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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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06 octobre 2020

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9781647001612

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English

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ABOVE THE RIM

HOW ELGIN BAYLOR CH ANGED BASK ETBALL

BY JEN BRYANT

ILLUSTR ATIONS BY FR ANK MORRISON

Abrams Books for Young Readers

New York
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Sincere thanks to the following people, without whose guidance, support, and

expertise this book would not have been born: Matt Zeysing, curator, and Alex Pedro, curatorial

assistant, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Springfield, Massachusetts; Carol Welch

and Laura Salvucci, reference department, Chester County Library, Exton, Pennsylvania; the

reference specialists at the Main Reading Room, Humanities and Social Sciences Division, Library

of Congress, Washington, D.C.; Tamar Brazis and Howard Reeves, wise and patient editors at

Abrams Books for Young Readers, New York; Rob Sternitzky, copyeditor; Pamela Notarantonio, art

director; Frank Morrison, artist, who brought Elgin s story so brilliantly to life on these pages.

The illustrations in this book were created using oil on illustration board.

Cataloging-in-Publication Data has been applied for

and may be obtained from the Library of Congress.

ISBN 978-1-4197-4108-1 eISBN 978-1-64700-161-2

Text copyright 2020 Jen Bryant

Illustrations copyright 2020 Frank Morrison

Edited by Howard W. Reeves

Book design by Steph Stilwell and Max Temescu

Published in 2020 by Abrams Books for Young Readers, an imprint of ABRAMS.

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To my agent, Alyssa E. Henkin, and her family

-J.B.

To the children who love basketball as much as I love painting

-F.M.

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