Black Men in Their Own Words

edited by Patricia Mignon Hinds

with Susan Taylor

Crown Publishers, April 2002, $30.00

ISBN 0-609-60366-3

Seldom has there been a book that pays homage to African-American men -- a book dedicated to espousing the present yet rarely heard voice of black men. Until now.

Black Men in Their Own Words is a sparkling new book that chronicles riveting and emotional personal stories by some of today's most prominent men of color. The range of luminaries profiled in the book is perhaps one of its most salient points. Black Men in Their Own Words is organized into nine categories and features essays from the famous -- Johnnie Cochran and author E. Lynn Harris, …