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In the heart of Piri Thomas' Down These Mean Roadways and Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, this powerful memoir by writer and activist Kevin Powell vividly recounts the horrific poverty of his junior; his battles to triumph over a legacy of anger, assault, and self-hatred; and his voyage to be a man and a words for others. Powered by his single mother's dreams for his survival and success, Kevin Powell became the first in his family to attend a university or college, where he became students leader keenly aware of widespread public injustice. However the struggle to define himself and break out of poverty continued into adulthood, with distressing durations of homelessness and despair. As a young celebrity journalist with Vibe publication, Powell interviewed luminaries such as Tupac Shakur, writing important chronicles of the development of hip-hop from his eyewitness view. Now, with searing honesty, Powell examines his troubled human relationships, his appearance on MTV's first season of The Real World, his battles with alcohol and depressive disorder, his two promotions for Congress, and the uplifting trip to Africa that restored his sense of personal objective. Finally, Powell embarks over a search for the father he hardly ever really recognized in a redemptive passing from abandonment to self-discovery. A striking memoir by a kid of post-Civil Rights America, The Education of Kevin Powell offers eloquent testimony to the power of the soul to heal.
