Nowadays, I'm 48, gifted and black. Once upon a time, I was young, gifted and black.
See how I looked in my younger days, plus see what I would say if I could travel back in time and tell myself: 15 Things I Wish I Knew When I Was Young, Gifted and Black.
Plus: go back to school with High School Highlights: 30 Years Later and College Daze: 25 Years Later, now and forever on Randy Boyd's Blocks.