Introduction/In My Black Skin

College education coincides with the period of deepest formation of personality, character and relationships. While athletics does give provide an entrance-card into a world of higher education, it brings attraction and privileges that contribute superficially to the formation of real black men. At Miami University of Ohio, this former college athlete, eventually learns the secrets of loving and respecting the hope that has been engraved in his given ethnicity, which has been nurtured by his ancestors, over centuries of suffering, struggle, and eventual success.