Convicted in the Womb: One Man's Journey from Prisoner to Peacemaker - Brossura

Upchurch, Carl

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0553375202 ISBN 13: 9780553375206

Casa editrice: Bantam, 1997

Riassunto

A child of the ghetto and convicted felon who educated and reformed himself, an outspoken black leader emphasizes self-improvement as the key to overcoming racism and criticizes the current civil rights movement for encouraging black dependency. Reprint.

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"This is not another sad personal litany of crime, drugs, violence and misery in the 'hood.'  This is an inspiring personal litany of human renewal and accomplishment.  Upchurch gives us hope that we can change society."
-- Dr. Earl Ofari Hutchinson author of The Assassination of the Black Male Image

" Convicted in the Womb by Carl Upchurch was a painful book for me to read, but I know what he says is fact for too many America's children.  It should be read by every individual who has ever doubted the value and importance of early childhood education, cares about children and the future of our society."
-- Dr. Joycelyn Elders, Arkansas Children's Hospital

"A provocative memoir of life as an enemy of society--Upchurch has become a thinker and social critic well worth paying attention to."
--Kirkus Reviews

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"Being black is an inheritance. Being a nigger is a state of mind." Born in a roach-infested tenement in South Philadelphia, on the streets by age four, a gang member by age nine, and in reform school by age twelve, Carl Upchurch's life epitomized the tragedy of inner-city America. Incarcerated for the sixth time, he was confined to solitary with only a table and chair for company. Propping up the leg of one table was a book, which, out of sheer boredom, he picked up and read: "Shakespeare's Sonnets." So began his transformation from a hopeless hoodlum, lacking respect for himself, for others, for human life in general, to a self-educated advocate for urban peace and justice. "Convicted in the Womb" is the story of how Carl Upchurch overcame his abject youth to become a radical civil rights activist, culminating in his organizing the first Gang Summit for Urban Peace and Justice in Kansas City. It is also an urgent call for change. Outspoken in his criticism of Jesse Jackson, the NAACP, and other icons of the established civil rights movement., Upchurch argues that it's time for a new generation of leaders, drawn from the masses, not the elite. He also outlines a grassroots New Black Power Paradigm to overcome America's political, economic, and athletic apartheid.

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• Editore: Bantam
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0553375202
• ISBN 13: 9780553375206
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 256