ISBN: 978-1-6847-1782-8
By Jesse J. Lewis, Sr. with Foreword by Marc Morial
Black People have 3 problems: #1: Black people. #2: Black people. #3: White people.
Most Black people have a complaint, but they do not give a solution. In this book, Dr. Jesse J. Lewis, Sr., a military veteran, owner of 17 businesses and a former cabinet member appointed under Alabama Governor George Wallace walks readers through straightforward solutions to gaining unlimited success and prosperity as a once legally enslaved race of people in America. Lewis shares vivid memories of his humble beginnings growing up on a tenant farm in a tiny shotgun house in the South, being raised by his grandmother,
then going on to earn five degrees, obtain personal and professional success while sharing his wealth and vision with countless others. Lewis believes that everyone should have every opportunity to share in the American Dream and he is fairly convinced that when Black people are born they are born at a disadvantage. Lewis has lived the story of a thousand men in his lifetime and his book, filled with practical advice, criticisms, and discontent, is meant to be helpful and supportive of Black people.
Dr. Jesse J. Lewis, Sr.
As a human being, one’s fate is based on certain elements of life. Dr. Jesse J. Lewis, Sr. was a high school dropout, yet, went on to become a college president and the first African American since Reconstruction to serve in the cabinet of an Alabama governor. The founder of the oldest Black-owned advertising and public relations firm in America, he owns and publishes the largest Black-owned weekly newspaper in the Southeast, The Birmingham Times. Lewis is nationally known in media circles and has served as President of the National Black Publishers Association. He is active in political affairs and served as a close advisor to Birmingham Mayor Richard Arrington, the first Black mayor of the city of Birmingham, Alabama, having served 20 years, from 1979 to 1999.
