"The Secret Game: A Wartime Story of Courage, Change, and Basketball's Lost Triumph"

Date: 10/7/2017
Time: 6:30 PM TO 9:00 PM

10401 S. Ridgeview Road
Olathe, KS 66061

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Event Description: Don't miss the annual "A Taste of Literacy" fundraising event sponsored by the Olathe Public Library Foundation. Speaker for the event will be Scott Ellsworth, author of "The Secret Game: A Wartime Story of Courage, Change, and Basketball's Lost Triumph." "The Secret Game" tells the story of James Naismith’s last protégé at the University of Kansas, Coach John McLendon, and the 1944 game-changing illegal basketball competition between the North Carolina College for Negroes and the all-white military team from the Duke Medical School. The book won a 2016 PEN Book Award, and was named by the "Chicago Tribune" as one of the Top Ten Books of the Year. This year's event is dedicated in memory of foundation co-founder Clifford Tatham, whose contributions will be honored with a mayor proclamation. Tickets for the event are $75 with $30 tax-deductible and include the program, dinner of roasted beef tenderloin and Scottish salmon. A cash bar is available and business casual attire is suggested. Tickets may be purchased until September 28 by calling Julie Clark at 913-971-6878 or jsclark@olatheks.org


Directions:
Embassy Suites Hotel - Salon AB

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