by Haki R. Madhubuti

Madhubuti's book is a must read. It traces his rites of passage from boyhood to manhood. Black, poor, and confined to Detroit's and Chicago's inner city, these rites tend to be passports for early profiling, miseducation, imprisonment, or grave markers. Now is our chance to gain some understanding of the forces that shaped Madhubuti's unyielding commitment to black self-empowerment, excellence and institution building.