Ku Klux Klan, the infamous white supremacist, war-fight terrorist, and hate group, once threatened to shoot Oscar Robertson if he dared to play. The legendary point guard shared the story during ...

Oscar Robertson is a basketball icon for his remarkable achievements on and off the court during the 1960s and '70s. As the 1971 NBA Champion, ... The Ku Klux Klan (KKK), ...

Robertson recounted some of the racism he faced before that tournament — including a death threat from the Klu Klux Klan — in an appearance on the All The Smoke podcast. Oscar Robertson defied death ...

Oscar Robertson accepts a lifetime achievement award at the 2018 NBA Awards on Monday, ... North Carolina, “received a letter from the Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan warning, ...

In 1959, Robertson received a hate letter from the Klu Klux Klan before a game. He detailed during an appearance on the All The Smoke podcast. "We were playing in the Dixie Classic," Robertson said.

Oscar Robertson couldn't afford to lose what he worked hard to build as a young individual and he wasn't, in any shape or form, going to stoop down to the kind of level ensued by the likes of the KKK.

Oscar Robertson, who fought for ... He was the second Black athlete at Cincinnati and received death threats from the Ku Klux Klan. “Let me tell you how naive I was,” he said.

Oscar Robertson is a name that comes up in basketball often. ... In 1959, he received a telegram from the Ku Klux Klan warning him that he would be shot if he played in the next game.

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In 1959, Robertson received a hate letter from the Klu Klux Klan before a game. He detailed during an appearance on the All The Smoke podcast. "We were playing in the Dixie Classic," Robertson said.