It is well known that Indiana's favorite sport is basketball. Hoosiers, one of the best basketball movies of all time, was about the small-town Indiana basketball team that beat a huge school to win the Indiana basketball tournament in the 1950's. Hoose's books tells the story of another Indiana basketball team whose inspirational story would also make an unforgettable movie. Crispus Attucks high school was the all black school in a segregated Indianapolis. In the 1950's, their coach Ray Crowes steadily built the basketball program, and in 1955, they won the state championship. They were not only the first Indianapolis school to win a state basketball championship, they were also the first all black team in the United States to win a championship in a racially open tournament. The teams was lead by future Hall of Famer, Oscar Robertson. It wasn't until their team became so successful that Indiana decided to desegregate. The story of the Crispus Attack's success is a phenomenal basketball story, but it is alsa a story of the triumph of the human spirit over hatred and prejudice. Basketball fans will devour this! Highly, highly recommended!
Attucks! Oscar Robertson and the Basketball Team that Awakened a City by Phillip Hoose
It is well known that Indiana's favorite sport is basketball. Hoosiers, one of the best basketball movies of all time, was about the small-town Indiana basketball team that beat a huge school to win the Indiana basketball tournament in the 1950's. Hoose's books tells the story of another Indiana basketball team whose inspirational story would also make an unforgettable movie. Crispus Attucks high school was the all black school in a segregated Indianapolis. In the 1950's, their coach Ray Crowes steadily built the basketball program, and in 1955, they won the state championship. They were not only the first Indianapolis school to win a state basketball championship, they were also the first all black team in the United States to win a championship in a racially open tournament. The teams was lead by future Hall of Famer, Oscar Robertson. It wasn't until their team became so successful that Indiana decided to desegregate. The story of the Crispus Attack's success is a phenomenal basketball story, but it is alsa a story of the triumph of the human spirit over hatred and prejudice. Basketball fans will devour this! Highly, highly recommended!
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