My Vanishing Country, A Memoir By Bakari Sellers

Growing up in small town of Denmark, South Carolina in the home of an activist father and educator mother, Bakari Sellers saw the world differently than those around him. He used that view of the world and his time at Morehouse to propel him into leadership at the local and state level. Bakari was only 22 years old when he was elected to the South Carolina state legislature, making him the youngest African American elected official in the nation. This memoir is an interesting look at the path that led him to there.