Makes Me Wanna Holler A Young Black Man in America

by MCCALL, NATHAN

• ISBN13: 9780679740704
• ISBN10: 0679740708
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-01-31
• Publisher: Vintage

Summary

A Young Black Man in America Nathan McCall was a smart kid growing up in a close, protective family in a black working-class neighbourhood. Yet by the age of fifteen he was packing a gun and embarking on a criminal career that would five years later land him in prison. A blistering chronicle of one man's struggle from the street to the prison yard and ultimately to the newsroom of 'The Washington Post' where he is now a respected reporter. An honest and searching look at the perils of the black male in the US.

Author Biography

Nathan McCall grew up in Portsmouth, Virginia.  He studied journalism at Norfolk State University after serving three years in prison.  He reported for the <b>Virginian Pilot-Ledger Star</b> and the <b>Altanta Journal-Constitution</b> before moving to <b>The Washington Post</b> in 1989.

Table of Contents

PART ONE
Get-back	3	(2)
Cavalier Manor	5	(6)
Nigger	11	(11)
W. E. Waters	22	(10)
Hanging	32	(9)
Trains	41	(12)
Respect	53	(11)
Power	64	(10)
War	74	(10)
Work	84	(9)
B & Es	93	(9)
Superfly	102	(6)
Mr. Manor	108	(6)
Falling	114	(9)
Trapped	123	(11)
Busted	134	(15)
PART TWO
Denial	149	(12)
Native Son	161	(7)
Homecoming	168	(12)
Time	180	(11)
Sex	191	(11)
Jim	202	(9)
Freedom	211	(16)
PART THREE
Home	227	(11)
Norfolk State	238	(5)
Islam	243	(9)
The Auction Block	252	(5)
Culture Shock	257	(8)
Clashes	265	(5)
Fathers	270	(7)
Dating	277	(9)
The Black Mecca	286	(13)
Blending	299	(11)
A Measure of Peace	310	(12)
Babylon	322	(12)
Running	334	(8)
Danny	342	(8)
Yankees	350	(8)
The Past	358	(9)
The Brothers	367	(12)
Hell	379	(8)
The Big Time	387	(14)
Cycles	401	(11)
Choices	412	(5)
Acknowledgments	417