Rodrigo Benito Zarate Benito Zarate itibaren Coşeni, 摩爾多瓦 itibaren Coşeni, 摩爾多瓦

Ok, I jumped the gun & finished it this weekend. Won't do a review until after bookclub!

** spoiler alert ** Although the current National Basketball Association (NBA) is over 80 percent black, African Americans did not enter the league until 1950. Yet even the most dedicated NBA fan would be hard-pressed to identify such pioneers as Harold Hunter (the first black player to sign an NBA contract), Earl Lloyd (the first black to play in an NBA game), and Chuck Cooper (the first to be drafted by an NBA team). The book describes their trials and triumphs and then more briefly traces the rise of the black athlete as a force in the league. It was not easy, as there were official and unofficial "quotas," and local harassment could make traveling with the teams a real ordeal. This book is important not just for basketball fans but for those who want to understand the role played by African Americans in the development of the NBA and big-time sports today.

Simple, sweet story. Teaches the power of forgiveness.