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This is a new release of the original 1933 edition.
Carlisle grew up in East St. Louis, Illinois during a time when
America was changing. He comes from a nurturing and loving family
environment where education, God and community were very much a
part. Despite the troubles of the times, his family, particularly
his father, taught him and modeled for him how to do/be right, how
to be a man. "Right" was also modeled very well to him at home, at
school and at church. Carlisle started off "right" but, because of
a fascination with learning and observing, he noticed early on a
world of mixed messages. Carlisle saw a world he began to question.
He saw a tumultuous world He began to be disillusioned and he would
soon rebel against in his own, self-destructive way. Carlisle's
ambitions were to satisfy God, his family and pursue his dreams.
His role models were Martin Luther King and his father. This
confusion/disillusion began as a young Black male growing up and
watching the civil rights movement unfold. He watched in amazement
and wondered, why? The disappointments of watching his parents have
problems added to the disillusion. He was crushed when they would
argue and break up. Through watching the war footage on TV every
night, along with negative peer pressure and the rebellious
seventies, Carlisle began to make radical changes. He began to
internalize and struggle to stay focused. He had created these huge
monuments and formed his own construct. Racism, sexism, family
issues, war and materialism added to his labyrinth of insanity.
These mixed messages that this young Black boy/teen/man's mind
absorbed like a sponge caused Carlisle to struggle and lead a
secret, almost separate life of deception and illusion. Carlisle
was on a path of selfishness, ego and false pride. He was on a
certain path of total self-destruction. He learns early-on to
navigate this matrix and because of confusion he gets really caught
up in a society and world of drugs, sex and negativity. When and
where these change takes p
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