Dante Washington, one of the urban disadvantages in the study, was one of their success story. Dante is employed, has a degree and his own home in Baltimore. He defied the statistic of a 25 year long research project that was turned into a book. “The Long Shadow”. He played basketball there using a makeshift crate. He also talked about that hearing a gun shot was like hearing a truck down the street. He wanted to prove to young boys that after high school, there shouldn’t be any questions marks, it should an answer. He was raised by a single mom, his father died of liver problems when he was 12. He graduated on time, a mediocre student in and out of modest trouble. His childhood temper is hard to conjure from his kind manner. Washington had
