Biography of the first African American basketball player in the SEC, set in the civil rights conflicts of the tumultuous Sixties
Andrew Maraniss is the New York Times-bestselling author of Strong Inside, the only sports-related book ever to win two prestigious civil rights awards--the Lillian Smith Book Award and the Robert F. Kennedy Book Awards Special Recognition Prize. Andrew is a contributor to ESPN's sports and race website, TheUndefeated.com, and helps run Vanderbilt University's Sports & Society Initiative. He also writes nonfiction for young readers.