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Above the Rim
Above the Rim: How Elgin Baylor Changed Basketball | Jen Bryant
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The story of Elgin Baylor, basketball icon and civil rights advocate, from an all-star team Hall-of-famer Elgin Baylor was one of basketball’s all-time-greatest players—an innovative athlete, team player, and quiet force for change. One of the first professional African-American players, he inspired others on and off the court. But when traveling for away games, many hotels and restaurants turned Elgin away because he was black. One night, Elgin had enough and staged a one-man protest that captured the attention of the press, the public, and the NBA. Above the Rim is a poetic, exquisitely illustrated telling of the life of an underrecognized athlete and a celebration of standing up for what is right.
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Above the Rim: How Elgin Baylor Changed Basketball | Jen Bryant
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I'm not even into #sports (so maybe that's why this was new info for me?) but this was such a good read, the narrator was great and I think it's so cool to see how the NBA has developed and because of a black player. It's very inspiring. At the end, the author does drop many black athlete and community achievements so also very educational in general #nonfiction #blackamerica #history

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Above the Rim: How Elgin Baylor Changed Basketball | Jen Bryant
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Nominated for #WCCPBA
I just read this 19 times #outloud to my K-5 students. It encapsulates great and less remembered moments in the Civil Rights movement before 1968. I took a moment with some students to explain that TV was new like TikTok today. People were watching for the 1st time and they were outraged. I was fascinated that out of about 340 students, only one drew a comparison to Colin Kaepernick. I live in a social justice desert.

mandarchy If you teach 3rd through 8th grade, I hope you can add this to your library. The author has a video that my students loved on her website. It's basically 30 minutes of Elgin Baylor making basketball look easy. 3y
mandarchy If you want to make a #PNW connection, it's mentioned in the book that Baylor lived in and attended schools in Idaho and Seattle. He grew up in D.C. 3y
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Above the Rim: How Elgin Baylor Changed Basketball | Jen Bryant
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#WCCPBA 2022 nominee #underthedustcover

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