Eric Harley: Pip, Zastrow and Barack: 50 years of change

Half a century ago, when Roger "Pip" Moyer became the only white player on an Annapolis basketball team that included Joseph "Zastrow" Simms, it was a scandal to some.

The two men became friends after having attended segregated schools, Mr. Moyer the white Annapolis High School and Mr. Simms the black Bates High.

On Saturday, watching the documentary "Pip & Zastrow: An American Friendship" at a screening in Eastport, it was hard not to think about how much has changed.

A racially mixed audience watched the film in a nation whose president, a little more than two months from now, will be...