Women don't play in the NBA, they play in the WNBA. As for your question, the first black woman to be drafted into the WNBA was Dena Head, who was also the first woman ever to be drafted into the WNBA.
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Bill Russell, who was a player-coach for the Boston Celtics from 1966 to 1969. He was the first African-American head coach to win an NBA title, earning back-to-back championships in 1968 and 1969.
Jose Baba
Earl LloydApril 28Earl Lloyd*On this date we celebrate the birth of Earl Lloyd in 1928. He was an African American basketball player, the first Black man to play in a National Basketball Association (NBA) game.
Bill russell
yes he was
Oscar Robertson.
Chuck Cooper.
yes he was the first nba player to say that he was openly gay he was the first black gay player in the nba
The NBA is about 90% black so to name all the black NBA players would be nearly impossible.
the Washington capitals hired the first black athlete. his name was Earl Lloyd, and he played his first game october 31. 1950.