Title: The boy who carried bricks
Description: Abandoned by his father, neglected by his mother, and shuttled between foster homes and a boys' ranch, a young African-American man refuses to succumb to the fate that the world says should be his. Told by the man who lived it.
Subjects: Juvenile literature, African American men, Biography, African American youth, Social conditions, Foster children, African Americans, Social sciences
People: Alton Carter