McCall, Nathan

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.

The author discusses the politics of race in America; looks at a variety of controversial issues, including the dangers of rap music, gun control, and gentrification; and argues that these topics cannot be understood outside the underlying social, cultural, and political tensions in which they exist.

This memoir chronicles Nathan McCall's passage from the street to the prison yard, and ultimately, to the newsrooms of The Washington Post where he is now a respected journalist.

The author discusses the politics of race in America; looks at a variety of controversial issues, including the dangers of rap music, gun control, and gentrification; and argues that these topics cannot be understood outside the underlying social, cultural, and political tensions in which they exist.

Barlowe Reed, a single, forty-year-old printer who rents a house in the Old Fourth Ward of Atlanta, a short distance from the birth home of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is frustrated when he tries to buy the house only to find that the neighborhood has been "discovered" by yuppies, causing prices to skyrocket, and his feelings become even more confused when he forms a cautious friendship with the young, white couple who moves in next door.

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.

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 African-American male in this country.