About the Author
Raised in a racially segregated, poverty-stricken community by a devoted grandmother, and later becoming the first in his family to earn a graduate degree, the author’s life has been shaped by resilience, faith, and the pursuit of justice. This book also emerges from a deeply personal journey of love and loss—written in the wake of his wife’s passing after forty-five years of marriage. In weaving together personal history and collective struggle, the author seeks to honor both the private and public dimensions of resistance, healing, and hope.