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Rallying to the cry that property values will plummet, Matt heads a neighborhood group to buy the house and keep it out of the Negro's hands. Success proves bitter. Far from being a faceless figure of dread, the would-be purchaser turns out to be Lamar Winter, a gifted commercial artist and Matt's business teammate and friend for seven years. In a tormented about-face, and with the aid of an equally conscience-stricken Jewish lawyer confederate, Matt secretly sells Lamar the house...
...Lamar Winter is a kind of Uncle Tom in reverse. He wears the chips on his shoulders like epaulets, is always combat-ready for the slurs, or worse, of what he regards as the inevitable war between the races. Incidents multiply. The community swimming pool is drained after Lamar's nine-year-old son takes a dip. His wife is bloodied by a bullyboy's stone. The most vicious pressure of all is applied against Lamar by a member of his own race, a Mr. Barton, who acts as a "blockbuster," attempting to spread panic among the whites...
...uncorking surprises in the relation of white with white and black with black. His analysis of race prejudice itself packs no surprises and probes no great psychological depth, since he is content to argue that hate, like love, is blind. Even near novel's end, Matt and Lamar are scarcely better brothers under the skin than Cain and Abel. They agree only that their children may learn to live together without racial conflict and deserve the chance...
...himself a starting position on coach Henry Lamar's Freshman football squad. The program statistics read: end--19--6:1--Choate. "The most adept pass catcher was John Kennedy, but his lack of weight was a drawback," wrote the coach in his post-season review...
Dominating the play in the first half, coach Henry Lamar's squad took ever early in the first quarter, marching the ball 70 yards in eight plays to paydirt. In that drive, quarterback Bill Hamousk bit Luther Harshbarger with a long pass to move the ball from the Crimson 30 yard line to the Indian...