Out of the Madness From the Projects to a Life of Hope

"Jerrold Ladd is a remarkable young black man who has led an extraordinary life. 'Out of the Madness', his account of growing up in rough Dallas neighborhoods, beguiles the reader with its sincerity...In a book largely free of posturing and polemic, Mr. Ladd nevertheless finds it necessary to rail against whites who 'never competed fairly for anything' and against white and foreign-born owners of stores who were 'sucking the community dry'...In 'Out of the Madness', [Mr. Ladd] proposes to restore his people's sense of mission."Ladd, Jerrold is the author of 'Out of the Madness From the Projects to a Life of Hope' with ISBN 9780446671057 and ISBN 0446671053.