Jackie Dinkins [SEP] member of sports team
Jackie Dinkins
Jackie Dinkins (January 22, 1950 – March 1983) was an American professional basketball small forward who spent one season in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the Chicago Bulls during the 1971–72 season. He was drafted by the Bulls in the ninth round (150 overall) from Voorhees College. In his one-season, Jackie appeared in eighteen games, averaging 2.5 points, 1.1 rebounds, and 0.4 assists per game. Jackie died in March 1983 in Liege, Belgium from a brain tumor.
better education and youth development. Elements of the organization’s creed that date from this era (“e.g. no member shall be without transportation, no member shall be without legal representation, etc.”) provide some insight into the challenges faced by many African American organizations during the height of the Civil Rights Movement of the early 1960s. Some of the early members were David Dinkins and Jackie Robinson.
By 1976 a separate chapter was formed in New Jersey and before 1983 other chapters formed in Los Angeles, Indianapolis,