Makes Me Wanna Holler A Young Black Man in America

A Young Black Man in America Nathan McCall was a smart kid growing up in a close, protective family in a black working-class neighbourhood. Yet by the age of fifteen he was packing a gun and embarking on a criminal career that would five years later land him in prison. A blistering chronicle of one man's struggle from the street to the prison yard and ultimately to the newsroom of 'The Washington Post' where he is now a respected reporter. An honest and searching look at the perils of the black male in the US.

Nathan McCall grew up in Portsmouth, Virginia.  He studied journalism at Norfolk State University after serving three years in prison.  He reported for the <b>Virginian Pilot-Ledger Star</b> and the <b>Altanta Journal-Constitution</b> before moving to <b>The Washington Post</b> in 1989.