True love tested by racial, cultural, and systemic attack.
A story that makes you fall in love with love Save your tears-It's a better world since Candy and Gabe. This is a true story of a 17-year-old, tough-minded, female sprinter and her 27-year-old, soft-hearted, male coach who, though opposite in terms of class, race, and age, run smack into each other's hearts.
Smarter, cleverer, and stronger than their early 80's peers in depressed South Central LA, she runs on and he coaches their Jefferson High track team, of course, to glory.
Breaking custom and law, they face repudiation, misunderstanding, and controversy. They confront: the courts, the school board, a violent racist group, peers and family. How they survive and build a happy, lifelong, nationally famous family of activists is a gripping story and a miracle of love.
True love tested by racial, cultural, and systemic attack.
A story that makes you fall in love with love Save your tears-It's a better world since Candy and Gabe. This is a true story of a 17-year-old, tough-minded, female sprinter and her 27-year-old, soft-hearted, male coach who, though opposite in terms of class, race, and age, run smack into each other's hearts.
Smarter, cleverer, and stronger than their early 80's peers in depressed South Central LA, she runs on and he coaches their Jefferson High track team, of course, to glory.
Breaking custom and law, they face repudiation, misunderstanding, and controversy. They confront: the courts, the school board, a violent racist group, peers and family. How they survive and build a happy, lifelong, nationally famous family of activists is a gripping story and a miracle of love.
Black and White-Wrong and Right: A True Love Story from South Central
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Black and White-Wrong and Right: A True Love Story from South Central
218
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781643887593 |
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| Publisher: | Chris Cryer |
| Publication date: | 10/07/2021 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 218 |
| File size: | 2 MB |