"The trick to the whole thing", Duke said, "is to pick your own road in life." Growing up is tough. But what if you had a handbook that told you how to figure things out? How to stay out of trouble? At Duke's place, Jimmy and Kevin find out that the handbook doesn't need to be written down. It can be as easy as listening to Duke and the old guys taking about their lives. But how can Duke unde…
In his own words.. As a boy, Walter Dean Myers was quick-tempered and physically strong, always ready for a fight. He also read voraciously - he would check out books from the library and carry them home, hidden in brown paper bags in order to avoid other boys' teasing. He aspired to be a writer. But growing up in a poor family in Harlem, his hope for a successful future diminished as he came t…
While on trial as an accomplice to a murder, sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon records his experiences in prison and in the courtroom in the form of a film script as he tries to come to terms with the course his life has taken.
This was just one of the messages that Malcolm X brought to people of color. He lived by the idea that black people should demand equlity by taking their lives and futures into their own hands. With guidance from the religious leader Elijah Muhammad, Mal