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Title More than just a game : the Black origins of basketball / Madison Moore ; illustrated by Lonnie Ollivierre.
Publisher Chicago, Illinois : Albert Whitman & Company, 2021.
Copyright ©2021
Description 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, photograph ; 27 cm


LOCATION CALL NUMBER VOL BARCODE LAST CHECKIN STATUS
 LW-Children's Room  J796.323 MOO Nearby on shelf  30641006376532 03-07-24  AVAILABLE
BIBLIOGRAPHY Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE Accelerated Reader LG 5.7 0.5 511617
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.
Audience Ages 4-8 Albert Whitman & Company.
Grades 2-3 Albert Whitman & Company.
Subject Basketball -- History -- Juvenile literature.
African American basketball players -- Juvenile literature.
African American athletes -- Juvenile literature.
Add'l Names Ollivierre, Lonnie, illustrator.
ISBN 9780807552711
0807552712