Black Ice By Lorene Cary

Book Description In 1972 Lorene Cary, a bright, ambitious black teenager from Philadelphia, was transplanted into the formerly all-white, all-male environs of the elite St. Paul's School in New Hampshire, where she became a scholarship student in a "boot camp" for future American leaders. Like any good student, she was determined to succeed. But Cary was also determined to succeed without selling out. This wonderfully frank and perceptive memoir describes the perils and ambiguities of that …

…learned the shame of wanting to let go. In the end Cary did end up with want she had come to St. Paul’s for. She just got it without knowing it at the time. She got her credentials, self-confidence, and power by making it through. Along with these things Cary gained life experiences that were irreplaceable. In my opinion she came out of St. Paul’s with more than she ever thought she would.