Jacki Lyden talks with former Chicago Tribune staff writer Sonsyrea Tate (SAHN-sur-ray). Tate is author "Little X: Growing up in the Nation of Islam" (Harper Collins San Francisco). It's a multigenerational account of her family's life in the Nation of Islam. A Washington DC native, Tate's grandparents joined the Nation of Islam in the 1950s. She notes the good and bad sides of her experiences before leaving the Nation of Islam as an adult and studying Orthodox Islam.
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