The original Harlem Globetrotters weren’t from Harlem, and they didn’t start out as globetrotters. The talented all-Black team, started by Jewish immigrant Abe Saperstein, was from Chicago’s South Side and toured the Midwest in Saperstein’s model-T. But with Saperstein’s savvy and the players’ skills, the Globetrotters would become a worldwide sensation. Mark Jacob, co-author of Globetrotter: How Abe Saperstein Shook Up the World of Sports, will share the story of the tireless work and impressive achievements of a man and a basketball team that made millions of people laugh, gasp, and applaud at their astounding performances.
Mark is a former metro editor of the Chicago Tribune and Sunday editor of the Chicago Sun-Times. Mark writes the Stop the Presses newsletter about media and politics.
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𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘨𝘰.
