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- Collection:
- Indianapolis recorder
- Title:
- Bill Garrett Coaches Crispus Attucks High School Basketball Team to 1959 State Championship
- Date of Original:
- 1959
- Subject:
- Sports--Indiana--Indianapolis
African American coaches (Athletics)--Indiana--Indianapolis
African American high school students--Indiana--Indianapolis
Crispus Attucks High School (Indianapolis, Ind.)
African American basketball players--Indiana--Indianapolis - Location:
- United States, Indiana, Marion County, Indianapolis, 39.76838, -86.15804
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- The year 1947 saw two defining moments in United States sports and race relations history. Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in major league baseball. Later that year, Bill Garrett from Shelbyville, Indiana, became the first African American to play basketball at Indiana University.
- Metadata URL:
- https://images.indianahistory.org/digital/collection/p0303/id/458
- IIIF manifest:
- https://images.indianahistory.org/iiif/2/p0303:458/manifest.json
- Original Collection:
- Indianapolis Recorder
P 0303 - Contributing Institution:
- Indiana Historical Society
- Rights:
-