The Slick Boys: A Ten Point Plan To Rescue Your Community By Three Chicago Cops Who Are Making I - Hardcover

Martin, James; Holcomb, Randy; Davis, Eric

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 068483300X ISBN 13: 9780684833002

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 1998

Synopsis

Three undercover cops bring a message of hope to the Chicago projects they patrol, demonstrated in this series of life lessons

About this title

Review:

The Slick Boys are three undercover Chicago cops who moonlight as rappers with an upbeat message. "We tour elementary schools and junior and senior high schools," writes Eric Davis, "rapping and telling our story to children for whom survival is a miracle.... They listen because we speak their language, and they listen because we listen back to them." Davis and his partners have powerful stories, rooted in their own experiences, about how to overcome the vicious cycles of inner-city life, and straightforward suggestions on how you, too, can start changing your life--and the lives of those around you--for the better. Their agenda envisions the policeman's job as social work rather than gunplay, values education and respect, and urges kids to ditch stereotypes and "dream extra large."

About the Author:

Eric Davis, James Martin and Randy Holcomb grew up in the housing projects of Chicago and later became police officers. Luchina Fisher, who writes for People magazine, is the winner of Chicago's Peter Lisagor Award for Excellence in Magazine Reporting. All four live in Chicago.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 068483300X
• ISBN 13: 9780684833002
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240
• Illustrator: Davis Eric