| More Than Just a Game: The Black Origins of Basketball Contributor(s): Moore, Madison (Author), Ollivierre, Lonnie (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0807552712 ISBN-13: 9780807552711 Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Sports & Recreation - Basketball - Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places - United States - African-american - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 796.323 |
| LCCN: 2020054964 |
| Lexile Measure: 1110 |
| Physical Information: 0.47" H x 8.11" W x 10.08" (0.79 lbs) 32 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |