Living through the hoop : high school basketball, race, and the American dream /

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Author / Creator:May, Reuben A. Buford, 1965-
Imprint:New York : New York University Press, ©2008.
Description:1 online resource (xvii, 243 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11170644
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ISBN:9780814795613
0814795617
9780814789902
0814789900
9780814757291
0814757294
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-236) and index.
English.
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Summary:Visit the author's YouTube channel!. When high school basketball player LeBron James was selected as the top pick in the National Basketball Association draft of 2003, the hopes of a half-million high school basketball players soared. If LeBron could go straight from high school to the NBA, why couldn't they? Such is the allure of basketball for so many young African American men. Unfortunately, the reality is that their chances of ever playing basketball at the professional, or even college, level are infinitesimal. In Living Through the Hoop , Reuben A. Buford May tells the absorbing story o.
Other form:Print version: May, Reuben A. Buford, 1965- Living through the hoop. New York : New York University Press, ©2008 9780814757291 0814757294