Game Changer: John McLendon and the Secret Game
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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.
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.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Carolrhoda Books (R)
Published: 08/05/2025
ISBN: 9798765685259
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.31lbs
Size: 9.55h x 8.46w x 0.21d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 175363 / Game Changer: John McLendon and the Secret Game
Reading Level: 5.7 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5