Bubba Ephriam
Black Texas Basketball Trailblazer
by Garner Roberts
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Pub Date Jul 16 2024 | Archive Date Mar 28 2024
Abilene Christian University Press & Leafwood Publishers | Leafwood Publishers
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Description
The untold story of a basketball pioneer who broke the color barrier in Texas basketball.
Though another athlete who played in the NFL is often credited for being the first Black Texas basketball player, Bubba Ephriam broke the color barrier in his sport in March 1957. He led the Pecos High School Eagles to their first outright district title and the UIL state basketball tournament.
Bubba grew up in a migrant farm family during pivotal years of segregation and integration. The Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision was announced on May 17, 1954, two days after his sixteenth birthday. His first game with the Pecos Eagles was on December 1, 1955, the same day Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, launching a historic 381-day bus boycott. Follow this inspirational story as Bubba plays the game he loves through a turbulent period before pursuing a distinguished career in the US Armed Forces.
Advance Praise
“Roberts has captured the essence and soul of the dying days of segregation and the grudging transition to integration in the 1950s as it played out in Pecos, Texas, around the Lone Star state, and throughout the country. Caught in the middle is modest, Black, teenaged basketball phenom Iria “Bubba” Ephriam, unaware of the often-uncredited historic role he would play. Ephriam’s previously untold story is meticulously researched, and while Bubba Ephriam has a sports theme, it’s really a highly inspirational tale of history, family, faith, and community.”
—Michael Hurd, historian and author, Thursday Night Lights: The Story of Black High School Football in Texas
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781684261239 |
| PRICE | $24.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 256 |
