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Attucks!: Oscar Robertson and the Basketball Team That Awakened a City
By HOOSE, Phillip
- ISBN
- 9780374306120
- Publisher
- Farrar
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 2018 | Middle To High School
Gr 7 Up—At one time, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar stated that NBA Hall of Famer Oscar Robertson was "the greatest player to ever play the game of basketball." In this well-researched and skillfully written account, Hoose discusses the high school career of Robertson and how his all-black high school overcame tremendous odds in winning th...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on March 1, 2019
Hoose begins in the early 1920s, when Indianapolis's KKK-influenced school board created a separate, African American only high school. By the 1950s, Crispus Attuc...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on March 1, 2019
Hoose begins in the early 1920s, when Indianapolis's KKK-influenced school board created a separate, African American only high school. By the 1950s, Crispus Attuc...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
