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>> LITTLE ABE SAPPER STEIN

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FOUNDER OF THE HARLEM

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GLOBETROTTERS WAS A GIANT IN

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CHICAGO SPORTS HISTORY BUT IT

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DOES NOT EXPLAIN WHY A NORTHWEST

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HIGH SCHOOL THAT HE DID NOT

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ATTEND NAMED AN AUDITORIUM AFTER

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HIM.

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GEOFFREY BAER IS HERE IN

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TONIGHT'S "ASK GEOFFREY".

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>> GOOD TO SEE YOU.

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THE FIRST QUESTION...

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>> WELL, I NEVER HEARD OF THIS

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SO I WAS EXCITED THAT OUR VIEWER

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ALLOWED US TO BORROW THE PROGRAM

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AND PERUSING IT YOU CAN SEE THAT

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IT'S THE PLAYERS HAVE JAPANESE

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NAMES.

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AND BY THE WAY, THE OTHER GAME

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ON THAT DOUBLE BILL WAS THE

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HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS AND WE WILL

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TALK ABOUT THAT LATER ON IN THE

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SEGMENT.

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BUT FIRST, THE CHICAGO HUSKIES

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SO THEY WERE ONE OF 25 TEENAGE

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BASKETBALL TEAMS OF SECOND

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GENERATION OF JAPANESE-AMERICANS

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WHO PLAYED IN THE CHICAGO

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ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION BASKETBALL

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LEAGUE IN THE 40s AND 50s.

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THE LEAGUE WAS FORMED BY A GROUP

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OF JAPANESE-AMERICAN VOLUNTEERS

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TO HELP OTHER JAPANESE-AMERICANS

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WHO RELOCATED TO CHICAGO WHEN

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THE FORCED INTERNE.

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ENDED AFTER WORLD WAR II.

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AFTER THE BOMBING OF PEARL

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HARBOR ROOSEVELT SENT

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JAPANESE-AMERICANS TO INTERNMENT

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CAMPS ON THE WEST COAST AND WE

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LOOK AT THIS AS A SHAMEFUL

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CHAPTER IN AMERICAN HISTORY.

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AND AFTER THE WAR MANY RETURNED

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TO THEIR HOMES TO FIND THEM

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APPROPRIATED, FORECLOSED ON OR

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>> HOW DID THE GROUP OF PEOPLE

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COME TO SETTLE IN CHICAGO?

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>> SO THE GOVERNMENT ENCOURAGED

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INTERNIES TO RESETTLE AWAY FROM

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THE WEST COAST WHERE DENSE

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JAPANESE COMMUNITIES FORMED

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BECAUSE THEY BELIEVED THAT

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STAYING IN THOSE COMMUNITIES

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KEPT THE JAPANESE-AMERICANS FROM

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BASICALLY ASSIMILATING INTO

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AMERICAN CULTURE.

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THE GOVERNMENT HAD RELOCATION

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OFFICES IN CITIES ACROSS THE

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COUNTRY AND THEY PROMOTED

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CHICAGO FOR THE ECONOMIC

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OPPORTUNITIES AND RELATIVE

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TOLERANCE TOWARD ASIAN

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AMERICANS.

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20,000 FORMER INTERNEES MOVED TO

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CHICAGO IN THE 40s AND MANY

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LANDED IN THE LAKEVIEW

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NEIGHBORHOOD ON CHICAGO'S NORTH

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SIDE.

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THEY OPENED BUSINESSES THERE.

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A SMALL GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS IN

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CHICAGO CREATED THE CHICAGO

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RESETTLERS COMMITTEE TO HELP THE

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FAMILIES WITH SERVICES LIKE JOB

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PLACEMENT AND HOUSING ASSISTANCE

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AND THEN THEY HELPED THEM

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ACCLIMATE BY CREATING THE

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CHICAGO THIS SIAL LET PARTICULAR

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SPORTS TEAMS WHICH INCLUDED

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BASEBALL, TRACK AND BOWLING AND

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THE BASKETBALL AND THE HUSKIES

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WERE A GOOD TEAM THEY WON THE

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LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE

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FIRST FIVE YEARS RUNNING.

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>> A LOT OF THE FAMILIES SETTLED

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IN THE LAKEVIEW NEIGHBORHOOD.

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WHY IS THERE NOT A

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JAPANESE-AMERICAN COMMUNITY

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THERE TODAY?

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>> NOT A LARGE ONE.

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THE JAPANESE-AMERICAN COMMUNITY

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DISPERSED THROUGHOUT THE CITY

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AND THE SUBURBS AND THAT IS WHY

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THE LEAGUE DISBANDED IN THE

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1960s.

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THE RESETTLERS COMMITTEE BECAME

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THE JAPANESE-AMERICAN SERVICE

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COMMITTEE WHICH EXISTS TODAY AND

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THEY HELPED US WITH THE ANSWER

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TO THIS QUESTION.

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AND THERE IS ONE VERY VISIBLE

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REMINDER OF THE FORMER JAPANESE

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COMMUNITY IN LAKEVIEW.

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IT'S THE NISI LOUNGE ON

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SHEFFIELD.

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THE PRESENT NON-JAPANESE OWNERS

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AND SOURCES SAY IT WAS FOUNDED

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IN THAT POST-WAR ERA BY

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JAPANESE-AMERICANS AS A PLACE

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FOR NISI TO GATHER.

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>> VERY INTERESTING.

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AND TO THE SECOND QUESTION...

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>> AND ACTUALLY WE NOTICED THAT

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RIGHT HERE ON OUR SET WE HAVE A

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HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS BASKETBALL

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OVER MY SHOULDER.

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YOU ARE RIGHT.

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SAPPERSTEIN'S ALMA MATER WAS

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LAKEVIEW EAST OF CALVIN PARK,

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SAPPERSTEIN HAD A FONDNESS AND

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CONNECTION TO CALVIN PARK.

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HIS GLOBETROTTERS PLAYED ANNUAL

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BENEFITS THERE WITH PROCEEDS

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GOING TO THE SCHOOL AND THE

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ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AND

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BASKETBALL COACH WAS THE HEAD

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COACH --

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THE HEAD SCOUT FOR THE HARLEM

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GLOBETROTTERS.

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WE DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS BECAUSE

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OF THE RELATIONSHIP OR LED TO

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THE RELATIONSHIP.

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AFTER ABE'S DEATH IN 1966 HIS

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WIFE DONATED MONEY TO THE SCHOOL

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TO RENOVATE THE AUDITORIUM AS A

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MEMORIAL TO ABE TO HER HUSBAND.

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AND HE WAS EULOGIZED AT THE

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DEDICATION.

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>> ABE SOUND LIKE QUITE A GUY.

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>> HE WAS.

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FOR A JEWISH IMMIGRANT 5'3",

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THERE HE IS, HE CAST A LONG

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SHADOW IN SPORTS HISTORY.

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HIS FAMILY MOVED TO CHICAGO FROM

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LONDON IN 1907 WHEN ABE WAS FIVE

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YEARS OLD.

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HE WAS GOOD ATHLETE BUT HE DID

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REALIZE THAT A GUY HIS SIZE

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WASN'T GOING TO GO FAR PLAYING

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PROFESSIONAL SPORTS.

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SO HE MADE SPORTS HIS BUSINESS

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INSTEAD.

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AND HE WORKED FOR THE CHICAGO

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PARKS AS AN ATHLETIC DIRECTOR

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AND COACHED YOUNG

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AFRICAN-AMERICAN BASKETBALL

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PLAYERS AT A JEWISH YOUTH CENTER

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ON MAXWELL STREET.

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IN 1927 ABE STARTED COACHING

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FIVE FORMER BASKETBALL PLAYERS

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FROM WENDELL PHILLIPS HIGH

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SCHOOL.

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AND HE BOOKED THEM IN GAMES

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UNDER THE NAME OF THE BIG 5

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AFTER THE BALLROOM WHERE THEY

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FIRST PLAYED.

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THE TEAM LEFT THE SAFE VOI AFTER

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MONEY DISPUTES AND SAPPERSTEIN

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REBRANDED THEM THE

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GLOBETROTTERS.

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>> WHERE DID HARLEM COME FROM.

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>> HARLEM, NEW YORK, NOT THE

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CHICAGO WAS THE CENTER OF

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AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE AND HE

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USE TO DO TO PROMOTE THE FACT

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THAT THIS WAS AN

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AFRICAN-AMERICAN TEAM IN AN ERA

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WHEN SPORTS WERE NOT INTEGRATED.

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IT WAS A NOVELTY TO HAVE THIS

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AFRICAN-AMERICAN BASKETBALL TEAM

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AND NOW THE GLOBETROTTERS ARE AN

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ENTERTAINMENT TROOPE FAMOUS FOR

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THEIR STYLE AND TRICK PLAYS BUT

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FOR DECADES THEY WERE A SERIOUS

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TEAM AND THEY DOMINATED THEIR

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COMPETITION.

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>> AND BEFORE WE GO ON ONE LAST

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THING ABOUT CALVIN PARK THERE IS

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A WTTW CONNECTION THAT ERIKA

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DISCOVERED.

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IN 1979 WTTW AIRED A DOCUMENTARY

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MADE BY CALVIN PARK STUDENTS

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CALLED AS WE SEE IT.

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IT WAS PRODUCED AS A MOCK NEWS

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BROADCAST AND TOOK ON SENSITIVE

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ISSUES ABOUT THE IMPACT OF

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INTEGRATION AS THE SCHOOL WAS

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CHANGING FROM MAJORITY WHITE TO

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MAJORITY LATINX AND YOU CAN

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WATCH THAT WE HAVE THAT ON OUR

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WEBSITE.

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>> THANK YOU.

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>> AND YOU CAN DRIBBLE ON OVER

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TO THE WEBSITE TO SEE THAT