The Night of 100 Points

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
Gary M. Pomerantz explains what one historical basketball game can tell us about race and community in America in the early 1960s. In Wilt, 1962: The Night of 100 Points and the Dawn of a New Era, Mr. Pomerantz looks into the impact Wilt Chamberlain had on American basketball and popular culture.

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