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1. GLADYS KNIGHT NATIONAL ANTHEM NBA ALL STAR GAME PRO
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And as the first half of the NBA season wound down, LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers played in a pair of sneakers that paid tribute to Florida A&M - a school that just finalized a six-year deal with Nike to play in James’ line of uniforms, apparel and footwear.

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Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders has taken over as football coach at Jackson State, giving that school instant notoriety. Some top basketball recruits have said they were considering bucking offers from traditional powers to attend HBCUs. That message has resonated in recent months. “I want to leave my mark and I want to let kids know that anything is possible.” “I just want to leave a legacy,” Covington said.

All-Star Chris Paul, the National Basketball Players Association President and a longtime proponent of HBCUs, played at Wake Forest but is finishing his degree at Winston-Salem State.Ĭovington realized the significance of this moment. He was invited to be part of the skills challenge, which will precede Sunday’s game and typically is part of All-Star Saturday night the events were condensed to one night this year because of the pandemic. The NBA has just one active player who had the traditional HBCU experience: Portland’s Robert Covington, who went to Tennessee State. This is just in a unique time, and I think we’re at the right time, and I’m ecstatic that it’s happening at this point in time - because it’s so long overdue.” But the platform really wasn’t that great for them to be able to extend that message.

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A lot of these professional athletes have been talking. “A lot of these student-athletes have been talking. “You can’t talk about Black Lives Matter and not talk about the Historically Black Colleges and Universities,” said Charles McClelland, the commissioner of the SWAC and a member of the NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Committee. They were often at the center of the Black Lives Matter movement in response to the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and many more. NBA players used their platform in the league’s bubble restart last summer to speak out against inequality. Harris is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha, one of the Divine Nine fraternities and sororities, groups that the NBA is also paying tribute to Sunday. It also saw history, with Kamala Harris - a graduate of Howard - becoming not only the first woman to be elected vice president but the first HBCU graduate in the White House. Martin Luther King - to pay tribute to HBCUs seems right.ĭuring the past year, racial injustice has become perhaps more of a national discussion point than at any time in a generation. The timing and location - Atlanta, birthplace of Dr. “So, this game is mainly about giving people hope and allowing them an opportunity to dream.” “We are here representing HBCUs and trying to shed light on their ability to dream and one day have the opportunity to follow in our footsteps,” Brown said. Gladys Knight, a graduate of one of the nation’s oldest HBCUs in Shaw University, will sing “The Star-Spangled Banner.” The refereeing crew of Tom Washington, Tony Brown and Courtney Kirkland all are HBCU graduates.

Clark Atlanta University’s Philharmonic Society Choir will perform “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” commonly called the Black national anthem. The court was designed in collaboration from artists who attended HBCU schools. The famed bands from Grambling State and Florida A&M will perform during the player introductions. “This was an opportunity to focus on the HBCUs.” “It was part of the reason why we’re here in Atlanta,” NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said Saturday. This exposure is going to last several hours - and cover almost every aspect of the NBA’s midseason showcase. Those Super Bowl ads can be as short as 30 seconds. And, you know, the exposure we’re getting this weekend from the NBA All-Star Game, it only can help.”

People spend millions of dollars to put their commercial on the Super Bowl for the exposure. “It’s no different from Super Bowl commercials. “Being that the All-Star Game is putting an emphasis on HBCUs, it gives us exposure, and it helps in a lot of different areas, a lot of different ways, a lot of different schools. “Everything’s about exposure,” said Williams, who played 13 NBA seasons and now is a first-year coach at Alabama State of the Southwestern Athletic Conference. WHYY thanks our sponsors - become a WHYY sponsor