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Name: Fist Stick Knife Gun
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Author: Geoffrey Canada

📘 Fist Stick Knife Gun by Geoffrey Canada

Fist Stick Knife Gun is a personal history in which Geoffrey Canada, the president and chief executive officer of the Harlem Children’s Zone, reflects on the social conditions and violence that shaped his life. The book details how urban crime, child experiences, and community activism intersect in the United States, especially in New York City in the 1980s. Canada’s narrative offers a first‑hand view of the challenges faced by children in violent neighborhoods and the importance of social change and education in breaking cycles of crime.

First publish date: 1995

Genre: Memoir/Personal Memoir

Authors: Geoffrey Canada

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