Walter Bernard Ward Sr.'s New Book 'Road Map to Life' is a Riveting Memoir of the Author's Early Life of Racial Bigotry and Segregation
PRINCESS ANNE, Md., November 25, 2020 (Newswire.com) - Walter Bernard Ward Sr., a retired educator and former division I assistant basketball coach at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, has completed his most recent book “Road Map to Life”: a gripping autobiography of the author’s evoking circumstances in life due to racial prejudice and sequestration.
Walter writes, “I was born in the years of the baby boomers. At this time, it was the years of segregation. We were poor people, if one would compare those times to today. Now, we would have been considered poor, but no one knew it then as everyone in the community was in the same state odd being. If my family didn’t have certain food or ingredients for their meal, we could go next door and get it. The same would be true if the people next door needed something to complete their meal, they could come to our house, and if we had it, we would give it to them. There were separate water fountains on the streets side by side. However, they were labeled ‘Colored Only’ and ‘White Only.’ One day, as I was on the street alone, I drank from the ‘White Only’ fountain. I found that the water was the same as was in the ‘Colored Only’ fountain.
As people had jobs, without them knowing it, the jobs were a form of legal slavery. The workers had not been out of the community to discover that they were being paid wrong. When I got older and graduated from high school, I left home to attend college, I found that this was true and tried to let the Black workers know. The White owners of the businesses told the Black people not to listen or talk to me as I was a troublemaker. There were many Black athletics in the area, but we were not allowed to play on teams with the White boys as we were not smart enough to compete with them until they were going to other communities to compete with other White teams. Then they wanted us as they found that by using us, they would win.”
Published by Fulton Books, Walter Bernard Ward Sr.’s book depicts the real-life struggles of people of color that are still prevalent in today’s society.
This book is a powerful testament to a life lived in great determination and resilience amid the dangers that came with skin color.
Readers who wish to experience this thought-provoking work can purchase “Road Map to Life” at bookstores everywhere or online at the Apple iTunes Store, Amazon, Google Play, or Barnes & Noble.
Please direct all media inquiries to Gregory Reeves via email at gregory@fultonbooks.com or via telephone at 877-210-0816.
Source: Fulton Books
