CONTENTS

ONE Watts

TWO The Father Wound

THREE Neighborhood

FOUR Are You Gonna Leave Us, Too?

FIVE Brothers

SIX Abuse

SEVEN Leelee

EIGHT Fatherhood

NINE Daddy’s Girl

TEN Baby Mamas

ELEVEN Men at Work

TWELVE Job Creation

THIRTEEN Big Mama

FOURTEEN The Light Comes In

FIFTEEN Checkmated

SIXTEEN The Nation

SEVENTEEN Hero of the Neighborhood

EIGHTEEN Twins

NINETEEN We Are All Family

TWENTY Letter from Scotland

TWENTY-ONE Photo Finish

TWENTY-TWO We Are Your Daddies

TWENTY-THREE Hood Day

TWENTY-FOUR Sugarbear

TWENTY-FIVE Twelve More Days

TWENTY-SIX Walking Through the Door

TWENTY-SEVEN Jamel

EPILOGUE

THE MEN OF PROJECT FATHERHOOD JORDAN DOWNS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS