![Bata Shoe Museum on X: "It's #MarchMadness #FinalFour AND #sneakersaturday! In the 1940/50s student athletes wore basketball shoes like these #Converse grippers. https://t.co/Q6XbfUqbBL" / X Bata Shoe Museum on X: "It's #MarchMadness #FinalFour AND #sneakersaturday! In the 1940/50s student athletes wore basketball shoes like these #Converse grippers. https://t.co/Q6XbfUqbBL" / X](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C8WEfkgW0AAkKaj.jpg:large)
Bata Shoe Museum on X: "It's #MarchMadness #FinalFour AND #sneakersaturday! In the 1940/50s student athletes wore basketball shoes like these #Converse grippers. https://t.co/Q6XbfUqbBL" / X
![Winston Duke on X: "Did You Know that sneakers from the 1940s were massively influenced by World War 2? These sneakers resembled Converse and Keds, with cotton or leather canvas uppers and Winston Duke on X: "Did You Know that sneakers from the 1940s were massively influenced by World War 2? These sneakers resembled Converse and Keds, with cotton or leather canvas uppers and](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EHplnqmXUAAwsFP.jpg)
Winston Duke on X: "Did You Know that sneakers from the 1940s were massively influenced by World War 2? These sneakers resembled Converse and Keds, with cotton or leather canvas uppers and
![Winston Duke on X: "Did You Know that sneakers from the 1940s were massively influenced by World War 2? These sneakers resembled Converse and Keds, with cotton or leather canvas uppers and Winston Duke on X: "Did You Know that sneakers from the 1940s were massively influenced by World War 2? These sneakers resembled Converse and Keds, with cotton or leather canvas uppers and](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EHploRbXYAEGYX_.jpg)