College Boy: A Novel

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 Potters 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 hes 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.