Sporting Witness
Sporting Witness
Texas Western - Black Basketball Pioneers
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December 10, 2016
9 minutes
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In 1966, an all-black team went head-to-head with an all-white team for the National College Basketball championship - one of the biggest prizes in American sport. To the surprise of every pundit, the African-Americans of Texas Western College defeated the University of Kentucky, then the number one team in the country. The game is now regarded as breaking down the colour barrier in US basketball. Nija Dalal-Small talks to Nevil Shed of Texas Western. The programme is a Sparklab Production for BBC World Service.
PHOTO: Texas Western celebrate their victory in 1966 (Getty Images)