Our America

This blog was conceived as a response to a quotation from Our America, a narrative account of life and death on the South Side of Chicago written by LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman. LeAlan Jones, who is being raised by his grandparents and living near the projects, writes:

Many times, many ways in America, young African-Americans do not get to speak their piece. In this book, you will hear about the lives of two African-American men growing up in the ghetto. We live in a second America where the laws of the land don't apply and the laws of the street do. You must learn our America as we must learn your America, so that maybe, someday, we can become one.

Through sharing our personal journeys, perhaps we will accept LeAlan's challenge and maybe, someday, become one.