Nearly two decades before the NBA, a team of African American basketball players from Chicago began touring the Midwest as the Harlem Globetrotters. See Ron Barr’s interview animated short interview with Harlem Globetrotter legend Meadowlark Lemon.
https://www.pbs.org/video/hoops-and-laughter-harlem-globetrotters-r6m3ze/
From PBS.org’s American Experience: Hoops and Laughter: The Harlem Globetrotters
Clip: Season 30 | 3m 33s
