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In August 1908, a white mob attacked Springfield, Illinois’s Black community, destroying homes and businesses and lynching two Black men. National outrage over the violence helped spur the movement that created the NAACP the following year.
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This is a personal recollection on the Move fire on May 13, 1985
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 23 July 1969 Madrid, Spain |
| Listed height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Career information | |
| Playing career | 1988–2007 |
| Position | Point guard |
| Career history | |
Playing | |
| 1988–1993 | Estudiantes |
| 1993–1995 | Caja San Fernando |
| 1995–2006 | Estudiantes |
| 2006–2007 | Lagun Aro Bilbao |
Coaching | |
| 2007–2008 | Estudiantes (assistant) |
| 2008–2012 | Estudiantes (manager) |
Ignacio "Nacho" Azofra de la Cuesta (born 23 July 1969)[1] is a retired Spanish professional basketball player. He played most of his career for Estudiantes, with two brief spells playing for Caja San Fernando and Lagun Aro Bilbao. He also played for the Spain national basketball team.[1]
A 1.85 m (6'1') tall point guard,[1] Azofra led the EuroLeague in assists, with 5.6 per game in the 1992–93 season. He spent almost his whole career playing for Estudiantes, with which he reached the 1992 EuroLeague Final Four, and a Korać Cup final in 1999. He is considered to be one of the all-time figures of the club of the club of Estudiantes.
He played in 705 games in the ACB League (the top-tier level Spanish basketball league), the third most in ACB history.[2]
Azofra was also a member of the senior Spain men's national basketball team. He played at the EuroBasket 1993 and the 1998 FIBA World Championship.
After his retirement from his basketball playing career, Azofra returned to MMT Estudiantes, in a coaching role.
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Ignacio "Nacho" Azofra de la Cuesta (born 23 July 1969) is a retired Spanish professional basketball player. He played most of his career for Estudiantes, with two brief spells playing for Caja San Fernando and Lagun Aro Bilbao. He also played for the Spain national basketball team.
Azofra is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of La Rioja, Spain.
Emilio Azofra Iglesias (born 6 August 1958) is a Spanish taekwondo practitioner. He competed in the men's finweight at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Club Baloncesto Estudiantes, S.A.D., (English: Club Basketball Students) known simply as Estu and as Movistar Estudiantes for sponsorship reasons, is a basketball team based in the city of Madrid, Spain. It is a member of the Asociación de Clubes de Baloncesto (ACB). Founded in 1948, it is one of the most recognized basketball teams in Spain. The team currently competes in the Primera FEB and in the Spain Cup. Some of its achievements include winning three Spanish Cups and reaching the ACB Finals in 2004. Playing on the courts of Instituto Ramiro de Maeztu, with a large number of teams of all categories from children to juniors, the club's youth academy has produced many players and coaches of Spanish basketball throughout its history, such as Alberto Herreros, Nacho Azofra, Aíto García Reneses, José Miguel Antúnez, Jesús Codina, José Sagi-Vela, Gonzalo Sagi-Vela, Fernando Martín, Alfonso Reyes, Felipe Reyes, Carlos Jiménez, Fran Guerra, Sergio Rodríguez, Iñaki de Miguel, Javier Beirán, Pepu Hernández, Carlos Suárez, Darío Brizuela, Jaime Fernández, Daniel Clark, Jayson Granger, Sebas Saiz or Juancho Hernangómez.
Before the 1921 destruction of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, Black residents had created a remarkable center of business and community life. The district included stores, professional offices, entertainment venues and homes owned by Black citizens. Understanding Greenwood means learning what was built—not only what was burned.
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