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They Cleared the Lane: The NBA's Black Pioneers (Updated Edition) by Ronald F. Thomas Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2004 ISBN-10: 0-8032-9454-9 / 0803294549 ISBN-13: 978-0-8032-9454-7 / 9780803294547 Today, black players compose more than eighty percent of the National Basketball Association's rosters, providing a strong and valued contribution to professional basketball. In the first half of the twentieth century, however, pro basketball was tainted by racism, as gifted African Americans were d |