"They're Champs! They're Scamps!"
All-American basketball player, Billy signs up with the world-famous "Harlem Globetrotters", an all-Negro professional team. Billy struggles with important life decisions and their consequences.
Social & External
The people behind it
Thomas Gomez
Coach Abe Saperstein
Dorothy Dandridge
Ann Carpenter
Bill Walker
Prof. Turner
Angela Clarke
Sylvia Saperstein
Peter M. Thompson
Martin
Billy Brown
Billy Townsend (Globetrotter)
Roscoe Cumberland
Roscoe - Globetrotter
William 'Pop' Gates
'Pop' Gates - Globetrotter
Marques Haynes
Marques - Globetrotter
Louis 'Babe' Pressley
'Babe' Pressley - Globetrotter
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