Grandpa was a Preacher: A Letter to My Grandson is an intimate look at the life of Rev. Claude William Black. As a pastor, civil rights icon, humanitarian and politician, Rev. Black has captured the hearts of thousands with his advocacy for issues affecting senior citizens, children, mentally handicapped and less fortunate. The memoir opens with his upbringing in a segregated neighborhood on San Antonio's eastside as son of a Pullman Porter and grandson of slaves. The reader receives great details about his desperate search for personal meaning and purpose in life. He shares the foundations...