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I came as a shadow : an autobiography / John Thompson with Jesse Washington.

Thompson, John, 1941-2020 (author.). Washington, Jesse, 1969- (author.).

Summary:

"The autobiography of the legendary coach of the Georgetown Hoyas, whose achievements on and off the basketball court reflect America's unresolved struggle with racial justice"-- Provided by publisher.

After five decades at the center of race and sports in America, Thompson was ready to make the private public, and he completed this autobiography shortly before his death. His book drives us through his childhood under JIm Crow segregation to our current moment of racial reckoning. His life on and off the basketball court threw America's unresolved struggle with racial justice into sharp relief. -- adapted from jacket

Record details

ISBN: 9781250619358
ISBN: 1250619351
Physical Description: xii, 337, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2020.
Copyright: ©2020

Content descriptions

General Note:	Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction -- Anna and Rob -- The rabbit -- Red -- Providence -- The Celtics -- The game behind the game -- Seventy percent -- "My mortgage" -- Bay Baby, Big Sky, and the Big East -- Patrick -- The mountaintop -- Bet the jockey, not the horse -- Sometimes the lion kills you -- Rayful -- Proposition 42 -- Alonzo and Dikembe -- Inversion -- Nike -- Time to go -- To be a coach -- Do not forget.