A Newark Childhood; A Memoir by Barrett, David Hugo
A Newark Childhood; A Memoir by Barrett, David Hugo

A Newark Childhood; A Memoir

Weaving through African American music, folklore, and mores, A Newark Childhood is a coming-of-age story that journeys...
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Author: David Hugo Barrett
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A Newark Childhood; A Memoir by Barrett, David Hugo

A Newark Childhood; A Memoir

$328.46
A Newark Childhood; A Memoir by Barrett, David Hugo

A Newark Childhood; A Memoir

$328.46
Author: David Hugo Barrett
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Weaving through African American music, folklore, and mores, A Newark Childhood is a coming-of-age story that journeys from the author's years in kindergarten through high school graduation. It covers the period from 1948 to 1961 when he heads off to college.
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During this period, he struggles to find his place in an environment that at every turn explicitly questions; even resents the legitimacy of a colored/Negro/black boy's existence. His Clay Street tenement is perilously located in the North Ward of Newark, NJ just on the fringes of Little Italy. With eager anticipation, we follow along as he informs us how his uncle's benign intervention saved him from being aborted. He tells us of his memories of his Christian Scientist mother and her attempts to teach him survival skills by both word and deed.

​We witness how he applies these skills to survive physical confrontations with Italian boys as he and his younger brother take their lives into their own hands every time they have to walk through Little Italy to get to the swimming pool. Ironically, he is confident in his world despite its intersection with Little Italy because he knows what to expect. But he is uneasy and feels inferior as he ventures into Jewish neighborhoods and neighborhoods of "regular" white people. That fear is conflated with envy as he watches the "fake" white people on TV and in the movies. When he has a brutal fistfight with a fellow student, he imagines himself a white-hatted, white cowboy as he pummels the unfortunate bully who had referred to his girlfriend as a "bitch."



Author: David Hugo Barrett
Publisher: David Hugo Barrett
Published: 07/12/2019
Pages: 268
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.13lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d
ISBN: 9781733112215

About the Author
Barrett, David Hugo: - David Hugo Barrett spent his formative years growing up in Newark, NJ where he attended public high schools and the Newark campus of Rutgers University where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics. He also holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from Howard University. In 1997 he co-founded the Alpha Achievers, an academic club of African American high school young men who have a 3.0 or better grade point average and who are dedicated to academic excellence and community service. As of 2019, there are chapters in all twelve Howard County public schools with memberships of 350-400. He is the past president of the Howard County Library System, immediate past chairman of The Alpha Foundation of Howard County, Inc., past chairman of the Howard County Poetry and Literature Society, former board member of the Horizon Foundation and a life member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. and the NAACP.
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