Convicted in the Womb by Carl
Upchurch
Hope And Inspiration
Being black is an inheritance. Being a nigger is a state of mind. Born in a
roach-infested tenement in South Philadelphia, on the streets by age four,
a gang member by age nine, and in reform school by age twelve, Carl
Upchurchs life epitomized the tragedy of inner-city America. Incarcerated
for the sixth time, he was confined to solitary with only a table and chair for
company. Propping up the leg of one table was a book, which, out of sheer
boredom, he picked up and read: Shakespeares Sonnets. So began his
transformation from a hopeless hoodlum, lacking respect for himself, for
others, for human life in general, to a self-educated advocate for urban
peace and justice.Convicted in the Womb is the story of how Carl
Upchurch overcame his abject youth to become a radical civil rights
activist, culminating in his organizing the first Gang Summit for Urban
Peace and Justice in Kansas City. It is also an urgent call for change.
Outspoken in his criticism of Jesse Jackson, the NAACP, and other icons
of the established civil rights movement., Upchurch argues that its time for
a new generation of leaders, drawn from the masses, not the elite. He also

outlines a grassroots New Black Power Paradigm to overcome Americas
political, economic, and athletic apartheid.
Personal Review: Convicted in the Womb by Carl Upchurch
"Convicted in the Womb" is a deeply captivating too true autobiography
that reads like the first half of the life of an untold number of African-
American men in the last half century.
The detailed descriptive analysis of the terms and concepts Niggerization,
DeNiggerization, and AntiNiggerization is not only long overdue to the
public, but gives voice and creedence to particularly those men who can
identify with Carl Upchurch's
LIFE Experiences and Mission.
For someone like myself to live and breath my passion in teaching
incarcerated teen boys in a court-mandated program called ACE -
Adolescent Counseling Education, copies of "Convicted In The Womb"
have now been placed into the hands of all my students. Through this
story they can see themselves, each other, and how they place in the
history of this country. They also have read and expressed that it's truly
the first book they have ever read, and wanted to read!!!! This is a story to
be shared and read together and discussed, because IT MEANS
BUSINESS. This is a story that must be understood. People must be
understood! It teaches how when we look at our personal circumstances,
and then have the opportunity to look outside our life,"hood",and prison
life, particularly through books, and then we can find our FREEDOM, our
HOPE, our POSSIBILITIES, our ANSWERS, our WISDOM, OUR TRUE
POWER IN UNITY. My students know that I care about them and
demonstrate it by my fierce committment to AntiNiggerization. May the
Youth of America read this book! May the people who work with Youth
read this book! May the Prison Staff read this book! May our Spiritual
Leaders and Activists read this book! May the High Schools and Colleges
put this in their adopted book lists for VIOLENCE PREVENTION
coursework and THE RESOURCE MANUAL for all students on how to
help our youth coming up with the Community Work they can do to
CHANGE our World for the better!!! And so May the Politicians read this
book! May the Parents [who understandably worry about their childrens'
safety and future] read this book. My students all know now that there are
people all over this country changing things for the better, people just like
them, and they have our support!!! My students are learning that the
Womb is Sacred, we all as Equals are Sacred.
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