Leaf, who was born in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, during the Black Power Movement, was exposed to various aspects of Black Nationalism throughout his lifetime. This contact began in his youthful days growing up in his child hood neighborhood-Round the Field-and it accompanied him throughout his adult life in Texas, Virginia, and Maryland. Sometimes, he came face to face with progressive elements of the self-help philosophical concept. Whereas, there were times when he maintained relationships with reactionary individuals. Regardless of the type of exposure involved, Leaf learned from the...

This book is not a scholarly piece of work. In no way, is it meant to be an academic text. On the contrary, this essay is an account of my parents' cancer diagnosis, treatment, fight and how I dealt with it. In addition to documenting some circumstances, which were related to their illness, and how I reacted to them, my wish is for this literature to positively touch the life of at least one person, who experienced the horrors that I did, when I learned that my parents had become cancer patients, and to provide some sort of hope and peace of mind to the aforementioned individual. Accordingly,...