What Blacks Owe to Each Other "A wake-up call to the black
leaders and citizens of America." —Chicago Defender In The
Reckoning, Randall Robinson examines the crime and poverty that
grips much of urban America and urges black Americans to speak
out and reach back to ensure their social and economic success
in this country. With insight, compassion, and unflinching
honesty, Robinson explores the twin blights of crime and
poverty—the former often a symptom of the latter—and asks
questions that are critical to the rebuilding of black
communities: How do we create awareness of the heroic efforts
already being made and how can we bring our troubled youth to
safety? A product of Robinson’s work with gang members, ex-
convicts, and others who have been scarred by the harshness of
life in our inner cities, The Reckoning is certain to be as
important and controversial as his earlier books. The story that
is the centerpiece of this book is true. The names of its
principal characters, Peewee Kirkland, New Child Lynch, an