Latino USA

'Mexicans Don’t Play Basketball'

In 1939, a Mexican-American high school basketball team shocked the world. Basketball, at the time, was considered a white man's game. Until Lanier High School, with their all Mexican-American basketball team, won the 1939 San Antonio city championship. But at the moment of their greatest triumph, things suddenly took a turn for this worse.This episode originally aired in 2016.Follow us on <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@futuromedia">TikTok</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@LatinoUSA">YouTube</a>. Subscribe to our newsletter by going to <a href="https://www.latinousa.org/">the top of our homepage</a>.

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