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.
The first black American in the NHL tells his story. Val James became the first African American player in the NHL when he took to the ice with the Buffalo Sabres in 1982, and in 1987 he became the first black player of any nationality to skate for the Toronto Maple Leafs. Born in central Florida, James grew up on Long Island and received his first pair of skates for his 13th birthday.