Da' Plex Chronicles: Four young men journey into manhood

By CLARENCE C WHITE, Byron D. Patrick, Brain A. Rice

What started as four young Black men arriving at Florida A&M University in 1987 became a lifelong brotherhood forged through struggle, laughter, chaos, and unforgettable college experiences.

DA' PLEX CHRONICLES is a raw, hilarious, emotional, and deeply authentic coming-of-age story centered around the Centennial Class of FAMU-where pride, tradition, culture, music, and survival all collided during one unforgettable era of Black college life.

From Pattyfoote Dormitory and Gibbs Hall to the off-campus apartment complex known simply as "Da Plex," Clarence "Clay" White, Keith Roberson, Byron Patrick, and Brian Rice navigate:

empty refrigerators and struggle mealsall-night spades tournamentsroad trips gone wrongwomen, parties, and broken rulesacademic pressureloyalty, conflict, and growthand the difficult transition from boys into men

Some nights dinner was just:

gritsgrits with butteror grits with salt and pepper

Other nights they were somehow footing bills at fine dining restaurants, throwing impromptu parties, and living like kings with money they absolutely did not have.

Told through multiple perspectives-with humor, honesty, and cinematic storytelling-this novel captures the real rhythm of friendship: the jokes, the arguments, the silence, the mistakes, and the memories that only become meaningful years later.

More than a college story, DA' PLEX CHRONICLES is a love letter to:

HBCU cultureBlack brotherhoodlate 1980s campus lifeand the friendships that survive long after youth disappears

For anyone who has ever:

struggled with roommateslaughed until sunrisesurvived on almost nothinggotten lost trying to find themselvesor realized adulthood arrived too fast

...this story will feel familiar.

Welcome to FAMU.

Welcome to Da Plex.

Welcome to the years that never fully leave you.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H2QBQ5WT
• ISBN13: 9798198056053
• Release Date: May 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 426 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.5" x 9.3"