Table of Contents
Dedication v
Acknowledgements xi
Foreword xiii
I Am From - Part 1 xvii
1 The Letter 1
2 827 East Harding 4
3 Prepped for What? - Part I 12
4 /me-ander-ING/ 19
5 The Trice Experience 26
6 Southeast Panthers Got the Shoo-rah 32
7 Write On! 39
8 Peaceful Protest 42
9 First Amendment Consequences 46
10 Risk Tolerance 53
11 Mentor-Mentee 57
12 My Journey Begins 65
13 Firsts 70
14 Summer Craze 77
15 Risk: The Price of Opportunity 83
16 The Pets 92
17 School Daze 96
18 Homesick 104
19 Skin Folk Ain't Always Kin Folk 111
20 Double Consciousness 118
21 The Jams 122
22 The Invitation 127
23 Nullas Horas Nisi Aureas 134
24 Teacher Expectations of Student Achievement 137
25 Math Wiz Not 142
26 Meal Prep 145
27 Cicerone 148
28 Summer Breeze 155
29 The Return of the Not-so-Native 159
30 Me and the Boys 163
31 Prepped for What? - Part II 168
32 Exposure 175
33 "Ever the Best of Friends" 181
34 Equity 187
35 Lacuna 193
36 The Messiah, The Elements, and Marvin 199
37 Imagining My Heart with You 205
38 Tonsillitis 212
39 Hester Prynne, Hamlet and the Holocaust 216
40 Summer Ease 222
41 Collision Course 225
42 College Applications 231
43 In the Bottle 236
44 Reparations 241
45 The Interview 246
46 The Match 251
47 Decisions, Decisions 259
48 Mirror, Mirror 265
49 The Rest of the Story 271
50 I Am From - Part II 274
Afterword 290
Book Discussion Questions 296
About the Author 298
Other Books by the Author 299
