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.

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 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 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’s journey into history went down Tobacco Road but it started in Rucker Park. Driesell laughed that he would have been in the Hall of Fame much earlier if Scott had come to Davidson.

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 ...