Magic Johnson : basketball legend, entrepreneur, and HIV/AIDS activist
Dakers, Diane2017
Book
Throughout his life, basketball superstar Earvin Magic Johnson has met both challenges and opportunities with perseverance and leadership. Dubbed Magic, Johnson blazed a spectacular career in basketball. His play with the Los Angeles Lakers as point guard alongside center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, as well as his epic rivalry with the Boston Celtics forward Larry Bird, marked a legendary era in the NBA. In 1991, Magic announced he had tested positive for HIV, a virus that can lead to the life-threatening disease AIDS, and was retiring from basketball. Little was known then about HIV/AIDS and its prevention. His declaration shocked the public but succeeded in putting a familiar and much-admired face on a disease that was shrouded in fear and prejudice. Magic Johnson's legacy includes his inspirational work as an advocate for the prevention of HIV and the still-incurable disease AIDS through his own foundation, which provides programs for HIV/AIDS education and prevention, including testing and safe sex practices.
Main title:
Magic Johnson : basketball legend, entrepreneur, and HIV/AIDS activist / by Diane Dakers.
Author:
Dakers, Diane, author
Imprint:
St. Catherines, Ontario : Crabtree Publishing Company, [2017]©2017.
Collation:
112 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Includes index.
Audience:
Pre-adolescent.
ISBN:
9780778726104 (paperback)9780778726081 (hardback)9781427181022 (html)
Dewey class:
796.323092B/JOH
Language:
English
Subject:
Johnson, Earvin, 1959- -- Juvenile literatureBasketball players -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literatureAfrican American basketball players -- Biography -- Juvenile literatureBusinessmen -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literatureAfrican American businesspeople -- Biography -- Juvenile literatureBiographies
BRN:
584690