The fist Black person to play basket ball was jace martnio The first Black women to play Basketball was senda berenson
Yes Michael Jordan was the first african-american to play basketball
The first known person is Moses "Fleetwood" Walker in 1884. Some debate though that William Edward White played 5yrs earlier to Walker. The first black person to play baseball in the 'modern day' MLB is Jackie Robinson.
Devon Pearson
The first was Earl Lloyd on October 31, 1950.
Charles Follis, who played with the Shelby Athletic Club between 1902-1906, is believed to be the first African American to be paid for playing football.
first black person to play professional basketball
There was not a first person to play NBA basketball ,ritard, basketball is played in teams.
Of course, the person that invented basketball which was James Naismith.
Jasmine Lasha Chambers
The first basketball team wasn't segregated. Actually, black players didn't want to play.
Earl LloydApril 28Earl Lloyd*On this date we celebrate the birth of Earl Lloyd in 1928. He was an African American basketball player, the first Black man to play in a National Basketball Association (NBA) game.
the shortest person to play basketball in the Olympic games was Tynua Samonmah from Japan
anybody at any height can play basketball
Basketball was first played at the YMCA.
They believe that only "black" people can play basketball.
Jackie Robinson was feeling uneasy about the opening day of the world series because he was the first black person to play baseball in the MLB.
No he wasnt but he was the first to win six rings Nat Clifton was the first