, Nat Clifton blaze new path in NBA
NBA: Six Who Paved the Way
NBA: How a trio of pioneers gave rise to racial integration in the NBA
New York Times – The Athletic: The NBA integrated 75 years ago with the debuts of three Black players
Andscape: NBA celebrating 75th anniversary of first Black draft picks
NBA History: NBA Pioneers: League celebrates 75th anniversary of first Black players
EJI: University of Tennessee Basketball Team Refuses to Play Opponent That Has One Black Player
Chuck Cooper Foundation: Timeline/History
WGBH: 75 years ago, the Celtics made history by drafting the NBA’s first Black player
Basketball Hall of Fame: Nat Clifton
ESPN: ‘Sweetwater’ brings memories of Nat Clifton breaking NBA’s color barrier and my father’s role in historic event
NBA: A timeline: Nat “Sweetwater” Clifton
Andscape: NBA pioneer Nat ‘Sweetwater’ Clifton was a Chicago legend
History – This Day In History: Earl Lloyd becomes first Black player to suit up in the NBA
West Virginia State University: Earl Lloyd
Basketball Hall of Fame: Earl Lloyd
NBC News: Today in History: Earl Lloyd Became First Black NBA Player
History: How the Harlem Globetrotters Rose From Obscurity to Become Global Stars
Writer & Host: Sidney Hirst-O’Reilly
Executive Producer & Co-Host: Terry O’Reilly
Researcher & Series Producer: Allison Pinches
Director: Callie O’Reilly
Supervising Producer: Debbie O’Reilly
Engineer: Geoff Devine
Theme music: Jeremiah Pick, James Atin & Casey Pick
Tunes: APM Music
John Grisham has authored nearly 60 books, adapted into nine motion pictures. He’s written over 50 consecutive #1 New York Times bestsellers and is considered one of the best-selling authors of fiction in the U.S. But there was a time when no one wanted his books. Not publishers, not agents, not readers. Grisham drove around Mississippi with boxes of his first novel in the trunk of his car. Then he got an unexpected phone call.
Major sources for this episode include:
John Grisham: The Firm – 35 Years Later
Mississippi State University: The John Grisham Room
Academy of Achievement: John Grisham
Rethinking with Adam Grant: What being a lawyer taught John Grisham about writing novels
C-SPAN – America’s Book Club: John Grisham on Storytelling and Justice
Sunday Sitdown with Willie Geist: John Grisham Opens Up About The Inspiration Behind His Writing
Crime Reads: My First Thriller: John Grisham
Slate: John Grisham on The Whistler, Writing Thrillers, and Righting Wrongs
New York Times: John Grisham Is Still Battling His Southern Demons
The Guardian: A life in writing: John Grisham
C-ville: John Grisham looks back on his 20-year journey from small town lawyer to literary titan
CBC: How John Grisham turned his passion for justice into bestselling legal thrillers
New York Times: Boxers, Briefs and Books
Writer & Host: Sidney Hirst-O’Reilly
Executive Producer & Co-Host: Terry O’Reilly
Researcher & Series Producer: Allison Pinches
Director: Callie O’Reilly
Supervising Producer: Debbie O’Reilly
Engineer: Geoff Devine
Theme music: Jeremiah Pick, James Atin & Casey Pick
Tunes: APM Music
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