Young, Gifted and Black - Raleigh Man Aims to Save Lost Youth

The Raleigh News and Observer reports that Landon J. Adams, a recent Duke University Divinity School graduate, was chosen from nearly 50 applicants to head the task force, which was formed in response to a 2004 documentary on WRAL-TV, "The Lost Generation." The four-part series questioned why so many young black men end up in North Carolina's prisons.

"Day in and day out, our children are being lost," Adams said. Read more.