Throughout this book you will see and feel the pain that I feel, but you also see the joy, the passion and love I feel. If you look deep enough you will also see the pain that I see in every-day life that most people don't want to see. I was a little boy growing up in North Carolina during the early 70s, a time of changes. One either changed or was left behind. Whites and Blacks were learning to live together, work together. The dream was coming true. Or was it?