Breaking the NBA color barrier
November 26th 2009 9:09amTranscending The same year Jackie Robinson started playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Wat Misaka became the first "person of color" to play in the NBA. Though he only played three games with the New York Knicks. Misaka helped lead the University of Utah Utes to a NIT title after serving in the US military,
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