Go up for glory /
Bill Russell, with Bill McSweeny.
- xxiii, 212 pages ; 21 cm.
Originally published: New York : Coward-McCann, [1966] "A Berkley Medallion Book." "Distributed by Berkley Publishing Corporation."
The Kid -- National champions -- The Olympics -- Cast of characters -- Auerbach and me -- "IT" -- The psychology -- The championships -- Felton X -- Human rights -- The battleground -- Epilogue.
"From NBA legend Bill Russell, Go Up For Glory is a basketball memoir that transcends time. First published in 1965, this narrative tracing Russell's childhood in segregated America and detailing the challenges he faced as a black man, even when he was a celebrated NBA star, is both evidence of the progress made in the last fifty years, and an urgent reminder of how far we still have to go"--
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