When he was 20, shot a man who made an offensive comment about his girlfriend. He robbed a McDonald's. He sold drugs. He broke into homes, stole cars and gang-raped girls. He went to prison. There, he read Richard Wright's Native Son and became fascinated with words. He “got into his spirituality,” and decided to “give life a try life on the other side of the fence.” Since then he has used words to convey his anger and his message: race itself does not make people violent. A columnist from The Washington Post, McCall told a sparse cr ....