Oscar Robertson recounts time he got a telegram from KKK …
Robertson recounted some of the racism he faced before that tournament — including a death threat from the Klu Klux Klan — in an appearance on the All The Smoke podcast.
Oscar Robertson recalls getting death threats from KKK before a …
• 11h. K u Klux Klan, the infamous white supremacist, war-fight terrorist, and hate group, once threatened to shoot Oscar Robertson if he dared to play. The legendary point guard shared the...
Indianapolis museum honors Oscar Robertson, Black Hoosiers …
Feb 16, 2024 · In the early 1920s, the Indianapolis School Board announced the need for a segregated high school for Black students, with much pressure coming from the state’s Ku Klux Klan.
Oscar Robertson received threats from the KKK before a game
Sep 20, 2024 · During the first half of the 20th century, several areas of the United States were devastated by terrorist attacks by the Ku Klux Klan, which dedicated itself to attacking black people, including professional players, as was the case of Oscar Robertson.
‘A Touch of Glory’ recounts Indianapolis high school ... - Chalkbeat
Feb 15, 2024 · The play recounts how the team, led by Oscar Robertson, became the first all-Black team to win the state championship. The play coincides with NBA All-Star weekend, a basketball celebration...
Oscar Robertson and his Crispus Attucks teammates the …
Feb 25, 2009 · Oscar Robertson and his Crispus Attucks teammates fought segregation and discrimination en route to becoming the nation's first all-black team to win a state championship.
Oscar Robertson’s legacy much more than triple-doubles
Aug 13, 2020 · In 1959, he received a telegram from the Ku Klux Klan warning him that he would be shot if he played in the next game. He played. During his career, he was an MVP and scored 25.7 points per...
Oscar Robertson, a staunch player rights advocate, on Martin
Jan 17, 2022 · He was the second Black athlete at Cincinnati and received death threats from the Ku Klux Klan. “Let me tell you how naive I was,” he said. “We play a game at North Texas University.
Attucks!: Oscar Robertson and the Basketball Team that …
In the early 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan used its large influence in the government and on school boards in Indianapolis to separate blacks and whites in schools and sports. After not being allowed to play in the high school basketball championship for many years, Attucks was given the right to compete.
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Mar 6, 2013 · In his 2003 autobiography, The Big O: My Life, My Times, My Game, Robertson recalls that before heading to play in the Dixie Classic, he received a letter from the Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux...