african american youth

Mamie Till-Mobley discusses the effect on her life of the murder of her son, Emmett Till, a fourteen-year-old African-American boy who was killed in Mississippi in 1955 for allegedly whistling at a white woman, and tells how she was able to go on after his death to become a teacher and an activist in the civil rights struggle.

Presents excerpts from interviews with fifteen African-American girls between the ages of eleven and twenty, touching on such themes as racism, education, gang violence, and the importance of role models.

Washington Post reporter Nathan McCall recounts the story of his journey from troubled youth to professional journalist, providing insight into what it's like to be a young black man in America.

After his mother's death, Second must make decisions about the friends and family in his life.

Sixteen-year-old Courtland Murphy is torn between her feelings for her new boyfriend, basketball star Allen Benson, and her vow to remain a virgin, when Benson pressures her into proving her love.

Fifteen-year-old Indigo Summer turns to her neighbor Marcus Carter for advice after she is dumped by her football hero boyfriend, and it is not long before she realizes what a great guy Marcus really is.

Describes how the author's hip-hop culture radically contrasted with his book-loving father's endless pursuit of knowledge, revealing how the father-son bond eventually overcame the genre's rebellious messages.

An anthology of critical essays that provide a wide range of information and opinion about the autobiographical novel "Black Boy, " and its author, Richard Wright.

A brief biography, in graphic novel format, of Robert "Yummy" Sandifer, an eleven-year old African American gang member from Chicago who went on the run after shooting a young girl and was later found dead, shot by members of his own gang.