The Sixteenth Street Chronicles
Author | : Jim Aziere |
Publisher | : Fulton Books, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 468 |
Release | : 2022-05-02 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781649526151 |
ISBN-10 | : 1649526156 |
Rating | : 4/5 (56 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Sixteenth Street Chronicles written by Jim Aziere and published by Fulton Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-05-02 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here, Missouri Hall of Famer and sports educator Jim Aziere has crafted a remarkable true story, a classically American story, about an essential part of his youthful struggles and our own, featuring a one-of-a-kind Kansas City parochial high school called De La Salle Academy that flourished in the years between wars--1941-1959--a time of great social strife in our city. It's an eye-opening tale of the seismic shifts in America in the 1960s, about a unique group of Christian educators who managed to integrate a high school before Brown v. Board of Education--but could not keep the dream alive beyond Watergate. You're sure to find Jim's story about his years at De La Salle--where he was first a student and later faculty--highly affecting and personal as he recounts his many life lessons, survives a learning disability, and uses athletic skill and determination to excel despite everything. It's bound to touch and inspire anyone who's ever felt more at home on AstroTurf than in a classroom. Michael Pritchett, Author of The Melancholy Fate of Capt. Lewis (Unbridled Books)