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by Elie V. Parker (Author)
The book is dedicated to the millions of Black and poor people struggling to escape poverty. It is the goal of this book to give direction and guidance out of poverty and suffering and into hope and prosperity. The purposes of this book is to show how Black people or anyone who is poor can escape poverty and achieve prosperity by building businesses, improving education, eating healthy, planning families, looking and acting professional, voting and avoiding vices such as, alcohol, drugs and tobacco products. This book is different from other books on Black poverty because it asks for no government or corporate help. The book emphasizes the need for Blacks to embrace the concept of self-determination and by pooling resources, build their way out of poverty. I plan to use this book as a platform to not only talk about what needs to be done but to work in the Black communities to ensure that Blacks accomplish what needs to be done. This book will show how Blacks and the poor can move out of poverty. This will be accomplished by identifying a series of steps that each individual can take on their own and collectively with others.
Author Biography
The author's educational background is a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in Accounting and Economics from Youngstown State University in Youngstown, Ohio and a Master's Degree in Business Administration in Finance from DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois. Elie served in the United States Army from 1968 to 1970, which included a year in South Vietnam. He received the National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal w/ 4 Bronze Service Stars, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal and the Army Commendation Medal. The author worked for United Airlines for 31 years in various accounting, financial and auditing functions. Elie has seen the work world from both sides having worked for United Airlines in management and he worked for the steel company Youngstown Sheet and Tube as a general laborer and a union member. Elie believes that his experience, education and his goal to end poverty makes him uniquely qualified to present this book as his contribution to the world's effort to make the planet a better place for everyone.
