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Ozzie Newsome makes history as NFL's first black general manager

Jet, Dec 16, 2002.Ozzie Newsome became the first Black general manager in National Football League history when he recently signed a new five-year contract with the Baltimore Ravens.

An upgrade in Newsome's title was included in his contract terms where he now becomes the Ravens general manager and executive vice president. Newsome, 46, formerly held the title of senior vice president of football operations, in which he was still the highest-ranking Black official on an NFL team.

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Who was the first black man drafted in the nba in 1951?

Earl LloydApril 28Earl Lloyd*On this date we celebrate the birth of Earl Lloyd in 1928. He was an African American basketball player, the first Black man to play in a National Basketball Association (NBA) game.


What NBA team hired the first black athlete?

the Washington capitals hired the first black athlete. his name was Earl Lloyd, and he played his first game october 31. 1950.


When were black players allowed in the NBA?

The 1950-51 season is when African Americans first played in the NBA. The first African American to be drafted by an NBA team was Chuck Cooper by the Boston Celtics. The first African American to play in an NBA game was Earl Lloyd of the Washington Capitols.


Where was the first NBA?

the US because NBA is an American league


Who are the First two African Americans in NBA?

black ever to play in an NBA game when he took the floor for the Washington Capitols on October 31, 1950 in Rochester, New York. Lloyd was one of three blacks to become NBA players in the 1950 season. The other two were Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton, who was signed by the New York Knicks, and Chuck Cooper, who was drafted by the Boston Celtics. Cooper debuted the night after Lloyd. Sweetwater Clifton was the 1st to sign but was actually the 3rd Black to play in the NBA.Earl Lloyd was the first Chuck Cooper became the first black player to be drafted when he was chosen by Boston; Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton became the first to sign an NBA contract when he signed with New York, and Earl Lloyd became the first to play in an NBA regular-season game because the schedule had his Washington team opening one day before the others.