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Murder to Excellence - Growth & Development for the Millennial Generation: The Autobiography of Wallace 'Gator' Bradley, Urban Translator (Paperback)
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Murder to Excellence - Growth & Development for the Millennial Generation: The Autobiography of Wallace 'Gator' Bradley, Urban Translator (Paperback)
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Wallace 'Gator' Bradley is a living legend. He also is my dear
brother whose courage and compassion inspire all of us to grow,
develop and become better persons. Brother Gator has lived a rich
and blessed life that starts on the streets of the south side of
Chicago through the prisons of Illinois to the White House of the
USA and back to the schoolrooms and playgrounds to serve young
people. Like his favorite piece of biblical scripture - Psalm 140 -
God has preserved him from violence, delivered him from wickedness
and empowered him to fight for "the cause of the afflicted and the
right of the poor." I first met Brother Gator in the context of the
gang summits that tried to bring peace and promote justice for our
precious young brothers who have been socially neglected,
economically abandoned and targeted by police surveillance. I was
struck by Brother Gator's acute intelligence, genuine sincerity and
soulful smile. It was clear he was my kind of brother - a brother
shaped by the inimitable music of Curtis Mayfield, the spiritual
struggle of Malcolm X and the visionary leadership of Larry Hoover.
Fortitude and forgiveness, bravery and maturation, courage and
conversion are shot through the life and times of Brother Gator.
His powerful and poignant book is a testament to his strength and
determination to be a force for good in the face of overwhelming
odds. It charts his fascinating trek from the Racine Courts housing
project to the racist courts of law in Chicago to his monumental
anti-racist political activism in the historic campaigns of Jerry
Butler, Jesse Jackson and Barack Obama. As one of the few ever
pardoned by an Illinois Governor, Brother Gator has been an
exemplary citizen in his adult life - with his loving and
high-achieving wife and children, the great respect of fellow
citizens for him and the high demands for his wisdom and skill from
local, national and global leaders. He is an old school freedom
fighter and new school urban translator whose actions and words
lead us through the complex dynamics of Chicago criminal life,
political life, prison life and moral service to poor people. Like
Elijah Muhammad and Malcolm X, Brother Gator is a grand figure in
the black freedom struggle who used past prison experiences to
deepen love of and service to black people. I thank my dear sister
Dr. SaFiya D. Hoskins for helping preserve the prophetic witness of
Brother Gator for present and future crusaders for justice -The
Foreword by Dr. Cornel West
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