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The real Hoosiers : Crispus Attucks High School, Oscar Robertson, and the hidden history of hoops /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McCallum, Jack, 1949- (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Hachette Books, 2024.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Crispus Attucks Tigers (Basketball team) > History > 20th century.
Robertson, Oscar, > 1938-
Crispus Attucks High School (Indianapolis, Ind.) > History > 20th century.
Basketball > Indiana > History > 20th century.
Racism in sports > United States > History > 20th century.
Indiana > History > 20th century.
Racisme dans les sports > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Indiana > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue
  • The Robertsons move north ... and find a "quiet" racism
  • Attucks has a zebra problem
  • Threats mar the outset of Oscar's sophomore season
  • The magic of the Dust Bowl
  • Hoops : the Hoosier State's most glorious import
  • Separating fact from fiction in Hoosiers
  • The secret spread of black basketball
  • White robes
  • 1927 : a school built by hate but also hope
  • The lone blemish and Ray Crowe is not amused
  • Basketball and blood in the same town square
  • Attucks-Muncie : a game for the ages
  • A triumph of firsts
  • Legit celebration or veiled insult?
  • The cape-wearing DuSable Panthers and the angry brilliance of Russ
  • Prefection
  • Knocking King Kelly off his throne
  • Did Attucks unite a city?
  • A tiger in winter.