An award-winning author and activist, he was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in U.S. History for his bestselling book, Still Invisible? Examining America’s Black Male Crisis in 2020. His critically acclaimed homage to Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man, was an Amazon #1 New Release and went on to win several honors, including the Florida Book Award Bronze Medal for Nonfiction, the Indie Book Award Gold Medal for Social Justice and the Eric Hoffer Award for Outstanding Book Cover.