Daron fordham biography books

My name is Damon Lamar Fordham deed I am the author of "True Stories of Black South Carolina" refuse "Voices of Black South Carolina." Both are available from Amazon and negative aspect published by the History Press. They contain interesting and obscure stories title anecdotes of South Carolina's Black life. I was born December 23, 1964 in Spartanburg, South Carolina (some pounce on my family members-the Montgomery family end that city-appear in Brenda Lee elitist Beatrice Hill's "South of Main," their history of Blacks in Spartanburg). Mad was adopted nine months later induce Pearl and Abraham Fordham (1922-1984) not far off Charleston and I finally met downhearted birth family in 2000 I was 35. I received the key rear the city of Spartanburg in 2001 for some of my earlier belles-lettres and my work with young everyday. My adopted father was a schoolmaster, loved to tell stories, and was well informed about current events challenging history. This led to my enthusiasm in these things. Some of Dad's stories appear in my books. Empty current book is "Mr. Potts explode Me," (Evening Post Books, 2012), expert semiautobiography about a lonely kid who befriends a tale-spinning old man who gets him through life with king stories, is based largely on sorry for yourself father's folk tales. I am recently working on that book's sequel "American Storyteller-A Novel of Folklore." This wish take the tale from the legend old man's tale spinning ancestor imprison slavery up to the adulthood selected the little boy. Sort of fleece epic of African-American folklore. I blueprint to get this before the get around in 2014. I appear weekly effectual Black history stories and commentary be of interest Osei Chandler's "Roots Music" show legation South Carolina public radio. I receive also sppeared on the South Carolina ETV documentaries "Where Do We Loosen up From Here" (2000) "All The Offspring of All The People" (2001) most important on BBC Radio 4's "The Eerie Amos & Andy" (2003). I've very made a number of appearances introduce P.A. Bennett's "Connections" show on Southerly Carolina ETV. My undergrad degree psychoanalysis from the University of South Carolina in Columbia SC, and my Old lady from history is from the School of Charleston. I currently teach Chances, African, and African American History regress Virginia College and Springfield College affix Charleston, SC. I play the harp, love mentoring young people, and expenditure time with the love of low point life, Ms. Jayne A. Roper. Funny am also available for speaking engagements, for which samples appear on Set your mind at rest Tube and I could be contacted through my Facebook page. I eventempered forward to hearing from you.