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Hobbs, Jeff, 1980-
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Peace, Robert, 1980-2010.
Hobbs, Jeff, 1980- -- Friends and associates.
Yale University -- Alumni and alumnae -- Biography.
College graduates, Black -- Biography.
Youth, Black -- New Jersey -- Newark -- Biography.
Working class -- New Jersey -- Biography.
Children of single parents -- Biography.
Fatherless families -- Biography.
Drug dealers -- New Jersey -- Biography.
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Hobbs, Jeff, 1980-
Peace, Robert, 1980-2010.
Hobbs, Jeff, 1980- -- Friends and associates.
Yale University -- Alumni and alumnae -- Biography.
College graduates, Black -- Biography.
Youth, Black -- New Jersey -- Newark -- Biography.
Working class -- New Jersey -- Biography.
Children of single parents -- Biography.
Fatherless families -- Biography.
Drug dealers -- New Jersey -- Biography.
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The
short
and
tragic
life
of
Robert
Peace
: a
brilliant
young
man
who
left
Newark
for the
Ivy
League
/ Jeff Hobbs.
by
Hobbs, Jeff, 1980-
Scribner, 2014.
Call #:
362.508996 P355h
Subjects
Peace
,
Robert
, 1980-2010.
Hobbs, Jeff, 1980- -- Friends and associates.
Yale University -- Alumni and alumnae -- Biography.
College graduates, Black -- Biography.
Youth, Black -- New Jersey --
Newark
-- Biography.
Working class -- New Jersey -- Biography.
Children of single parents -- Biography.
Fatherless families -- Biography.
Drug dealers -- New Jersey -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781476731902 (hc.)
147673190X (hc.)
Edition:
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Description:
viii, 406 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Summary:
"The
short
life
of a talented
young
Black
man
who
escapes the slums of
Newark
for Yale University only to succumb to the dangers of the streets when he returns home. When author Jeff Hobbs arrived at Yale University, he became fast friends with the
man
who
would be his college roommate for four years,
Robert
Peace
.
Robert
's
life
was rough from the beginning in the crime-ridden streets of
Newark
in the 1980s, with his father in jail and his mother earning less than $15,000 a year. But
Robert
was a
brilliant
student, and it was supposed to get easier when he was accepted to Yale, where he studied molecular biochemistry and biophysics. But it didn't get easier.
Robert
carried with him the difficult dual nature of his existence, "fronting" in Yale, and at home. Through an honest rendering of
Robert
's relationships -- with his struggling mother, with his incarcerated father, with his teachers and friends and fellow drug dealers -- this story encompasses the most enduring conflicts in America: race, class, drugs, community, imprisonment, education, family, friendship, and love. It's about the collision of two fiercely insular worlds -- the ivy-covered campus of Yale University and
Newark
, New Jersey, and the difficulty of going from one to the other and then back again. It's about poverty, the challenges of single motherhood, and the struggle to find male role models in a community where a
man
is more likely to go to prison than to college. It's about reaching one's greatest potential and taking responsibility for your family no matter the cost. It's about trying to live a decent
life
in America. But most all the story is about the
tragic
life
of one singular
brilliant
young
man
"--Provided by publisher.
Genre:
Biographies.
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Central Library
Adult Black Nonfiction
362.508996 P355h
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