Spanning the time from emancipation to present-day, Promise explores issues of race in America and how we arrived at this moment in our racial quandary. Told through the author’s eyes, it follows the time from his introduction to racism as a child during the Jim Crow era—to being owner of two international corporations. While managing to teach some important lessons, Promise also includes exciting adventures; as in opening for, and performing with, such artists as Stevie Wonder, the Four Tops, and Bonnie Raitt to traveling the country fighting forest fires, with many exciting twists and turns along the way. More than anything, this book and the experiences told, offers proof that given the chance, Black youths will rise to high levels of excellence; conversely, it also exposes the price society pays for ignoring them.