Above and Beyond: How a tall lanky kid from the Omaha Housing projects spent a lifetime helping others top their dreams

How a tall lanky kid from the Omaha Housing projects spent a lifetime helping others top their dreams. Above and Beyond recounts the long and grateful life of Dr. Rodney S. Wead. The beatings at the hands of fake police officers blatant racism and discrimination in his adulthood paled in comparison to the pains of the abject poverty endured by the young Mr. Wead in north Omaha NE. Yet Dr. Wead used his athletic abilities and powerful memories to run a heroic life race. With the faith of a mustard seed he led economic social cultural and educational prosperity to include the nations first black AM/FM radio station community bank hundreds of cooperatives and college scholarships for hundreds of black youths. His friend billionaire investor Warren Buffet professional athletes and entertainers CEOs family fraternal and lifelong friends consider Dr. Wead a visionary leader who talks the walk. His lived experiences and lessons from his civil rights days are relevant to todays conversation.