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Athletes Who Made a Difference
LeBron James: Athletes Who Made a Difference
LeBron James has been the face of men's basketball since he first stepped onto the court. In addition to winning four NBA Championships, ten trips to the NBA finals, and two Olympic gold medals, he has become a superstar outside the stadium for speaking up for the Black community. For being an outspoken advocate for underprivileged children and against police brutality, James earned the NAACP President's Award, a prize given to players who demonstrate leadership, sportsmanship, and a commitment to social justice. This graphic biography shows readers the moments that have defined his life as a basketball player and an activist.
32 pages, Paperback
Published August 1, 2024
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June 12, 2025
As the book's series title details (Athletes Who Made a Difference), it's not about chronicling everything about the athlete but it does feel a little incomplete because it reads in a way that it's going to showcase his life but then switches once he becomes the super famous basketball star to his efforts with Black issues and building a better future for kids who didn't have the support he ended up getting from others when his mother struggled to put a roof over his head and his grandmother had died. The community saw his talent and his coach offered him an opportunity to stay with his family during the week so that he wouldn't miss school and could continue on a path toward academic and athletic excellence.
Yet, as it discusses the events of George Floyd and Black Lives Matter as well as the pandemic, it shows his creation of the foundation and the work that the players pushed the NBA to confront and then kind of ends so I don't know that it has a strong finish to the book-- obviously recognizing that it's preemptive to write a book about James when he's still at the height of his fame. If it was framed differently from the start I think it could have had a more clear beginning, middle, and end.
Yet, as it discusses the events of George Floyd and Black Lives Matter as well as the pandemic, it shows his creation of the foundation and the work that the players pushed the NBA to confront and then kind of ends so I don't know that it has a strong finish to the book-- obviously recognizing that it's preemptive to write a book about James when he's still at the height of his fame. If it was framed differently from the start I think it could have had a more clear beginning, middle, and end.
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