America's First All-Black High School Rowing Team

America's First All-Black High School Rowing Team

Constant Wonder

America's First All-Black High School Rowing Team

Episode: America's First All-Black High School Rowing Team

  • Jul 30, 2021 6:00 pm
  • 39:12 mins

Growing up on Chicago's West Side in the '90s, meant gang violence, drug addicts, and poverty. But everything changed for Arshay Cooper when he saw a boat in his school lunchroom alongside an advertisement that would change his life forever. Guest: Arshay Cooper, author of "A Most Beautiful Thing: The True Story of America's First All-Black High School Rowing Team"