Tommy L. Thomas, by birth and heritage is Black Cherokee Native American with some African ancestry. I am a male born and raised in Quitman, Georgia from June 14, 1947 on sharecropper's plantation. The hard life under Jim Crow for men at an early age and that is what I became working the fields before sunup to after sundown. I moved to Detroit to Detroit, Michigan at the age of 17 becoming employed at Ford motor Company the same year and worked for 30 years before retiring. I graduated from Central Michigan University, Magna Cum Laude, with a concentration in Business Management working 12 hours a day in the factory in 1993 at the age of 46. I pursued an MBA but opted for Teacher's certification and ended my internship immediately after a few classroom sessions even though I carried a 4.0 GPA. I am a member of the Mensa Society (A society of Geniuses) and recent graduate of Northwestern Technological Institute with a GPA of 3.67 at the age of 70 years. I've dedicated my life to the pursuit of helping others to endure under hardships for god knows I've had my share. I am a writer, author and poet who live to share with others the thrills of the written word. I have two daughters and three sons, Akia, Ninochka, and Elijah, Jeremy and Joseph who are my pride and joy. I am the Author of 19 Novels, Three books of Poems, (1) Autobiography, and (7) Screenplay.