CONTENTS

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

Part I: Memory

1. “Last Ones Left” in the Game: From Black Resistance to Urban Exile

2. Boston’s Memorial Games

Part II: Hope

3. Jason, Hoops, and Grandma’s Hands

4. C.J., Hoops, and the Quest for a Second Life

Part III: Healing

5. Ancestor Work in Street Basketball

6. The Dunk and the Signifying Monkey

Epilogue

Notes

Bibliography

Index