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“I was trying to get him to understand that it‘s not just trying or wanting to change. I believe you have to make a choice, you have to decide.”

Arshay‘s story and that of his teammates is a winner. They persevered and looked beyond their scary and dangerous streets to become a cohesive rowing team, who became confident enough to plan a future. Inspiring❤️‍🔥

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His story was so inspiring… I could have listened to him all night!

Oh, wow already in love with this writer!

The pic has nothing to do with the tagged book except athleticism. 😆 Cooper is a loaded spring ready for action. Spring is his spirit name.

Listened to the audio of this book for IRL bookclub. I appreciate the rowing club wasn‘t all about the sport, promising HS students rainbows of gold coins & fame, instead it was a scaffolding of varying supports to be successful in their chosen walks of life.

Going to watch the documentary. 👍🏾

This was absolutely incredible. I couldn‘t put it down. It‘s an easy read at 226 pages and I was hooked the whole time.

This is…accurate. 🥶

Going with a recommendation from my mom this morning.

Starting this...😁

Great book about race and competing against all odds

So excited that the company I work for is finally starting to actively celebrate Black History Month and the diversity of its employees. Today they hosted a webinar chat with with Grant Hill and Mary Mazzio about their film adaptation of the tagged book. I‘m not usually a sports nonfiction book person, but I may have to pick this one up! The film is free on Peacock and is also on Amazon Prime, if anyone is interested in viewing it.

I really enjoyed this book! You should add it to your 2021 “to read” list.

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Probably not what you had in mind for the prompt. However, as I was thinking on a book that would fit the prompt, I kept coming back to this book. It is a true story of the first African American crew team. Great stuff!! If you haven't read it yet, I highly recommend that you add it to your TBR list.💙

Love this book 🥰

A memoir “A Most Beautiful Thing” by #blackauthor Arshay Cooper is coming out on June 30. Cooper grew up in Chicago, and was a member of the first all-black rowing team. Looks very interesting. A documentary with the same name has been made as well.

Article pictured is from this weekend‘s WSJ.