The youngest member of the Black Panther Party's inner circle during the black liberation movement, Flores Alexander Forbes shares the hard lessons he learned. His memoir tells the story of a determined young man entrenched in the Panther culture and entrusted with their deepest secrets. Leading a life as turbulent as the tides of social turmoil, Forbes risked everything for what he believed to be the greater good - from living underground as a murder suspect to reemerging and doing his time in jail. An exceptional coming-of-age story of rage and redemption.