More Than Just the Fellow with the Peach Baskets (October 27, 1996)
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This is an articled titled "More Than Just the Fellow with the Peach Baskets: James Naismith also Fought Against Segregation." The article was written by John B. McLendon Jr. and published in the New York Times on Sunday October 27, 1986 in their "Backtalk" section. The article has a photo of James Naismith with Phog Allen, standing and holding a ball, and a photo of John McLendon with a basketball. The article talks about McLendon's relationship with Dr. James Naismith when he was a student at Kansas University, including how Naismith was instrumental in getting him practice teaching that included both segregated and integrated physical education classes. To learn more about Dr. James Naismith, see: https://springfield.as.atlas-sys.com/agents/people/645
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