Download or read book Living Through the Hoop written by Reuben A. Buford May and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2009-09 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: May tells the absorbing story of the hopes and struggles of one high school basketball team, the Northeast High School Knights in Northeast, Georgia, and the powerful role that a basketball team can play in keeping young African American kids straight, away from street-life, focused on completing high school, and possibly even attending college.