What Spencer Haywood has said about Jim Crow laws
1 quote · 1 episode · May 8, 2026
Spencer Haywood, American former professional basketball player, Olympic gold medalist and Hall of Famer whose Supreme Court case ended the NBA's four-year rule, has been quoted on Jim Crow laws once in 1 episode of Digital Social Hour, most recently on May 8, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Haywood attributes the lack of recognition from Black players to a lingering slave mentality.
“Because we still tend to hover around the slave mentality”
Digital Social Hour: He Took the NBA to the Supreme Court... & Won... | Spencer Haywood | DSH #1955 (May 8, 2026) · Listen from 35:37
Episodes
He Took the NBA to the Supreme Court... & Won... | Spencer Haywood | DSH #1955Digital Social Hour · May 8, 2026 · 1 h 4 min
Basketball Hall of Famer Spencer Haywood tells Sean Kelly about his Supreme Court fight against the NBA, 1968 Olympic gold, racism, addiction, therapy and family.
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