Dean Smith Would Be 'Very Proud' of NBA's Response to Injustice

Posted Aug 29, 2020
For all of the wins, NBA stars, and game-changing philosophies Dean Smith produced — it was his dedication to racial equality that made him a transcendent figure in basketball. As an assistant coach in 1959, Smith helped integrate Chapel Hill restaurants by requesting that the eatery The Pines seat he, his pastor, and a black theology student. (Inside Carolina)

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