Nathan McCall Livres

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • One of our most visceral and important memoirs on race in America, this is the story of Nathan McCall, who began life as a smart kid in a close, protective family in a black working-class neighborhood.Yet by the age of fifteen, McCall was packing a gun and embarking on a criminal career that five years later would land him in prison for armed robbery. In these pages, McCall chronicles his passage from the street to the prison yard—and, later, to the newsrooms of The Washington Post and ultimately to the faculty of Emory University. His story is at once devastating and inspiring, at once an indictment and an elegy. Makes Me Wanna Holler became an instant classic when it was first published in 1994 and it continues to bear witness to the great troubles—and the great hopes—of our nation. With a new afterword by the author

The narrative captures the transformative journey of Claude Brown, who evolves from a streetwise youth entrenched in crime to a successful individual. Set against the backdrop of Harlem in the 1940s and 1950s, it reflects the struggles of a generation of African-Americans moving from Southern sharecropping to urban life. Through a blend of fierce emotion and dignity, Brown's autobiography serves as a powerful testament to resilience and survival, offering insight into the challenges faced by marginalized communities and inspiring future readers.