Synopsis
A history of the popular sports franchise reveals their lesser-known origins on Chicago's south side, the team's struggles with racism and segregation throughout the twentieth century, their role in the formation of the NBA, and their reemergence as international sports stars. 40,000 first printing.
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."..an ambitious, engaging book on the history of the Globetrotters."--Black Issues Book Review
..".an ambitious, engaging book on the history of the Globetrotters."--Black Issues Book Review
...an ambitious, engaging book on the history of the Globetrotters. --Black Issues Book Review"
About the Author
Ben Green is the highly acclaimed author of Before His Time (the subject of a PBS documentary), The Soldier of Fortune Murders (which sold more than 100,000 copies and was the basis for a CBS miniseries), and Finest Kind. A former Bread Loaf Fellow, Green lives in Tallahassee, Florida, with his wife, Tracie, and two daughters, Emily and Eliza. He is a graduate of Brandeis University and is on the faculty of Florida State University.
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