E1266 - Here Come the Harlem Globetrotters ⛹🏾‍♂️

All-Black basketball team the Harlem Globetrotters travelled to Hinckley, Illinois on 7th January, 1927 - setting them on a barnstorming journey through the Midwest, the nation, and eventually the world… 

Their manager, Abe Saperstein, was obsessed with basketball, stitching together tours at a time when Black athletes were locked out of most professional leagues. His re-brand of the team to the “Harlem Globetrotters” symbolised Black culture and creativity at a time of sports segregation, even though the team were actually from Chicago.

In this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly compare contrasting stories of how ‘the Savoy Big Five’...