[DOC] [TLE] Chuck Cooper (basketball) - Wikipedia [PAR] He and two others, Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton and Earl Lloyd, became the first African-American players in the NBA in 1950. Cooper was also the first African American to be drafted by a National Basketball Association (NBA) team, as the second pick of the second round by the Boston Celtics. [DOC] [TLE] Six Who Paved the Way | THE OFFICIAL SITE OF THE ... - NBA.com [PAR] On April 15, 1947, Robinson became the first African-American to play Major ... 
After a few injuries to his team, the manager chose to play four on five, instead of 
... April 25, 1950: Chuck Cooper drafted by Boston Celtics in second round. ... 
Ultimately, Cooper played four years with Boston, before one-year stints with the
... [DOC] [TLE] NBA.com: NBA's Color Line Is Broken [PAR] Chuck Cooper became the first black player to be drafted when he was chosen by Boston; Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton became the first to sign an NBA contract when he signed with New York, and Earl Lloyd became the first to play in an NBA regular-season game because the schedule had his Washington team opening one day before ... [DOC] [TLE] Chuck Cooper and the Little-Known History of the NBA's First Black [PAR] Apr 3, 2015 ... Chuck Cooper was the first African-American player selected in an NBA Draft. ... 
enough to select him in the 10th round of the 1950 NBA Draft. ... Four days after 
Earl Lloyd became the first African-American to play in an ... Following the war, 
Clifton joined the all-black basketball team, the New York Rens. [DOC] [TLE] Earl Lloyd becomes first black player in the NBA - Oct 31, 1950 ... [PAR] He didn't know he'd been drafted by the NBA until he ran into a friend on campus 
... Two other black players joined the NBA that seasonthe Celtics drafted Chuck 
Cooper in ... As a result, Lloyd became a coincidental pioneer: the first black 
player to ... had played on integrated college teamswere immediately 
welcoming. [DOC] [TLE] Dec. 2005 - Jim Crow Museum: Question of the Month [PAR] In 1962 he became the first Black American inducted into the Baseball Hall of 
Fame. ... One could argue that Robinson's "dignified" response to racist taunts 
and threats ... The NBA's color line was broken in 1950 by three Black men: 
Chuck Cooper, Earl ... College, was the first African American to be drafted by an 
NBA team. [DOC] [TLE] Earl Lloyd, first African-American to play in NBA game, dies at 86 [PAR] Feb 26, 2015 ... Lloyd was one of three African-American pioneers to break into the NBA in 1950. 
Chuck Cooper became the first black player drafted by an NBA team, selected in 
the second round of the 1950 NBA draft by the Boston Celtics, seven rounds 
before the ... "And I'm telling you, you would often hear the N-word. [DOC] [TLE] Only the Ball Was Brown... | GQ [PAR] May 8, 2012 ... The Philadelphia Warriors, one of the current NBA teams, are holdovers from ... 
But at the 1950 NBA draft, held in a Chicago hotel on April 25, ... Cooper, better 
known as Chuck, is an all-American forward who happens to be black. ... worker, 
becomes the first black man ever to play basketball in the NBA. . [DOC] [TLE] Earl Lloyd facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles ... [PAR] Earl Lloyd was one of a handful of black basketball players who broke the racial 
... In 1950, with the Washington Capitols, he became the first African American to 
play in an ... Chuck Cooper was the first African American drafted by an NBA 
team. .... He was speaker for the CIAA's Men's Tip-Off Banquet held in Raleigh, 
North... [DOC] [TLE] Paul Pierce wants Boston Celtics to retire pioneer Chuck Cooper's ... [PAR] Apr 2, 2016 ... Chuck Cooper was the first African-American drafted by the NBA, chosen by the 
Boston Celtics in the

Question: n 1950 Chuck Cooper became the first African American drafted by an NBA team, this one
Answer: Celtics