Have you ever found yourself attempting to describe to various audiences the myriad of challenges faced by minorities, especially African American males who navigate through the treacherous valleys and plateaus of corporate America---finding the topic too complex to capture and easily misunderstood?

James C. Mays has simplistically and eloquently illustrated the perils, setbacks and triumphs of his narrative as a “modern” black man, -- that actually has a better ending than one would expect. His memoir is for any minority person living in America, starting a college education, an entry level position in corporate America, a career in the military or striving to become an entrepreneur. It is also timely for those in white America who are fortunate enough to read it; to take heed and get out of the way of their minority counterparts who will be changed and awakened by the lessons it teaches.