180  “The people we see on a daily basis”: Ibid.
180  “It’s a very different fight”: Ibid.
180  “All of our staff, my co-workers and co-organizers, we all”: Interview with David 

Kahn.

181  “ ‘For us,’ Kahn maintains, “ ‘hip hop is not some exotic thing’ ”: Kahn, interview
181  “Young people are amazing because they can take hip hop”: Interview with 

Andreana Clay.

182  “represent all of the stereotypes of people of ”: Alexandra Marks, “Ex-Delinquents 

Seek Rethink of Jail,” 

The Christian Science Monitor, January 9, 2002.

182  “Young people have a lot of energy”: David Hill, “Hip-Hop vs. Lock-Up,” The 

Annie E. Casey Foundation, Spring 2003, pp. 39-45. 

182  “They’re smart, funny, charismatic”: Ibid.
183  “These youth came out of nowhere, won at the state”: Chuck Armsbury, “Oakland 

Youth Rally to Oppose Jail,” The November Coalition, http://www.november.org/
razorwire/rzold/25/page10.html.

184  “Ain’t no power like the power”: David Hill, “Hip-Hop Vs. Lock-Up.”

Chapter Seven: “Our Future...Right Here, Right Now!” 

187  “Our day is coming. It’s inevitable”: Paul Russell, “KRS-One Praises Eminem, 

Gives His Views on the State of Hip-Hop.” http://www.rapnewsdirect.com/
StaticArchive/256096/, May 22, 2003.

188  “What about Detroit? What about”: Christina Fuoco,” Live Review: Eminem at 

Ford Field, Detroit,” July 14, 2003, http://www.livedaily.com/news/5210.html.

188  “For you and the city”: Ibid.
188  “Three years before Eminem had actually run”: Brian McCollum, “Eminem’s the 

All-Time Best: Ford Field Performances Flawless, Confident,” 

Detroit Free Press,

July 14, 2003.

189  “remediation for children with low MEAP scores”: Naseem Stecker, “A Kilpatrick 

Administration for Detroit,” http://www.michbar.org/journal/article.cfm?
articleID=400&volumeID=30.

190  “ ‘That day,’ Kilpatrick told reporters throughout the campaign”: Lisa M. Collins, 

“Kwame Kilpatrick: Making of a Parable,” 

Detroit Metro Times, Oct. 10, 2001.

191  “you want an experienced driver behind the wheel”: Charlie Cain, “Is Hill Too 

Old, Kilpatrick Too Young to Be Mayor?” 

Detroit News, October 15, 2001.

192  “I’m your grandson. I’m your great nephew”: Darren A. Nichols, “Kilpatrick 

Makes Bid for Mayor,” 

Detroit News, May 18, 2001. 

192  “what is new and particularly troublesome is the sheer hostility”: Dyson (2001), 

p. 120.

192  “for perhaps the first time in our history, blacks over thirty”: Ibid.
195  “The question embedded in Booker’s candidacy,”: Dale Russakoff, “In Newark 

Race, Black Political Visions Collide,” 

Washington Post, p. A01, May 14, 2002.

196  “he makes everyone feel comfortable around him”: Darren Nichols, interview.

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