Michigan Road Brownies and Books
Sat, March 7
1:00 p.m.
Grades 5-12
Registration Not Necessary 
Free

Brownies and Books is traveling to Michigan Road Library! Our first reading selection is  Attucks! Oscar Robertson and the Basketball Team that Awakened a City  by Newbery Honor winner, Philip Hoose. This book is "The true story of the all-black high school basketball team that broke the color barrier in segregated 1950s Indiana...By winning the state high school basketball championship in 1955, ten teens from an Indianapolis school meant to be the centerpiece of racially segregated education in the state shattered the myth of their inferiority. Their brilliant coach had fashioned an unbeatable team from a group of boys born in the South and raised in poverty. Anchored by the astonishing Oscar Robertson, a future college and NBA star, the Crispus Attucks Tigers went down in history as the first state champions from Indianapolis and the first all-black team in U.S. history to win a racially open championship tournament—an integration they had forced with their on-court prowess" (Goodreads). This novel about Indiana Basketball History is the perfect way to prepare for March Madness, so pick up a copy at Michigan Road Library and join us on Feb. 29 for discussion and free snacks! 

For more information contact Rachel at (765)654-8746 or rmilburn@myfcpl.org