Weaving through African American music, folklore, and mores, A Newark Childhood is a coming-of-age story that journeys from the author\'s years in kindergarten through high school graduation.
His Clay Street tenement is peril. During this period, he struggles to find his place in an environment that at every turn explicitly questions; even resents the legitimacy of a colored/Negro/black boy\'s existence.
It covers the period from 1948 to 1961 when he heads off to college.
Weaving through African American music, folklore, and mores, A Newark Childhood is a coming-of-age story that journeys from the author\'s years in kindergarten through high school graduation