Negro League All-Star, "Prince," Joe Henry in a discussion on Gateway Redbirds.com said, "Ted Strong who was really the first black in the NBA."

South Bend Studebaker or the Chicago Studebaker's was the team that was playing then in what was the NBA.  Later, in the early fifties, three more came on to play in what is now the NBA.

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Recalling his days in the league he said, "As I look back, it was the best experience I ever had in my life... the Negro Leagues took me to just about every state in the ... After Robinson, I thought about Satchel Paige going to Cleveland and I said, "Maybe I"ll give it a shot. .... Ted Strong, who was really the first black in the NBAhttps://www.google.com/search?