The Rhythm Boys of Omaha Central: High School Basketball at the ’68 Racial Divide

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In the spring of 1968, the Omaha Central High School basketball team made history with its first all-black starting lineup. Their nickname, the Rhythm Boys, captured who they were and what they did at the court. Led by star center Dwaine Dillard, the Rhythm Boys were a shoo-in to win the state championship. But something happened on their technique to glory. 
 
In early March, segregationist George Wallace, in a third-party presidential bid, made a campaign stop in Omaha. By the point he left town, Dillard was once in jail, his coach was once caught between offended political factions, and the city teetered at the edge of racial violence. So started the Nebraska state high school basketball tournament tomorrow, caught within the vise of history. The Rhythm Boys of Omaha Central tells a true story about high school basketball, black awakening and insurrection, and innocence lost in a watershed year. The drama of civil rights in 1968 plays out on this riveting social history of sports, politics, race, and popular culture within the American heartland.

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