>>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY,
WELCOME TO THE NCAA HALL OF
CHAMPIONS.
SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED TODAY, SO
THEY OPENED THE DOORS ALL DAY
LONG, THROUGHOUT THE EVENING,
KIDS LEARNING ABOUT BASKETBALL
HISTORY AND MLK.
ON ONE OF THE COLDEST DAYS OF
WINTER, THE KIDS LOVE THIS
INDOOR PLACE.
>> NICE!
>> Reporter: ZAVON HAS A
MILLION-DOLLAR SMILE TO GO WITH
HIS SIXTH-GRADE BASKETBALL
SKILLS, AND HE'S BEEN PAYING
ATTENTION IN SCHOOL, TOO.
TELL ME ABOUT MARTIN LUTHER
KING, JUNIOR.
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT MLK?
>> HE WAS POPULAR FOR CIVIL
RIGHTS.
HE STOOD FOR THE RIGHTS
[ INDISCERNIBLE ] AND HE'S THE
REASON WE HAVE NO MORE SLAVERY.
>> Reporter: LOOK AT YOU!
THAT'S AWESOME!
CORY FRYE ALSO KNOWS IMPORTANT
AMERICAN HISTORY.
>> A VERY KIND PERSON WHO WORKED
AGAINST SLAVERY,
[ INDISCERNIBLE ].
>> Reporter: THIS AVON HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENT HONORED MLK BY
WEARING THIS SHIRT.
>> MARTIN LUTHER KING FOUGHT FOR
EQUAL RIGHTS, AND NOW I CAN GO
TO AVON, AND HE HELPED ME BECOME
WHO I AM TODAY BECAUSE EQUALITY,
AND I SHARE THIS WITH AMAZING
PEOPLE.
>> Reporter: THE HALL OF
CHAMPIONS IS SHOWING "THE GAME
OF CHANGE" ABOUT THE 1963
MISSISSIPPI STATE BASKETBALL
TEAM THAT HAD TO SNEAK OUT IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TO PLAY
A GAME AGAINST AN ALL-BLACK
LOYOLA BASKETBALL TEAM.
THE MESSAGE IS SIMPLE:  SPORTS
BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER.
>> THEY WEREN'T TRYING TO MAKE A
STATEMENT.
THEY JUST WANTED TO BE PART OF
THE TOURNAMENT AND PLAY
BASKETBALL, AND THEY WERE HAPPY
TO PLAY AGAINST CHICAGO.
IT'S ABOUT WHAT SPORTS MEANS,
COMPETITIVENESS, AND WHENEVER
YOU WATCH TODAY, THE DIVERSITY
IN SPORTS, IT'S GREAT TO SEE,
AND HARD TO BELIEVE IT WASN'T
THAT LONG AGO THAT ALL THESE
RESTRICTIONS WERE IN PLACE.
BUT IT'S COME A LONG WAY, AND I
THINK SPORTS OPENED A LOT OF
DOORS.
>> Reporter: IT'S AMAZING WHAT
COLLEGE SPORTS HAS DONE FOR RACE
RELATIONS THROUGH THE YEARS.
THIS KIDS HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN
ABOUT THE PAST AS WE MOVE
FORWARD.
DAVE CALABRO REPORTING.
>> I THINK IT'S NEAT AS WE
LISTEN TO DAVE AND THOSE KIDS,
THOSE CHILDREN HAVE GOT PARENTS
AND TEACHERS WHO HAVE TALKED
ABOUT WHAT DR. KING DID AND WHAT
KIND OF IMPACT THEY HAD.
>> AND THE MESSAGE CARRIES ON.
