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A basketball team with members from two South Dakota colleges broke barriers by going to post-revolution Cuba in 1977 to play a Cuban national basketball team. #ArchivesAthletes

Writer: Doris Peterson
Doris Peterson
Aug 5, 2021
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Updated: Sep 5

South Dakota team playing basketball in Cuba, 1977.

The image is from the Digital Library of South Dakota.


Library of Congress sponsors #ArchivesHashtagParty once a month, and August’s topic is #ArchivesAthletes. LOC invites archives to submit tweets about athletes who broke records and barriers, famous sites for training and competition, patents for sport equipment, or historic moments that still give you goosebumps.

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