In 1955, Attucks became the first all-black team to win the Indiana state high school championship.

In 1922, the Commonwealth Five, the first all-black professional team was founded.

Men's basketball was the only sport to end last season with an all-black team.

It happened to be an all-black team, an organizational first.

In his early years, his teams were restricted to playing only against other all-black teams.

"The stereotype was that if you had an all-black team they wouldn't be disciplined," Newton said.

One of the first all-black teams in Ontario was the Orioles.

Frank Grant, second baseman in integrated minor leagues and with all-black teams from 1886 to 1903.

They knew their game was as good or better than white baseball, and many were content, and proud, to play on all-black teams.

These were all-black teams playing in organized baseball in those two seasons.