Bubba Ephriam

Bubba Ephriam
Author: Garner Roberts
Publisher: ACU Press
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2024-07-16
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 168426832X

The untold story of a basketball pioneer who broke the color barrier in Texas basketball. Though another athlete who played in the NFL is often credited for being the first Black Texas basketball player, Bubba Ephriam broke the color barrier in his sport in March 1957. He led the Pecos High School Eagles to their first outright district title and the UIL state basketball tournament. Bubba grew up in a migrant farm family during pivotal years of segregation and integration. The Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision was announced on May 17, 1954, two days after his sixteenth birthday. His first game with the Pecos Eagles was on December 1, 1955, the same day Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, launching a historic 381-day bus boycott. Follow this inspirational story as Bubba plays the game he loves through a turbulent period before pursuing a distinguished career in the US Armed Forces.

Bubba Ephriam

Bubba Ephriam
Author: Garner Roberts
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2024-07-16
Genre:
ISBN: 9781684261239

The untold story of a basketball pioneer who broke the color barrier in Texas basketball. Though another athlete who played in the NFL is often credited for being the first Black Texas basketball player, Bubba Ephriam broke the color barrier in his sport in March 1957. He led the Pecos High School Eagles to their first outright district title and the UIL state basketball tournament. Bubba grew up in a migrant farm family during pivotal years of segregation and integration. The Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision was announced on May 17, 1954, two days after his sixteenth birthday. His first game with the Pecos Eagles was on December 1, 1955, the same day Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, launching a historic 381-day bus boycott. Follow this inspirational story as Bubba plays the game he loves through a turbulent period before pursuing a distinguished career in the US Armed Forces.

Shands Family History

Shands Family History
Author: Wayland Arthur Shands
Publisher:
Total Pages: 304
Release: 1986
Genre:
ISBN:

Thomas Shands (fl.1676-1685) emigrated from Scotland to Jamestown. Virginia, and was secretary to James Minge, clerk of the House of Burgesses. Thomas married Frances Harrison before 1685. Descendants and relatives lived in Virginia, South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Colorado and elsewhere.

Hinkle Fieldhouse

Hinkle Fieldhouse
Author: Eric Angevine
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2015-03-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 1625851456

Walk into Hinkle Fieldhouse, and you feel it--that palpable sense of history known as the Hinkle mystique. Indiana's basketball cathedral has stood in all its glory at Butler University since 1928. John Wooden, Oscar Robertson and Larry Bird played on its floor. Jesse Owens sprinted to a record at Hinkle, and athletes from around the globe have brought Olympic-level competition to crowds gathered under its steel arches. It was the setting for the climactic scene in Hoosiers, arguably the greatest sports movie ever made. It has hosted evangelists, ice shows, tennis matches, bike races and even roller derbies. Author Eric Angevine gets inside the paint in this complete Hinkle history, featuring archival photographs of the iconic structure and words from those who know it best.

A Ring for the King

A Ring for the King
Author: David Lee Morgan
Publisher: Triumph Books (IL)
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009
Genre: Basketball
ISBN: 9781600783272

He's called the Chosen One. The King. He's an NBA All-Star and an NBA MVP, but there's one thing that LeBron James lacks: a ring. Could this be the year that LeBron and the Cavaliers finally bring a world championship to Cleveland? This book looks at the 2010 NBA season, as Lebron, Shaq, Mo, Delonte, and the rest of the Cavaliers battle for a championship season.

Walking in History

Walking in History
Author: Evelyn Wrinkle Caylor Cross
Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2006
Genre:
ISBN: 1598581139

The Last Resort

The Last Resort
Author: Janet Go
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 153
Release: 2020-03-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1796092169

This riveting story is part mystery, social commentary, and fascinating Hawaiiana. Grace Hill, the narrator, tells the hidden truth about what goes on behind closed doors of The Palms, an independent retirement community in Hawaii. Grace and her Clue Crew of three friends help a Hawaiian police detective solve six mysterious deaths among the residents. Characters are the flamboyant manager of the home and her bumbling husband, a transgender masseuse, a tipsy Cajun chef, a militant social director, and 110 rattled seniors who survive a ballistic missile alert, a hurricane, and a norovirus epidemic. This irreverent romp through everyday life in a retirement home is the sequel to Menu For Murder, published in 2015, in which the Clue Crew and police crack the murders of five residents.

Winston County, Alabama Cemeteries, Volume 2

Winston County, Alabama Cemeteries, Volume 2
Author: Robin Sterling
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 434
Release: 2013-07-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1304232565

The cemeteries of Winston County contain the ancestors of the descendants who now populate the county. The earliest settlers, Civil War soldiers, early county officials and politicians, merchants, tradesmen, farmers, and their familes are there. Without their efforts to carve an existence out of the Winston County wildnerness, the rest of us simply would not be here. The history of the county was written in the cemeteries found across the county. Volume 2 of this two volume series covers Winston County Cemeteries L through W beginning with the Little Cemetery and ending with the Wolfpen Cemetery. This volumes also contains a list of missing or destroyed cemeteries. The book contains dozens of pictures of the cemeteries plus hundreds of annotations which include sites of unmarked graves plus the company and unit of every known Civil War era soldier, both Union and Confederate. The book concludes with a full name index. This book is vital to any serious student of Winston County genealogy and history.

Charlie's Key

Charlie's Key
Author: Rob Mills
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Total Pages: 261
Release: 2011-10
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1554698723

A young orphan struggles to unlock the significance of an old key left to him by his dying father.

I Grew Up with Basketball

I Grew Up with Basketball
Author: Frank J. Basloe
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012-03-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 0803240236

Originally published: New York: Greenberg, 1952.