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Book SynopsisKendrick Perkins is the bold and educational voice we need today. Every single word he speaks will challenge, enlighten and encourage you to become a better version of yourself and see a better version of the world. Perkins'' riveting stories about the NBA, his upbringing and social justice will make this book impossible to put down. -- Emmanuel Acho, New York Times bestselling author of Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man
Kendrick Perk Perkins is known for his blunt, opinionated, carry the hell on commentary on ESPN's most popular shows. As a fourteen year NBA player and starting center for the 2008 NBA champion Boston Celtics, Perk earned a reputation as an enforcer, a fierce defender, and a great teammate. Now, In The Education of Kendrick Perkins, he opens a different side of himself: a powerful and intimate memoir that goes beyond basketball to discuss the reality of being Black in America.
Abandoned by his father, then
