re: BR Native Tim Parrish writes book on growing up in BR

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“I participated in gang fights, raised a chain to a black boy three years younger than my 15 years and even considered going along with talk about burning some black people's house after a friend was stabbed.”

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He grew up in a violent time. I think most white and black people hated each other at the time...older friends tell me of the black on white brawls in high school.