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Essay Archive - Nathan McCall
Nathan McCall
When he was 20, Nathan McCall shot a man who made an offensive comment
about his girlfriend. He robbed a McDonald's. He sold drugs. He broke into
homes, stole cars and gang-raped girls. He went to prison.
There, he read Richard Wright's Native Son and became fascinated with words.
He “got into his spirituality,” and decided to “give life a try life on the
other side of the fence.” Since then he has used words to convey his anger
and his message: race itself does not make people violent.
A columnist from The Washington Post, McCall told a sparse crowd in Colton
Chapel last Thursday that “America is experiencing a seri....
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