Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Trailblazers in Black History: The Harlem Globetrotters


Uploaded to YouTube on Jan 15, 2011

The Harlem Globetrotters are an exhibition basketball team that combines athleticism, theater and comedy. Created by Abe Saperstein in 1926 in Chicago, Illinois, the team adopted the name Harlem because of its connotations as a major black community.
 
Over the years they have played more than 20,000 exhibition games in 118 countries. Brother Bones's whistled version of "Sweet Georgia Brown" is the team's signature song. Globie has been their mascot since 1993.
 
This is part one of five videos available on YouTube.

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