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In *Makes Me Wanna Holler*, Nathan McCall reflects on his own life, from childhood games to gang violence, imprisonment for armed robbery, and eventual career as a journalist. He challenges simplistic explanations for black youth crime—poverty, bad homes, lack of schooling—and argues that the pressure to possess self‑respect in a society that marginalizes African American men often leads to a brutal outlaw identity.
First publish date: 1994
Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Autobiography
Authors: Nathan McCall
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