"Hoops, Hopes & Dreams tells the story of how Dr. King used basketball to connect with young people and organize communities during moments of protest."
"What really inspired me to join 'Hoops Hopes & Dreams' as an executive producer, is it gave me an opportunity to participate as a storyteller in showing an expansive part of my father,"
"This was not a leader's movement. It really was a people's movement. My father just happened to be the spokesperson who exercised influence. Connect to people where they are. And because of segregation, there were very few places where we could hang out. So the court was one of those places."
Martin Luther King Jr. used basketball courts as informal gathering spaces to reach young people and organize community actions during protests. He began leadership work at age 26 and viewed real power as rooted in the people rather than a single leader. Segregation limited safe public spaces, making courts vital venues for connection and mobilization. Bernice A. King emphasizes that he was an ordinary man called to extraordinary work and served as a spokesperson within a people's movement. Artist-director Glenn Kaino is connected to this story through his creative work on related historical figures.
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