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College Boy
Overview
After hard-fought battles to include African Americans as qualified students within the white American educational system, the opportunity for higher learning still remains a struggle.This is Troy Potter's story. He is an African American young man from inner-city Philadelphia. He grew up with dreams of becoming a basketball player but now that he's eighteen he must learn the rules to a whole new game: college. How will Troy survive at a predominantly white school? Will he be afforded the same quality of education as his fellow students? How will he learn to become a successful black man in a white world? This penetrating novel takes a close look at the world of academia from a youthful African American perspective.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9781451623949
- ISBN-10: 1451623941
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster
- Publish Date: October 2010
- Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 0.96 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.75 pounds
- Page Count: 384
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