Gene Jones (g.m.jones) was raised in southeastern North Carolina and grew up in the Lumbee Homes housing projects of Lumberton among lots of poverty and crime. Jones admits to being guilty of “blaming other folks for all of my problems.” However, all of that changed when he was drafted into the United States Army.
“It was the best thing that ever happened to me,” says the now Founder and President of Arrested Potential Inc, a thriving non-profit organization based in Lumberton, North Carolina, dedicated to improving the plight of young children and young adults, intellectually and morally, through the implementation of innovative programs.
After graduating from Lumberton High School in 1968, Jones was drafted, and entered the U.S. Army in 1969. Just a short six months later he was forced to fight in an unpopular war.
Jones documents his life experiences in a must-read book for the 21st Century. The journey of an ordinary black man, who fights an unpopular war as a young man and confronted with death becomes disillusioned with society until he is almost a statistic. Subsequently, he manages to come to a better understanding of life experiences and their impact upon his future through the “school of hard knocks.” Realizing that he is his own worst enemy and a change must be made, shaped by his parents and a community, embarks on a path that takes him half way around the world and home again.
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