Jumpman by Johnny Smith
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https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/63529 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jumpman Author: Johnny Smith Narrator: Gregory Jones Format: mp3 Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins Release date: 11-07-23 Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 3 ratings Genres: Sports History Publisher's Summary: To become the most revered basketball player in America, it wasn’t enough for Michael Jordan to merely excel on the court. He also had to become something he never intended: a hero. Reconstructing the defining moment of Jordan’s career—winning his first NBA championship during the 1990-1991 season—sports historian Johnny Smith examines Jordan’s ubiquitous rise in American culture and the burden he carried as a national symbol of racial progress. Jumpman reveals how Jordan maintained a “mystique” that allowed him to seem more likable to Americans who wanted to believe race no longer mattered.
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