The Harvard Boat to Mexico

In 1968, as war rages in Vietnam and protests shake the globe, three young men at Harvard with troubled pasts—Jamal, a gifted Black from Memphis; Frank Luis, a Chicano activist from California; and Gordie, the privileged son of a Harvard legacy fight for a seat on the university's Olympic rowing team. When Jamal falls in love with Amy, a white Radcliffe journalist covering the team, their romance becomes a flashpoint in a year already on fire. As the Games near—and the massacre of 300 Mexican students by the Army stuns the world, each rower and Amy must decide whether to continue and what loyalty means—to the team, to their beliefs, and themselves.