Dwyane slows down for a moment and decides to give me a high-five, I'll be sure to return the favor." Lloyd, who was drafted in the seventh round, was one of three blacks to play in the NBA in 1950. His debut was a couple of days before two other...

His debut was a couple of days before two other African-Americans who helped integrate the NBA - Chuck Cooper of the Boston Celtics, the first black draftee; and Nat Clifton of the New York Knicks, the first black to sign a league contract.The 6-foot-5...

Until the end of the play, the only all-encompassing plot point is that the cab company’s building is going to be demolished by the city to make room for new construction. The boss, Becker (Chuck Cooper), must decide whether to take a stand and fight...

J. Bernard Calloway, as Booster, delivers his speech with the exactitude of someone who's had 20 years to perfect it. The way that Chuck Cooper's Becker responds shows that he, too, has had two decades to mull over what to say. Brandon J. Dirden is...

Award winners Phylicia Rashad, Chuck Cooper and Leslie Uggams will take part in a stage adaptation of Zora Neal Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God Feb. 29 and March 1 at the Greene Space at WNYC and WQXR. Tony Award winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson...

The events honored the legacy of Pittsburgh's Chuck Cooper, the first African American drafted into the N.B.A. , and paid tribute to his many accomplishments in professional basketball and community development. The festivities opened on Feb. 3 with a...