Isiah Thomas: Black Males, Athletes and Academic Achievement

I entered Indiana University in 1979 as a freshman on scholarship from the inner city of the West Side of Chicago. Our team at Indiana University went on to win the NCAA championship in my second year, and I left college to enter the NBA in 1981. While I was a full-time player for Detroit Pistons, I remained a college student attending summer school.

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1. ^{^}65 percent of African American (www.tidesport.org)
2. ^{^}was only 33 percent (www.tidesport.org)