This episode of the Make History Now Podcast links an artifact from the Black Fives Era of basketball with Toledo, Akron, the tire industry, hamburgers, Nike, the Cleveland Cavaliers, FDR, Harlem, the Star of David, Congress, the Basketball Hall of Fame, Pearl Harbor, polio, jazz, big bands, posh hotels, the United Nations, and Norman Rockwell! Find out how!

This episode is all about pioneering African American basketball star Zachary "Zach" Clayton, who will be enshrined in the Naismith Hall of Fame this week.

The first episode of our new Make History Now podcast is dedicated to basketball pioneer Earl Lloyd, the first African American to play in the NBA.