Project essay

The obstacles that African American faced in the early 1900s while trying to play basketball were racism and the Jim Crow laws were still around which limit blacks rights. They overcame these obstacles and open the door for many other athletes today.
The early African Americans faced struggles up to the 1950s. They faced Jim Crow laws, which prevented African –American to play or get involve with certain activities. It made it hard for them to play Basketball in some college Universities because they couldn’t have Black White interracial teams. When the ABA, the American Basketball Association was organized in 1925, no African Americans were allowed to play in it. The first schools to allow Blacks to play in their university were Detroit University, Long Island university, and Boston university.
There were three African Americans who broke the color line. There was Nat “Sweetwater” Clifton, Chuck Cooper, and, Earl Lloyd. Jim Crow Laws made it very difficult for African American basketball player to play in the NBA, which was known ABA. The first player to play on the court was Earl Lloyd in 1950 with the Washington Capitols. Lloyd was known for his defense in West Virginia State College. There was a dispute about Chuck Cooper, who was actually drafted by the Celtics in 1950. After four years with the Celtics he was then traded to the Milwaukee Hawks. Nat “Sweetwater” Clifton was first to sign a contract with the Knicks. He was able to bring the Knicks to their first NBA finals. At age 34, he became the oldest player in NBA history to be named an All-Star. Thanks to theses players, players like Michael Jordan which is known today as the greatest basketball player today and LeBron James which is a young up coming All-Star are able to show or have shown their skills and able to make big money and influence other upcoming talented young basketball players like the first African Americans did with today Basketball All-Star.
Though obstacles were in the way of African Americans, they broke through them and open many doors for future African American NBA stars. They gain great support from people who supported civil rights movements, whites and black. This also helps other African American get into other sports and other activities that they couldn’t get into before.

thesis statement

the obstacle of African American in basketball is what open the door for many other athletes today

My essay is a cause and effect essay. It is a cause and effect essay because in my essay events lead to one another. Some examples in my essay are: cause: Jim Crow laws, effect: African Americans couldn't play in some university and in the A.B.A.. Cause: The first three players which broke the color line make it easier for other African American to play basketball. Cause: African Americans couldn't play in the A.B.A., Effect: played in the college university.

Material/Resource i will need

For My project i will need

-A Camera to take picture of todays Young African American playing basketball
-Learning Dream Weaver
-learning Photo Shop
-a Ex basketball player to be interviewed
-research history of African American in Basket ball

Interview With Brittany

1. Will it include stuff from the ninth grade even though you wasn't in
Brooklyn Preparatory?
Yeah. I did some work at my old school that I think would be good
to include in this exhibition.

2. How is this project going to be projected? (ex. Website, display board
with a cd, etc.)
Its going to be a website type thing. Its going to be an online exhibition of all the art.

3. Do you know how many pictures you are going to use?
No. Im not really sure how many pictures Im using. There are some, like 3, that I know that Im going to defiantely include. I think that Im going to also produce more artwork specifically for this project.

4. For your project do you plan on doing any kind of research for your
project?
Yeah I plan on looking at other exhibitions to try and see
which way I want to do mine. I think if I know how standard
exhibitions look, I can try and construct mine creatively and in my
own unique way.

Project Description

Trying to make a website that show the early history of basketball, i want to talk about what is basketball. i want to discuss how African Americans had a big impact on the game and how they changed the game of basketball. I am going to discuss how the NBA has changed year when the African Americans broke in and I am also going to discuss the challenge they faced.