Go Up for Glory (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Bill Russell
- First Published: 1966
- Time of Work: 1934–1965
- Setting: Louisiana, California, and Massachusetts
- Principal Characters: Bill Russell, Charlie Russell, Arnold “Red” Auerbach
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography
- Subjects: African Americans, Civil rights, Segregation or integration, Racism, Autobiography, Prejudices or antipathies, Athletes, Sports, Basketball
- Locales: California, Louisiana, Massachusetts
Form and Content
In Go Up for Glory, Bill Russell describes the struggle that an African American must endure growing up in the United States. His first chapter discusses the life of prejudice that he experienced as a boy, both in the South and in California. Russell learned quickly that a wall existed between blacks and whites. Yet he was fortunate to have several teachers who had a deep interest in their students. They motivated him to do his best, and when Russell was graduated from high school he had a basketball scholarship to the University of San Francisco.
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