Getting Open: The Unknown Story of Bill Garrett and the Integrat

"A striking and honest portrait of a man overcoming racism in a place that barely acknowledged its existence." —Publishers Weekly

Bill Garrett was the Jackie Robinson of college basketball. In 1947, the same year Robinson broke the color line in major league baseball, Garrett integrated big-time college basketball. By joining the basketball program at Indiana University, he broke the gentleman's agreement that had barred black players from the Big Ten, college basketball's most important con...