Mark has published two previous books: “Mountain Miles: A Memoir of Section Hiking the Southern Appalachian Trail” and “The View from Hadrian’s Wall: Two Friends Hike Along the Ancient Roman Frontier.” “The Crimson and Gold” is a comprehensive narrative detailing the struggle for integration in Athens, Georgia, in the context of highly competitive football as experienced by athletes, their fellow students, teachers, journalists, and school administrators at Athens High School and Burney-Harris High School and eventually Clarke Central High School. The proud sports traditions of two high schools—both adored by their respective communities—eventually become inextricably linked with the larger battle for equal rights during the tumultuous 1960s and early 1970s.

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