Nowhere to Run or Hide

This book is the final collection of articles written for the Chicago Defender, and Final Call Newspapers. They were written between September 2001 and January 2003. The author describes and prescribes solutions for the continuing chaos, confusion, and disorganization in the Black community. The author analyzes frequent issues in the news. He considers whether Blacks are progressing as the new millennium advances. In sixty-four essays he raps up his thinking on the ending of the old and beginning of the new millennium, and how conditions will continue to affect Blacks.

Jay Thomas Willis was born in East Texas. He graduated from Stephen F. Austin State with a B.S. degree in sociology. He also graduated from Texas Southern University with a M.Ed in counseling, in addition to receiving a MSW in social work from the University of Houston. Willis has held numerous social work positions, and has now turned to freelance writing. He has written thirteen books, fifteen professional journal articles, several consumer articles, and has written Op-Ed Commentaries for the Chicago Defender and an occasional "Guest Column" for the Final Cll Newspaper. He lives in Richton Park, Illinois with his wife and two sons.