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092    BIO|bMOORE 
100 1  Moore, Darnell L.,|d1976-|eauthor. 
245 10 No ashes in the fire :|bcoming of age black & free in 
       America /|cDarnell L. Moore. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bNation Books,|c2018. 
300    vii, 242 pages :|billustrations ;|c22 cm 
336    text|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|2rdamedia 
338    volume|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-242). 
520    "When Darnell L. Moore was fourteen years old, three boys 
       from his neighborhood tried to set him on fire as he was 
       walking home from school. Darnell was tall and awkward and
       constantly bullied for being gay. That afternoon, one of 
       the boys doused him with gasoline and tried lighting a 
       match. It was too windy, and luckily Darnell's aunt 
       arrived in time to grab Darnell and pull him to safety. It
       was not the last time he would face death. What happens to
       the black boys who come of age in neglected, poor, heavily
       policed, and economically desperate cities that the War on
       Drugs and mass incarceration have created? How do they 
       learn to live, love, and grow up? Darnell was raised in 
       Camden, NJ, the son of two teenagers on welfare struggling
       to make ends meet. He explored his sexuality during the 
       height of the AIDS epidemic, when being gay was a death 
       sentence. He was beaten down and ignored by white and 
       black America, by his school, and even his church, the 
       supposed place of sanctuary. He made it out, but as he 
       quickly learned, escaping Camden, escaping poverty, and 
       coming out do not guarantee you freedom. It wasn't until 
       Darnell was pushed into the spotlight at a Newark rally 
       after the murder of a young queer woman that he found his 
       voice and his calling. He became a leading organizer with 
       Black Lives Matter, a movement that recognized him and 
       insisted that his life mattered. In recovering the beauty,
       joy, and love in his own life, No Ashes in the Fire gives 
       voice to the rich, varied experiences of all those who 
       survive on the edges of the margins. In the process, he 
       offers a path toward liberation"--|cProvided by publisher.
600 10 Moore, Darnell L.,|d1976- 
650  0 African American gay men|vBiography. 
655  7 Autobiographies.|2lcgft