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Claude Brown recalls his childhood growing up in Harlem in the 1940's. During this time black people didn't have many rights, and there was a lot of tension between blacks and whites.
Brown and his friends were constantly causing trouble. They were always stealing things, beating up on other people, and they sold fake pot to make money. Brown's dad would beat him every time he did something wrong. By the time he was nine years old he had been hit by a bus and car, thrown into a river, and beaten with a chain. It was a struggle just to stay alive for him and many others within Harlem.
He had been expelled by all of the schools in his area, and had been sent to three different youth centers. At one youth center, Warwick, Brown became interested in books, and was fascinated by stories of successful black people. After he returned home, he began to deal drugs. Drugs became the biggest thing in Harlem after heroin was introduced. People killed each other for drugs, and money to buy......

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