"Above the Rim: How Elgin Baylor Changed Basketball" by Jennifer Bryant - Black History Month Spotlight

          
Above the Rim Book Trailer (1:03) by Jen Bryant

From the author: Elgin Baylor may not be a name that is familiar to young people today. But it should be. It’s my hope that this book will help more kids and adults know the story of this under-recognized athlete who pioneered basketball’s “above the rim” style of play and inspired future NBA stars like Dr. J, Michael Jordan and LeBron James. In addition to his athletic artistry, Baylor also chose to “speak out by sitting out” of an NBA game in West Virginia in the league’s early days. This quiet but effective act caught the attention of the press and the NBA Commissioner, and resulted in a change of rules for every NBA team.

- Jennifer Bryant website resources for her book and Elgin Baylor
- Jennifer Bryant, Bastion Elementary Library
- Jennifer Bryant, Okanagan Regional Library (ORL)

- Hamilton Read Along: Colby Lewis reads "Above the Rim" from
The Gilder Lehrman Institute on Vimeo (5:24).  Historical background to the story is given throughout the reading.

         
"Beyond the Book with Frank Morrison" by Abrams Books: "Go beyond the book with artist Frank Morrison as he gives us an insider's look at the illustrations from the picture book,
Above the Rim: How Elgin Baylor Changed Basketball." (11:38)



Author/Illustrator Interview with Jennifer Bryant and Frank Morrison by Politics and Prose Bookstore: "Jen Bryant and Frank Morrison - Above the Rim: How Elgin Baylor Changed Basketball " (55:24)


"Elgin Baylor: Most underrated player in NBA History" by Wilt Chamberlain Archive (26:42)


"Elgin Baylor: NBA Hall of Famer reflects on his career" podcast by Yogi Roth (36:34).
(Note: this podcast includes advertising for coffee and Yogi Roth items;
interview with Mr. Baylor starts at 5:25)

More Black History Month Sports Stories:
- Sportsnet Celebrates Black History Month
                - Thirty plus stories on Canadian and International black athletes

What is Africville? An Exploration of Eastern Canada's Past.

 

Africville by Shauntay Grant

Africville: 

• Africville was a vibrant Black community for more than 150 years [in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada]. But even though its residents paid municipal taxes, they lived without running water, sewers, paved roads and police, fire-truck and ambulance services. Over time, the city located a slaughterhouse, a hospital for infectious disease, and even the city garbage dump nearby. In the 1960s, city officials decided to demolish the community, moving people out in city dump trucks and relocating them in public housing. Source: Good Reads

Bastion Shauntay Grant books
Okanagan Regional Library (ORL) Shauntay Grant books

BACKGROUND OF AFRICVILLE


CBC Arts interview with Shauntay Grant, "Africville’s destruction is a shameful chapter in Canadian history, but it must be remembered" (2:19)

History Bits: Remembering Africville / Parcelles d’histoire :
Se souvenir d’Africville (5:10)

"The Story of Africville" by Cameron (3:54)

Documentaire: L'histoire d'Africville compte by Conseil Communautaire du Grand-Havre 
(21 mins)

 "Africville Then and Now" a video Essay on the True Story of Africville by Darius Cox (12:34)

             

       "Africville: The Black Community Bulldozed by the City of Halifax" by Historica Canada (2:02)

• Reflecting on the legacy of Africville by CTV Your Morning, a journalistic interview with former residents from Africville (7:48)

• Canadian Museum for Human Rights, "The Story of Africville" by Matthew McRae

 

                          Other Halifax Black Stories

"Once Upon a Black Halifax" by Gbenga Akintokun (18:48)

Other Canadian Black History Stories

• Viola Desmond by Canadian Museum for Human Rights, social activism
• Black Sleeping Car Porters by Canadian Museum for Human Rights
• The Story of Slavery in Canadian History by Canadian Museum for Human Rights
• Royal Canadian Museum (Victoria, B.C.) presents "Hope Meets Action: Echoes Through the Black Continuum."  Visit the pocket gallery display