Ricks, Anthony

Raised in Harlem New York and breast fed by the rough streets of Sugarhill Harlem, Anthony was an inspiring cartoon artist, who enjoyed perusing the minds of great African poets and writers. But like so many young black males trapped in the squalid realms of ghetto life, while at the same time struggling to understand manhood without a father; Anthony became another prey to the vultures of the street life. As a result, it cost him over a decade imprisoned in America's prisons in upstate New York. It was there that Anthony spiritually, intellectually, and politically transformed himself into a