The following list highlights the most impactful and famous Black basketball players whose legacies left an indelible mark on both the game and American society. Bill Russell was a dominant center ...

It’s important to know the names and faces of famous Black female athletes ... both on and off the basketball court. In 1997, ...

It’s called C.B.: Power to the Player. Claiborne was the first Black basketball player at Duke. Credit: Art is Cool & Ideal 48 “I didn’t think of myself as just a basketball player.