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Woody Campbell
was born and grew up on a tobacco farm in Mount Pleasant,
Florida. His parents provided him and his siblings love
and guidance instilling in them the importance of a
good education and becoming the best they could be.
He attended Northwestern University of Evanston, Illinois
on a football scholarship and graduated with a BA Degree
in Arts and Sciences. Woody is considered one of the
first black football players to pioneer College Football
for black athletes in the State of Florida.
Woody was drafted by the Houston Oilers where he was
an All Pro Running Back. After leaving professional
football he became the first Black sportscaster in the
city of Houston. He is a member of the Retired National
Football League Players Association and retired Vietnam
Vet.
Woody has enjoyed a successful career as a middle manager
in corporate America where he was often sought as a
mentor and advisor to the many associates he has worked
alongside. Today, Woody enjoys motivating and inspiring
others through his speaking and writing.
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Fade to Black
Genre: Nonfiction
96 Pages
ISBN 978-09645493-9
Publisher: Against the Wind an Imprint of
Bluebonnets Boots & Books Press
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Who are we?
Who decided that we were “African Americans?”
How did the world conclude that to be our designation? As
children growing up we were called, with apparent acceptance
“Colored people.” By the time the Civil
Rights Movement was ushered in by Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr., we were elevated to the respectable status of “Negro.”
In college, I saw us move to “Afro American”
and then to the preferred “Black American,”
which I thought represented the result of the efforts of slain
martyrs like Medgar Evers and Dr. Martin Luther King, who
perished so that we could be known as Black Americans. They
died so that we could move forward and share in the fruits
of our labor in America.
For many years, I have been troubled by the apparent fact
that we as Black Americans of African descent—whose
ancestors had not immigrated willingly to America—have
been unable to settle on a definitive identity.
I am unable to understand why this has not been done before.
I feel that there are thousands, if not millions of people
who feel as I do but for some reason, perhaps the fear of
expert opinion, have not demonstrated their opposition. For
all of those people let me state without hesitation that I
believe we are Black Americans of African
descent. The African American designation is by definition
and logic, a misrepresentation.
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