I did my African American report on Wilt “The Stilt” Chamberlain. Wilt Chamberlain was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on August 21, 1936. He was born with ten brothers and sisters, and had two great parents who loved them all. His father was a welder in a shipyard. Later on, Wilt’s father also became a janitor and eventually a handy man. Wilt’s mother was a stay-at-home mom who took care of all eleven children. Since the family had a lot of children to care for, while growing up, Wilt took as many odd jobs as he could to help his parents pay the bills. Even though times were hard, the Chamberlain family never went w