I Studied English as a Foreign Language: Bob Cousy

Somewhere in the discussion of diversity at Holy Cross, we've lost track of Bob Cousy growing up as a native French speaker, and child of poor immigrants.   He described himself as "the originally socially deprived shy ghetto kid."  He grew up on the wrong side of the tracks in New York City's Yorkville neighborhood, a melting pot of races and culture.   Cousy's roommate on the Boston Celtics was the first African-American drafted by the NBA,  Chuck Cooper.