Exhibit Opening Day! “Get in the Game: The Fight for Equality in American Sports”
*The event has already taken place on this date: Sat, 04/21/2018
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Opening Day of Exhibition Get in the Game: The Fight for Equality in American Sports
Saturday, April 21
FREE All Day
10 a.m.-3 p.m. - Festivities on the LBJ plaza and lawn
9 a.m.-5 p.m. - Exhibition on view inside the library
RSVP Requested
(Not required, but all those that RSVP will be entered to win a private tour of the library and lunch for two at The Driskill Hotel's 1886 Café & Bakery!)
Giveaways: Take-home souvenir basketball and soccer balls for children and youth 16 and under (while supplies last)
Food Trucks: Casey's New Orleans Snowballs, Lucky Lab Coffee Company, Melted, PitaLicious, and Ranch Hand
Music: Chulita Vinyl Club
SPORTS ACTIVITIES:
10 a.m.-1 p.m. - Coach Mo’s Elite Fitness will lead sports agility games on the LBJ lawn.
10 a.m.-3 p.m. - Play pickup soccer games on the LBJ lawn.
11 a.m.-12 noon - Youth Basketball Clinic hosted by the Austin Spurs on the LBJ plaza. Participants must sign up in advance. Spaces are on a first come, first served basis. Parents, we recommend signing up your child as soon as you arrive.
1-2 p.m. - Youth Basketball Clinic hosted by the Austin Spurs on the LBJ plaza. Participants must sign up in advance. Spaces are on a first come, first served basis. Parents, we recommend signing up your child as soon as you arrive.
1-3 p.m. - Camp Gladiator will lead sports agility games on the LBJ lawn.
The basketball court will also be open outside of these clinic times for open games. Our custom-built court is by Sport Court of Austin.
SPECIAL APPEARANCES BY:
10 a.m.-1 p.m. - Snupe Daniel of 95.9 RnB, live remote from the block party
12 noon-1 p.m. - Autograph signing with Nevil Shed in the Great Hall of the LBJ Library.
Shed was a member of the historic 1965-66 Texas Western Miners (now known as The University of Texas at El Paso) basketball team. The Miners were the first team with an all-African American starting lineup to win an NCAA basketball national championship. Shed currently works for the NBA's San Antonio Spurs.
1:30-2 p.m. - Meet The Coyote
Photographs encouraged. No autographs will be permitted. Note: The Coyote's appearance is subject to game availability.
2-2:30 p.m. - Meet Da Bull of the Austin Spurs
Photographs encouraged. No autographs will be permitted.
About the Exhibition
Get in the Game: The Fight for Equality in American Sports examines the intersection of social justice and sports in the United States. The exhibition celebrates athletes who have broken barriers and spoken out for equality, both on and off the playing field. Beginning in the late 19th century and continuing through current day, Get in the Game encourages visitors to think about sports as part of an ongoing national conversation and as a vehicle for social change.
The exhibition will be on view April 21, 2018 through January 13, 2019.
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