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Attucks!, Oscar Robertson and the basketball team that awakened a city, Phillip Hoose

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Attucks!, Oscar Robertson and the basketball team that awakened a city, Phillip Hoose

Language

eng

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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contains biographical information

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illustrations

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Attucks!

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bibliography

Oclc number

1050457376

Responsibility statement

Phillip Hoose

Sub title

Oscar Robertson and the basketball team that awakened a city

Summary

"By winning the state high school basketball championship in 1955, ten black teens from an Indianapolis school meant to be the centerpiece of racially segregated education in Indiana shattered the myth of their inferiority. Their brilliant coach had fashioned an unbeatable team from a group of boys born in the South and raised in poverty. Anchored by the astonishing Oscar Robertson, a future college and NBA star, the Crispus Attucks Tigers went down in history as the first state champions from Indianapolis, and the first all-black team in U.S. history to win a racially open championship tournament - an integration they had forced with their on-court prowess."--Jacket flapIndianapolis, 1955. They were meant to be the centerpiece of racially segregated education in the state, but shattered the myth of their inferiority. Anchored by Oscar Robertson, a future college and NBA star, the Crispus Attucks Tigers went down in history because of their on-court prowess. Hoose tells the true story of how an all-black high school basketball team became the first state champions from Indianapolis-- and the first all-black team in U.S. history to win a racially open championship tournament. Against impossible odds, they made a difference when it mattered most. -- adapted from jacket

Table Of Contents

A note from the author: Oscar's contention -- Prologue: Flap's shot -- North toward hope -- Hoosier hysteria -- Ray Crowe: "I would love to meet your family" -- Gentlemen or warriors? -- A form of jazz -- Ten for the referees -- "To be around my people" -- "Attucks was ours" -- Perfection -- Legacy -- Acknowledgments -- The times that followed

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Oscar Robertson and the basketball team that awakened a city

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