The team was integrated in 1970 so that they could continue play after being removed from the league from 1967-1969. Martin Luther King Jr created the Bats to give the people of Montgomery and surrounding cities a reason to be happy in the midst of the civil rights movement . He had a dream that the team would one day bring together the state of Alabama. He hoped they would put away their differences and form a comradeship of different races and religion through a common love for the game of basketball. The team’s motto “Together we have won” embraces his founding philosophy. The team believes the only way they can win is together with people of all races and
The team was integrated in 1970 so that they could continue play after being removed from the league from 1967-1969. Martin Luther King Jr created the Bats to give the people of Montgomery and surrounding cities a reason to be happy in the midst of the civil rights movement . He had a dream that the team would one day bring together the state of Alabama. He hoped they would put away their differences and form a comradeship of different races and religion through a common love for the game of basketball. The team’s motto “Together we have won” embraces his founding philosophy. The team believes the only way they can win is together with people of all races and