Unbeatable
How Crispus Attucks Basketball Broke Racial Barriers and Jolted the World
Square Fish · Print & ebook · February 22, 2022
Attucks! is true story of the all-black high school basketball team that broke the color barrier in segregated 1950s Indiana, masterfully told by National Book Award winner Phil Hoose.
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- Who it’s for
- A championship season becomes a vivid account of basketball challenging segregation.
- Themes
- Racial segregation and integration, High school basketball achievement, Overcoming adversity
- Genres
- Basketball, African American U.S. History for Teens, Prejudice & Racism for Teens
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Attucks! is true story of the all-black high school basketball team that broke the color barrier in segregated 1950s Indiana, masterfully told by National Book Award winner Phil Hoose. By winning the state high school basketball championship in 1955, ten teens from an Indianapolis school meant to be the centerpiece of racially segregated education in the state shattered the myth of their inferiority.
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Their brilliant coach had fashioned an unbeatable team from a group of boys born in the South and raised in poverty. Anchored by the astonishing Oscar Robertson, a future college and NBA star, the Crispus Attucks Tigers went down in history as the first state champions from Indianapolis and the first all-black team in U.S. history to win a racially open championship tournament—an integration they had forced with their on-court prowess. From native Hoosier and award-winning author Phillip Hoose comes this true story of a team up against impossible odds, making a difference when it mattered most. An ALA Notable Book of 2019 NYPL Best Book for Teens of 2018 A 2018 Booklist Youth Editors' Choice A Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Book of 2018 A Kirkus Reviews Best YA Nonfiction Book of 2018 An ALSC Notable Children's Book of 2019 A YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award Nominee This title has Common Core connections.
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A championship season becomes a vivid account of basketball challenging segregation.
Come here for
- High-stakes basketball rooted in the fight against segregation
- A true story centered on the astonishing Oscar Robertson
Expect
- An absorbing blend of sports history and civil rights
- A serious account of a team breaking barriers
Where it sits
| Prejudice & Racism for Teens | 90% |
|---|---|
| Basketball | 80% |
| African American U.S. History for Teens | 58% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- African American U.S. History for Teens
- Basketball
- Authors
- Phillip Hoose
- Publisher
- Square Fish
- Published
- February 22, 2022
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Racial segregation and integration · High school basketball achievement · Overcoming adversity
- Reading lane
- African American U.S. History for Teens