Someday We'll All Be Free

The indispensable and passionate follow-up to Kevin Powell's bestselling essay collection, Who's Gonna Take the Weight? Manhood, Race and Power in America. Here Powell widens his lens and skillfully dissects the dreams of American freedom and democracy in these early years of the 21st century. Be it the reelection of Bush, 9/11 and the policies and wars that have followed or the historic destruction of New Orleans, Powell tells readers the uncomfortable truths about America.

Kevin Powell is one of the most acclaimed political, cultural, literary and hip-hop voices in America today. Powell is the author of twelve books, including The Education of Kevin Powell: A Boy’s Journey into Manhood, Open Letters to America, Someday We'll All Be Free, and No Sleep Till Brooklyn. It is a critically acclaimed and brutally honest memoir about his life, including his youth. Kevin's writings have also appeared in CNN.com, Esquire, Ebony, The Huffington Post, The Washington Post, Rolling Stone, The Guardian, ESPN.com and Vibe Magazine, where he worked for many years as a senior writer, interviewing such diverse public figures as Tupac Shakur and General Colin Powell.