In 'A Most Beautiful Thing: The True Story of America's First All-Black High School Rowing Team,' Arshay Cooper shares how he, and others from rival neighborhoods on Chicago's West Side, found crew — and each other.
by Arshay CooperRowing crew got Arshay Cooper away from the gang life on Chicago's West Side in the 1990s.he tells the story of how he, and others from rival neighborhoods, found their way to crew — and each other.
And he laughed about it and said, 'You're right.' And I said to myself, there's no way I'm going to be a part of that. And then the next day, the boat was still there and it said, 'Sign up and you get free pizza.' And so everyone was signing up, you know? And I remember going up to the gym room and people were everywhere. Different communities, different neighborhoods.
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