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Swish!: The Slam-Dunking, Alley-Ooping, High-Flying Harlem Globetrotters
Suzanne Slade
Illustrator: Don Tate
Ages: 6+
Published: 2020
Publisher: Little, Brown for Young Readers
ISBN: 978-0-316-48167-0
Keywords: Harlem Globetrotters, basketball, champions, racism
Despite racism, a black high school basketball team was catapulted to worldwide fame for their athleticism and theatrics. Energetic caricature illustrations, archival photographs. Timeline, sources, notes.