Role models
Who was Thomas first role model?
His 6th grade teacher Sametta Wallace Jackson
Who was the basketball player that he inspirer to be when he was young?
The Rabbit
What did his mother want him to be when he was having trouble in school?
She wanted him to stand up for himself and be unapologetic for the things God intended everyone to have
What did police mean and what they were trained at birth?
That police wasn't a friendship it meant when see them you run. "They were trained from birth to think the police were our enemy." (134)
What school did he go to that just started to integrate through the basketball team?
Archbishop Carroll High school
What did Mr. Jabbo, Butler, and Wyatt teach him?
what convicted Thompson attending Providence?
Two of the most influential people in his life (mother and father) was telling him to go to providence he knew there was no other choice
What did he do when a player had bad grades and sat out of games?
He wouldn't announce to the media about the player and why he not playing. He might even tell the trainer to put a knee brace on to protect the kid
Why was Thompson emphasizing the other pathways then sports
Black people we not praised or know for their intellectual accomplishments
Where did Thomas grow up?
Washington, D.C.
What did Bob Dwyer preach?
He preached you need to have brotherhood and sacrifices for the good of the team
What did white people think about why black people were there?
Some believe black people were only brought to the school because of basketball
What did Thompson do at Georgetown that he learned from Red?
He would sometimes come on the bus late on purpose because he didn't want certain players to know that they were late
What did his father told him to study?
He should study the white man
Where did he move to?
He moved to 1425 W street Northwest