South Central, L.A. has changed a great deal in the last fifty years, with gang members replacing Klan members. Writer Charlene Mitchell documents all she has seen throughout her time there, meditating on this changing landscape, as well as her evolving relationship with Stanley "Tookie" Williams, one of the co-founders of the Crips. On death row for over twenty years, Tookie changed a great deal in prison, but was eventually executed on December 13th, 2005. Readers of this book will gain a greater understanding of this influential and enigmatic man, and his tumultuous relationship of over thirty years with the author.