Origins of Speed Pt. 2 John B. McLendon & The Team That Forced Integration

Origins of Speed Pt. 2 John B. McLendon & The Team That Forced Integration

Author: Aaron Meyer December 26, 2025 Duration: 10:31
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Send us Fan Mail In Part 2 of our series on John B. McLendon, we move from the "Secret Game" of the 1940s to the public dominance of the 1950s. In 1954, McLendon arrived at the NAIA tournament in Kansas City with a non-negotiable demand: his team would eat in the same restaurants and sleep in the same hotels as the white teams. This episode covers the rise of Tennessee A&I (now Tennessee State), the first college basketball team in history to win three consecutive national championships (...

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