Hard Times and Survival; the Autobiography of an African-American Son

Hard Times And Survival: The Autobiography Of An African American Son Is My Story. It Is How I Overcame All The Heartbreaking Brutal And Horrendous Circumstances That I Was Born Into In 1947. I Saw It All In My First Sixteen Years: Unbridled Lust Gross Immorality Damning Lies And Terrible Brutality By My Father Against Me And My Mother. He Tried To Kill Me Once But Kept Up A Constant Campaign Of Horrible Abuses Of My Mother Until I Left Home At Sixteen. However Success Is The Best Revenge! After Three Years Of Alcoholism I Pulled Myself Together And Went Back To School On My Own. That Was After I Spent A Year In Job Corps From 1966 To 1967. From 1975 To 1977 I Went To Piedmont Virginia Community College In Charlottesville. From 1977 To 1980 I Attended Virginia State University In Petersburg. I Earned My Ba And Ma Degrees. I Studied Above A Master'S At The University Of Virginia At Charlottesville From 1980 To 1983. I Did Not Graduate But I Learned Valuable Life Lessons.. I Started To Write In 1993 About What Had Happened To Me Over The Years And How I Used My Dire Circumstances As Motivation To Pick Myself Up And Make My Life Better. I Hope I Am An Example That Will Help Others Who Are Suffering Through Similar Atrocities To Be Motivated To Not Give Up But Persevere And That They Will As I Did Overcome Anything They Are Being Faced With.