Charlie Scott was a trailblazer for the UNC basketball team in the late 1960s, becoming the Tar Heels’ first Black scholarship player under Coach Dean Smith.

He scored 40 points to lead the North Carolina Tar Heels to an ACC Championship in 1969, but as the rest of his teammates went out to celebrate, Charlie Scott returned to his hotel room. Instead ...

Still, Charlie Scott had a season for the ages, so it’s not an easy call. But there is simply no way to apply this logic in 1970 and not have it favor Scott in 1969.

In an excerpt from Art Chansky's Game Changers, he details how Charlie Scott chose UNC and became the Tar Heels' first African-American scholarship athlete.

Charlie Scott, the first Black scholarship player at North Carolina, scored 40 points in the 1969 title game while leading the Tar Heels to an 85-74 victory over Duke.

Charlie Scott was a trailblazer for the UNC basketball team in the late 1960s, becoming the Tar Heels’ first Black scholarship player under Coach Dean Smith.

In 2018, Scott was recognized for his accomplishments at UNC, the challenges he overcame and the barriers broke as he was enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. “I feel ...

Charlie Scott was a trailblazer for the UNC basketball team in the late 1960s, becoming the Tar Heels’ first Black scholarship player under Coach Dean Smith.

Charlie Scott was a trailblazer for the UNC basketball team in the late 1960s, becoming the Tar Heels’ first Black scholarship player under Coach Dean Smith.

Charlie Scott was a trailblazer for the UNC basketball team in the late 1960s, becoming the Tar Heels’ first Black scholarship player under Coach Dean Smith.