Edward PalmoreEdward Palmore was born and raised in Newark, New Jersey where he attended public school. Upon graduation from the University of Houston with a baccalaureate of arts in United States History he served a tour of duty in the United States Army in Grafewöhr, Germany as a lieutenant in Air Defense Artillery. Dr. Palmore obtained a doctorate in counseling psychology from the Boston University School of Education. For more than eighteen years he was incarcerated in the State of Georgia. However, he wrote more than fifty books, dramas, poems and song lyrics. It is the author's intent to generate a platform on which to discuss the issue of the marginalization of black men in American society. Once leaving prison he did not forget the conditions he was compelled to endure, and now is an advocate for greater public awareness of an impending social crisis. Read More Read Less