2015 Hardiness Zone Map. The Arbor Day Foundation developed this U.S. Hardiness Zone Map based upon data from 5,000 National Climatic Data Center cooperative stations across the continental United States. See suggested trees for your region. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 2.5 License.
Charles Henry Chuck Cooper (September 29, 1926 â February 5, 1984) was an American professional basketball player. He and two others, Nat Sweetwater Clifton and Earl Lloyd, became the first African-American players in the NBA in 1950. Cooper was also the first African American to be drafted by a National Basketball Association (NBA) team, as the second pick of the second round by the Boston Celtics.
Kenny Washington was the first African American to be signed to an NFL team in the modern era! Charles Follis is believed to be the first African American professional footballer. He played for the Shelby Blues in the Ohio League from 1902 to 1906.