More than rivals : a championship game and a friendship that moved a town beyond black and white

Abraham, Ken, author.

Book 2016

"The true story of a friendship between two high school basketball players, one black and one white, that diffused the highly charged racial tensions in a small Southern town during the late 1960s"--Provided by publisher.

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