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By the time I was 18 years old, 10 young Black males that I knew had died from tragedy. Murder was the leading cause for the majority of the deaths. Before the age of 25; more would soon follow. I didn't really know what to make of this while I was maturing into a young woman. But it was having a tremendous psychological impact on me. Every single summer, I expected someone to die. My generation was in peril. Hip Hop was the soundtrack of life in young Black America and its more negative components were taking root through the imagery of Gangsta Rap. Once party driven rhythms were being...

The city of Chicago is known for many things, both good and bad, but it is also a city of neighborhoods. Set on the city's south side, A community equal to Harlem, New York in African American pride and culture, is the setting of this story. Bronzeville. It was a magical place--a true source of pride for the African American community. It was a cool, hip, beautiful place where being Black and proud was normal. Important people lived there, like civil rights leader Ida B. Wells, aviator Bessie Coleman, trumpeter and jazz great Louis Armstrong, poet Gwendolyn Brooks, novelist Richard Wright,...