John B. McLendon was the last living protege of basketball's inventor, Dr. James Naismith, and one of the "top ten basketball coaches of the century" in Billy Packer's opinion. Breaking Through, the first biography of this remarkable man, is the uplifting story of a champion's struggle for equality in 1940s and '50s America, when one coach refused to accept that teams at traditionally black colleges like North Carolina College and Tennessee State were unable to achieve national prominence. McLendon's creative and courageous efforts to "break through" the color lines of institutional racism...

Traces the development of the National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy and examines the organization's efforts for nuclear disarmament.