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Remembering basketball's first all-black team

Members of "The Harlem Rens" are seen in the documentary film, "On the Shoulders of Giants."
Members of "The Harlem Rens" are seen in the documentary film, "On the Shoulders of Giants." "On the Shoulders of Giants"

Today, New York Knicks fans awoke to the news thatCarmelo Anthonywas coming to Madison Square Garden.

But long before, Carmelo, Michael, or Magic could make headlines - it took another generation of young men who could shoot a basketball to make history.

CBS News chief national correspondent Byron Pitts reports on the greatest team most people never heard of.

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