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More than just a game : the Black origins of basketball Cover Image Book

More than just a game : the Black origins of basketball / Madison Moore ; illustrated by Lonnie Ollivierre.

Moore, Madison, 1997- (author.). Ollivierre, Lonnie, (illustrator.).

Summary:

"Today, the NBA is around 74% Black but, when basketball first started to catch on, it wasn't easy for Black people to play. They couldn't enter segregated YMCAs or attend privileged colleges. So Black Americans made their own spaces, playing in dance halls before the dancing started, and eventually forming teams called the Black Fives. More than Just a Game celebrates the history of basketball from a Black perspective, revealing how it changed Black communities and how they made the sport into what it is today"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0807552712
  • ISBN: 9780807552711
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unnumbered pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
  • Publisher: Chicago, Illinois : Albert Whitman & Company, 2021.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Target Audience Note:
Grades 2-3 Albert Whitman & Company
Ages 4-8 Albert Whitman & Company
AD1110L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR LG 5.7 0.5 511617.

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Subject:
African American athletes > Juvenile literature.
African American basketball players > Juvenile literature.
Basketball > History > Juvenile literature.

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  • 21 of 21 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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