A Most Beautiful ThingTop of Mind with Julie Rose • Season 1, Episode 1559, Segment 6
Mar 22, 2021 • 20m
The rarefied, overwhelming white sport of rowing, has only ever had a few Black athletes, let alone entire teams. And the first all-black high school rowing team at Manley High School in the 1990s almost didn’t happen. A new documentary about them called “A Most Beautiful Thing” is based on the memoir by Arshay Cooper, one of the team’s captains. (Photo Credit: Arshay Cooper)