More than just a game, the Black origins of basketball
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More than just a game, the Black origins of basketball
Language
eng
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no index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
More than just a game
Medium
electronic resource
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Sub title
the Black origins of basketball
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
Target audience
juvenile
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