Attucks! Celebrated in Indianapolis

The Indy Star recently review Attucks!: Oscar Robertson and the Basketball Team That Awakened a City saying, “Most Hoosiers already know this story — through books, TV specials, or newspaper stories. But this latest telling — about a black high school basketball team triumphs over racial injustice in 1950s Indianapolis — actually manages to be revelatory…”
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Indianapolis will launch this hometown story at the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis on 10/30/18 at 6:30 PM with this rich array of panelists:

  • Dr. Stanley Warren — Author, High Five: African-American Institutions That Have Strengthened the Indianapolis Community; retired Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor of Education, DePauw University
  • Phil Hoose — Author, Attucks!: Oscar Robertson and the Basketball Team That Awakened a City
  • Josiah Herndon — 2017 Crispus Attucks alumnus and former equipment manager for the Crispus Attucks basketball team
  • Dr. Patricia Payne — Director, Crispus Attucks Museum
  • Jerry Harkness — Retired Indiana Pacers point guard
  • Bill Benner — Director, Pacers Foundation INC