But They Can't Beat Us!: Oscar Robertson and the Crispus Attucks Tigers

Randy Roberts

abr 2012 · Distribuido por Simon and Schuster

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The Crispus Attucks High School basketball teams of 1955 and 1956 made Indiana basketball history as the first all-black team to win a state championship and then as the first undefeated team ever to win the championship. The story of Oscar Robertson’s dedication to the game and of the unforgettable Attucks’s teams of the 1950s are told in this inspiring book that brings together race, joy, and achievement during a critical time in Indiana and American history.

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