Foreword / by Dr. Cornel West -- Golden ticket -- The Devil preaches -- Middle School menace -- Drugs & hoop dreams -- Sex & death threats -- Fouling out -- Renaissance in me -- The great debater -- A teacher born -- A leader born -- Dreams come true -- Scholarship meets culture.
Summary
"An inspiring memoir of one man's transformation through literature and debate from a delinquent, drug-dealing dropout to an award-winning Harvard educator -- all by the age of 27"-- Provided by publisher.