From The Civil Rights Pioneers to The First African American President and Beyond

About the Book

The book “From The Civil Rights Pioneers to The First African American President and Beyond” is a description of some significant events that have impacted our culture in negative and positive ways. The negative aspects of some of the events in the book, is indicative of the kind of destructive behaviors that project some of the worst aspects of our culture people and nation. Nevertheless, as stated by our president regarding race relations, injustice, violence, and crime in general in America, “we are better than this” we must summon our better angels as we interact with each other”. The book in a sense is a challenge for us to examine the negative so that we can change those painful experiences into moments of learning and enhancing our attitudes and treatment of each other regardless of our national heritage, ethnicity, cultural differences, economic status, educational and professional backgrounds, and racial differences. The book is a brief description of experiences that we should not just ignore since many of our great leaders have sacrificed so much to make sure that our nation fulfils its responsibility to all American citizens in terms of Justice, equality, civil rights, and full access to achieving the American dream as we all pursue freedom and the accomplishment of our God ordained dreams. The book is also describing how much progress we have made towards achieving the dream of Dr Martin Luther King’s dream of justice and civil rights for all Americas regardless of race.

About the Author

I was born in Trinidad. I am an American citizen. I am proud to have served in the United States Navy for 20 honorable years. I lived in Naples Italy with my family for 7 years while on active duty. I also had the unique opportunity to visit Israel, Egypt, Turkey, Greece, England, France, Spain, Italy, Cuba, US Virgin Islands, Germany, and other places of interest during the time I was on active duty in the Navy. Upon returning from Europe we lived in Charleston South Carolina at the Naval Weapons Station, Goose Creek. After serving in the Navy I worked at the Boeing Corporation where I really enjoyed my time working with the Boeing team. I earned my Bachelors Degree from the University of Maryland in 2006. I retired from the US Navy on 27th March, 2008. I received my Masters of Business Administration in 2012 from Strayer University. I am elated about the progress American has made over the years toward ensuring that all of its citizens are beneficiaries of a more just society where everyone is valued and treated as such. However, in the character of our many great leaders I am persuaded that we have more work to do in order to ensure that those who have not benefited form all the great progress we have made are included so that they are recipients of the many blessings of justice, equality, and achieving the American dream. I am confident that the generations to come will live in an America where everyone can live in communities where they are judged by the content of their character and that we can continue to be the beacon of hope in the free world.