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Stokes: The Brief Career of the NBA’s First Black Superstar<\/em>
\nby Ty Chapman (Author), John Coy (Author), Lonnie Ollivierre (Illustrator)
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Booktalk:<\/strong> In a 1958 game against the Minneapolis Lakers, Stokes, went down hard and hit his head, losing consciousness. At the time, there was no concussion protocol, and Stokes went back into the game. A few days later, he went into a coma and woke up unable to move his body from the neck down. Players did not have any sort of financial support in situations like this, and Stokes\u2019s teammate Jack Twyman worked with other players and Milton Kutsher to put on a benefit game during the summer at Kutsher\u2019s hotel in the Catskills. This game became an annual tradition, and Stokes was eventually able to travel and watch the game. <\/p>\n

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Stokes: The Brief Career of the NBA’s First Black Superstar by Ty Chapman (Author), John Coy (Author), Lonnie Ollivierre (Illustrator) @ Amazon | Bookshop Booktalk: In a 1958 game against the Minneapolis Lakers, Stokes, went down hard and hit his head, losing consciousness. At the time, there was no concussion protocol, and Stokes went back … <\/p>\n

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