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I Came As a Shadow audiobook
- By: John Thompson
- Narrator: Jesse Washington
- Category: African American Studies, Ethnic Studies, Social Science
- Length: 10 hours 57 minutes
- Publisher: Macmillan Audio
- Publish date: December 15, 2020
- Language: English
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I Came As a Shadow Audiobook Summary
“From his time growing up to his remarkable career at Georgetown University, contractual deals with Nike, and meaningful moments off the court–this is a fascinating audiobook. [Narrator Jesse] Washington brings the right level of emotion, doesn’t imitate anyone, and gives Thompson’s words the respect they deserve. A must-listen for anyone whose mind is made up on Thompson.” — AudioFile Magazine
The long-awaited autobiography from Georgetown University’s legendary coach, whose life on and off the basketball court threw America’s unresolved struggle with racial justice into sharp relief.
John Thompson was never just a basketball coach and I Came As A Shadow is categorically not just a basketball autobiography.
After three decades at the center of race and sports in America, the first Black head coach to win an NCAA championship makes the private public at last. Chockful of stories and moving beyond mere stats (and what stats! three Final Fours, four times national coach of the year, seven Big East championships, 97 percent graduation rate), Thompson’s book drives us through his childhood under Jim Crow segregation to our current moment of racial reckoning. We experience riding shotgun with Celtics icon Red Auerbach, and coaching NBA Hall of Famers like Patrick Ewing and Allen Iverson. How did he inspire the phrase “Hoya Paranoia”? You’ll see. And thawing his historically glacial stare, Thompson brings us into his negotiation with a DC drug kingpin in his players’ orbit in the 1980s, as well as behind the scenes of his years on the Nike board.
Thompson’s mother was a teacher who couldn’t teach because she was Black. His father could not read or write, so the only way he could identify different cements at the factory where he worked was to taste them. Their son grew up to be a man with his own life-sized statue in a building that bears his family’s name on a campus once kept afloat by the selling of 272 enslaved people. This is a great American story, and John Thompson’s experience sheds light on many of the issues roiling our nation. In these pages–a last gift from “Coach”–he proves himself to be the elder statesman whose final words college basketball and the country need to hear.
I Came As A Shadow is not a swan song, but a bullhorn blast from one of America’s most prominent sons. Huddle up.
A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt and Company
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I Came As a Shadow Audiobook Narrator
Jesse Washington is the narrator of I Came As a Shadow audiobook that was written by John Thompson
Jesse Washington is a writer for ESPN’s The Undefeated and was previously the national writer on race and ethnicity at the Associated Press, managing editor of Vibe, and editor-in-chief of Blaze.
About the Author(s) of I Came As a Shadow
John Thompson is the author of I Came As a Shadow
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I Came As a Shadow Full Details
| Narrator | Jesse Washington |
| Length | 10 hours 57 minutes |
| Author | John Thompson |
| Category | |
| Publisher | Macmillan Audio |
| Release date | December 15, 2020 |
| ISBN | 9781250800787 |
Subjects
The publisher of the I Came As a Shadow is Macmillan Audio. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is African American Studies, Ethnic Studies, Social Science
Additional info
The publisher of the I Came As a Shadow is Macmillan Audio. The imprint is Macmillan Audio. It is supplied by Macmillan Audio. The ISBN-13 is 9781250800787.
Global Availability
This book is only available in the United States.
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