How would you feel about playing basketball there? Think About It
Imagine you and some friends were going to play basketball at the park. Instead of being allowed to pick teams and all play together, when you got there everyone was split up and sent to play on different courts based on what they looked like. Girls and boys were separated as well as kids who were tall, short, blue eyed, brown eyed, etc.
Reconstruction
There was a time in America where something very similar was happening. This was a little different, however, because it happened everywhere and with everything, not just basketball. After the Civil War, during a time known as “Reconstruction” in America, Blacks and Whites were forced to stay separate and use different things everywhere they went. They could not sit together on a bus, use the same bathrooms, or eat at the same restaurants. Blacks were not even allowed to drink from the same water fountain as Whites. Let’s continue on and find out more about what one baseball player did to stand up against this injustice.
