
Writing is his redemption after spending time behind bars
Clip: 7/4/2016 | 7m 11s
Writing is his redemption after spending his youth behind bars.
By the age of 19, Shaka Senghor was behind bars after his teen years as a drug dealer ended with a death on his hands. Senghor says his story is all too familiar for many young black men. The author of “Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death, and Redemption in an American Prison” sits down with Jeffrey Brown.
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Writing is his redemption after spending time behind bars
Clip: 7/4/2016 | 7m 11s
By the age of 19, Shaka Senghor was behind bars after his teen years as a drug dealer ended with a death on his hands. Senghor says his story is all too familiar for many young black men. The author of “Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death, and Redemption in an American Prison” sits down with Jeffrey Brown.
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