african american teenage boys

The story of Cedric Jennings, a gifted inner city teenager at Ballou Senior High School, a crime-infested school in Washington, D.C. and his journey from extreme poverty to Brown University, where he thought he would find an end to his struggles. Instead, Cedric finds that he is far behind other freshmen academically and must continue his intellectual and social challenges, counting on his faith in God to pull him through.

Offers straight-forward advice for young African-American males on how to live safe, successful lives, discussing courtesy, sex, friends, faith, racism, money, driving, and street smarts.

Follows gifted African-American student Cedric Jennings from his crime-infested high school in Washington D.C. to his junior year at Brown University, discussing the problems he encountered along the road out of the ghetto.

High school student Eric is befriended by the hot, new rapper Fiasco and suddenly goes from being unpopular to being cool, but soon finds out that popularity has a price.

Marshall Field Finney is black, hip and urbane; he's cool, wisecracking, and outspoken; and, best of all, he is always loveable.

This illustrated poetry collection eulogizes Emmett Till, an African American man who was killed in a brutal, racially motivated lynching in 1955.

Presents a true account of the murder of fourteen-year-old, Emmett Till, in Mississippi, in 1955.