{"product_id":"unbeatable-how-crispus-attucks-basketball-broke-racial-barriers-and-jolted-the-world-paperback","title":"Unbeatable: How Crispus Attucks Basketball Broke Racial Barriers and Jolted the World - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePhillip Hoose\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAttucks!\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy 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. 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn ALA Notable Book of 2019\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNYPL Best Book for Teens of 2018\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 2018 Booklist Youth Editors' Choice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Book of 2018\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Kirkus Reviews Best YA Nonfiction Book of 2018\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn ALSC Notable Children's Book of 2019\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award Nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis title has Common Core connections.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhillip Hoose\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning author of books, essays, stories, songs and articles. 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