Brother to Brother: Black Men Speak to Young Black Men

The essays in Brother to Brother are the answers given by ten African American men from a wide range of backgrounds who were asked the question: If you had a chance to speak to the young black men of America, what would you say? In this book, you will read the frequently encouraging, sometimes angry, occasionally sad, often challenging, but always thoughtful words of these ten men, including:

• Kenyon Whittington, an abused and abandoned child who not only overcame his own harsh circumstances but now serves as a guide to others;
• Fluke Fluker, a one-time juvenile delinquent, later Marine Corp sergeant, and founder of an organization that turned one failing Los Angeles high school around;
• Joseph Marshall, Jr., whose success in touching the lives of San Francisco gang members has earned him an Oprah Use Your Life award;
• Elijah Anderson, a distinguished sociologist whose study of the black community is world-renowned;
• Joe Davis, a former junkie and drug dealer, became a mental health therapist who worked tirelessly to end the kind of senseless violence that put him in a wheelchair.