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Thornridge : The Perfect Season in Black and White by Scott Lynn (2009, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherAuthorhouse

ISBN-10144904090X

ISBN-139781449040901

eBay Product ID (ePID)22038735681

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Book TitleThornridge : the Perfect Season in Black and White

Number of Pages316 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicSociology / General, Sociology of Sports, Black Studies (Global), General, Basketball, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies

Publication Year2009

GenreSports & Recreation, Social Science

AuthorScott Lynn

FormatHardcover

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Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight22 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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SynopsisIn the early 1970s, the United States was much the same as in the radical '60s; Americans dying in Vietnam, anti-war demonstrations on college campuses, conflict between blacks and whites in most major cities. In predominantly white Dolton, a south Chicago suburb, busing had come to Thornridge High School. Black students from nearby Phoenix now attended school with whites from Dolton and South Holland. They were not warmly received. Then, the Thornridge basketball team started winning... Fans in black and white communities came together as Thornridge captured consecutive Illinois championships. Led by the national high school athlete of the year, Quinn Buckner, the Falcons stormed to a perfect season in 1972. No team even came close. This is their story told in their own words. THORNRIDGE is about prejudice and acceptance, adversity and triumph, and a team that changed attitudes while the players were having the time of their lives.

LC Classification NumberGV885.43.T5L95 2009

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by mila6
Nov 24, 2020
A Must Read for Illinois High School Basketball Fans in the Early 1970's
A very detailed look back at the day-to-day activities of the best high school basketball team in Illinois history with perspectives on the social economic conditions and challenges related to bussing/integration in the early 1970's. A multitude of interviews (almost 40 years later) with most of the main characters in the book.
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