Game Changer: John McLendon and the Secret Game
Sign in to keep track of books you’ve read and want to read.
When they piled into cars and drove through Durham, North Carolina, the members of the Duke University Medical School basketball team only knew that they were going somewhere to play basketball. They didn't know whom they would play against. But when they came face to face with their opponents, they quickly realized this secret game was going to make history.
Read more
Discover the true story of how in 1944, Coach John McLendon orchestrated a secret game between the best players from a white college and his team from the North Carolina College of Negroes. At a time of widespread segregation and rampant racism, this illegal gathering changed the sport of basketball forever.
Liked Game Changer: John McLendon and the Secret Game? Here’s where I’d start.
These suit anyone who liked Game Changer: John McLendon and the Secret Game. Sign in and mark a few books for picks shaped around your own taste.
-
The Wildest Race Ever: The Story of the 1904 Olympic Marathon Shares picture books, nonfiction, sports -
Basketball Belles: How Two Teams and One Scrappy Player Put Women's Hoops on the Map Shares picture books, sports, nonfiction -
Zachary's Ball Shares picture books, sports, childrens -
Satchel Paige Shares picture books, sports, nonfiction
