Black Prep: Life Lessons of A Perpetual Outsider

You're not good enough.

You don't have to hear those exact words to get the message. That was certainly the case for Kimberley Baker Guillemet. In her intensely moving and deeply candid memoir, Black Prep, Guillemet chronicles her journey from the streets of South Los Angeles to the halls of some of the nation's most elite private schools and universities.

As a smart, scrappy, and determined young girl, Guillemet learned early in life the pain of being judged not by the content of her char...