Protests in Chicago last weekend over the death of Paul O’Neal are just the latest in a public outcry against police-involved shootings, particularly against black men. 

Mychal Denzel Smith‘s new memoir, Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching: A Black Man’s Education, delves deeper into that issue to uncover the struggles that black men, black women and black LGBT people face every day as they navigate through life. 

Morning Shift talks to Smith about the inspiration behind his book and his path to activism.