Works Cited
Primary Sources
Lloyd, Earl. Moonfixer. N.p.: Sean Kirt, 2012. Print. This book told me a lot of quotes said by
Earl Lloyd since he helped write the book.
Lloyd, Earl Francis. Earl Lloyd: My First Game. YouTube. visionaryproject, n.d. Web. 22 Mar.
2010. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=eb1etJcBvXo>.
- - -. Earl Lloyd: The Hall of Fame. YouTube. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Mar. 2010.
- - -. Earl Lloyd: The NBA. YouTube. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Mar. 2010.
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5CTYOm32QQ>.
NBA. N.p., n.d. Web. 2 Dec. 2012.
<http://www.nba.com/2010/news/features/02/23/andrews.lloyd/index.html>. "Fans called
me everything but a child of God. Told me to go back to Africa, where I've never been!
But you can't jump over the stands and get at the fans. The only way you can get at them
is to play."
Spears, Marc J. "First Black Player Recalls NBA Days." NY Times. New York Times, n.d. Web.
4 Feb. 2008. <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/24/sports/24iht-nba.1.9466704.html>.
Secondary Sources
"Earl Lloyd." National Visionary Leadership Project. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Nov. 2012.
<http://www.visionaryproject.org/lloydearl/>. Born April 3, 1928 in Alexandria,
Virginia. First African American to play in a NBA game.
NewsOne. N.p., n.d. Web. 2 Dec. 2012. <http://newsone.com/1602015/5-things-you-didnt-knowabout-earl-lloyd/>. 5 things about Earl Lloyd: 1, First African-American to play in an
NBA game. 2, He was a college All-Star. 3, He was mostly benched due to racism. 4,
1986, he became an assistant coach for Detroit. 5, Lloyd was drafted into the army after
seven games with the Capitols.
SIVault. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Dec. 1997.
<http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1011593/3/index.htm>.
Thomas, Ron. They Cleared the Lane. N.p.: Ron Thomas, 2004. Print. This book helped me
learn more about what African Americans, such as Earl Lloyd, had to deal with.