| Copyright (c) 2008 Rosie Milligan | | | | disposition, he makes it to college and earns a |
| A once popular Black Major of the city of Compton, | | | | degree. "My dual personality was killing me...On one |
| Omar Bradley, was taken down. After media | | | | side of my brain I wanted to be a gangster, |
| assassination, many dismissed his fate as justified, | | | | someone who'd fit in with the majority of the black |
| accepting his guilt. Others claim he was railroaded. | | | | people I'd grown up with, but the other side of me |
| "The King of Compton-The Assassination of a | | | | wanted to be an intellectual and freedom fighter," |
| Dream," reveals Bradley's account of his own drama | | | | said Bradley. |
| filled life, reared in Compton, and his ultimate exile | | | | Bradley's book, The King of Compton-The |
| from Compton's government. Bradley takes the | | | | Assassination of a Dream describes a situation familiar |
| reader on a journey that is as much Compton's | | | | to many blacks who attempt to escape the fate of |
| history as is his own. A scene is set in the late 1950's. | | | | the ghetto- the struggles with duality, and difficulty |
| We follow a hard working, young and growing family | | | | finding work and fitting in. We follow as Bradley |
| as the author paints a picture of Compton and black | | | | overcomes his obstacles and proves a force to |
| life before the onslaught of drugs and gangs. As | | | | reckon with. The balance of this work takes the |
| Bradley narrates his childhood, a vivid depiction of life | | | | reader through a series of extraordinary ups and |
| in the streets of Compton in the 60s and 70s is | | | | downs that, in great depth, describe Bradley's rise |
| detailed. While becoming familiar with young Bradley, | | | | and fall. The reading is raw in language and full of |
| the reader can sense the pace and fervor at which | | | | actual names, places and events. The King of |
| drugs had come and changed black communities, | | | | Compton- The Assassination of a Dream asserts the |
| forever. The author continues his reality saga, and | | | | author was setup and defamed unjustly. |
| recollects his experiences when the Crip and blood | | | | The details of his circumstances- his run for mayor, |
| Gangs had formed and began proliferating the city. | | | | his time in office and the thrilling circumstances of his |
| The detail of Bradley's memories will enthrall readers | | | | trial are disclosed. Bradley's story is an interesting look |
| old enough to remember the start of the gang wars. | | | | at the cut throat antics of politics and his personal |
| In his intimate narrative, we follow as Compton | | | | account on his demise. The King of Compton is a |
| becomes a war zone and "murder capital of America" | | | | captivating autobiography that reads like a work of |
| and swallows its youth. Bradley navigates his | | | | fiction. |
| adolescents and tries to stay alive. Before long we | | | | Dr. Rosie Milligan, author, publisher, business |
| realize the author is tough and is surely a product of | | | | consultant, multiple streams of income consultant, and |
| his environment. However, despite his tough | | | | counselor. |