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The Summer of 1953, A Bullion Plaza Story during the years of segregation, is a valiant testimony; a memoir springing out from a fountain of deep sentiment about times that were hard to live, and today, hard to believe. The story emerges from a necessity to document a part of Arizona's history, when segregation in the mining town of Miami, Arizona, marked the way of life in all aspects of social life, and where playing basketball became both a symbol of struggle and victory. Author Samuel B. Munoz (Miami, Arizona) ushers the reader, as in a gallery, to glance into the times where segregation and discrimination were unbelievably real and official. In these literary glass cases, astonished children of the new millennium confirm the apprehension of youth growing up a half-century ago, when belonging to an ethnic group was either a sign of power or a sign of segregation. The reader also learns that in the midst of such a tense racial environment, the power of friendship, sports excellence, and ethnic dignity, rises among the adverse circumstances, making the best of these times, that some prefer not to remember.