Arshay Cooper: A Most Beautiful Thing

Arshay Cooper made sports history when he became the captain of the rowing team at Manley High School in Chicago’s East Garfield Park—the first all-Black high school rowing team in America. Cooper’s experiences competing in an exclusionary and predominantly white sport are recorded in his striking memoir A Most Beautiful Thing and a forthcoming documentary executive produced and narrated by Common. Join Cooper and Chicago-born law enforcement veteran Ron Stallworth (Black Klansman) for a conversation about growing up on the west side of Chicago and combating inequity in sports.

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