Harlem Globetrotters

The Harlem Globetrotters are an American exhibition basketball team that combines high-level athletic play with comedy, audience interaction, and choreographed trick plays.

Savoy Big Five: The Chicago basketball team founded in 1926 that became the Harlem Globetrotters. The Globetrotters began as this team before adopting their enduring name.
Basketball: A team sport in which players score by putting a ball through an elevated hoop. The Globetrotters transform basketball’s rules and skills into a staged performance.
Reece Tatum: An American basketball player whose comic routines helped define the Harlem Globetrotters’ performance style. Tatum’s theatrical ball handling became one of the team’s most influential comic acts.
Basketball integration: The removal of racial barriers that had excluded Black players from major American basketball leagues and teams. The Globetrotters’ prominence helped demonstrate the ability of Black players before professional leagues integrated.
Abe Saperstein: An American basketball promoter who founded and managed the Harlem Globetrotters. Saperstein built the team and shaped its touring exhibition format.
Ball handling: The control and manipulation of a ball while moving or passing in a sport. Their dribbling routines make technical ball control the basis of visual comedy.
Meadowlark Lemon: An American basketball player and comedian best known as a longtime Harlem Globetrotters star. Lemon became the team’s most famous on-court entertainer and public face.
National Basketball Association: A professional basketball league in North America founded in 1946. The Globetrotters played exhibition basketball while the NBA became the leading professional league.
Negro league baseball: Professional baseball leagues organized for Black players during baseball’s era of racial segregation. The Globetrotters’ touring model drew on the established economics of Black barnstorming sports.
Basketball trick shot: A basketball shot performed through an unusual or difficult movement, often for entertainment. Trick shots turn shooting skill into the team’s signature spectacle.

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