Game Changer

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Game Changer

John McLendon and the Secret Game

Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past Children’s / Teenage general interest: Ball games and sports: Basketball Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Racism and anti-racism Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Prejudice and intolerance

Author: John Coy

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Language: English

Published by: Carolrhoda Books ®

Published on: 1 August 2022

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 32 pages

ISBN: 9781728464770


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When they piled into cars and drove through Durham, North Carolina, the members of the Duke University Medical School basketball team only knew that they were going somewhere to play basketball. They didn''t know whom they would play against. But when they came face to face with their opponents, they quickly realized this secret game was going to make history.

Discover the true story of how in 1944, Coach John McLendon orchestrated a secret game between the best players from a white college and his team from the North Carolina College of Negroes. At a time of widespread segregation and rampant racism, this illegal gathering changed the sport of basketball forever.

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