In honor of Black History Month, let's go through a little history: Phillis Wheatley was the first African American author for a book of poems, Althea Gibson was the first African American tennis player, and I won't get into the first black teacher. Meanwhile, I have a first as well. What a title it is too! I'm the first young African American to entitle 3 jobs as a teacher, author and tennis coach.
To think, this all happened at the age of 16. Yep, at the age of 16, I was starting my life as an author writing The Bus Driver of Doom and The Unlucky Charm. At 18 these books were published and sold on about 3 websites, including Createspace, Amazon, and Barnes and Noble. In 2014 Shiver and Fears was added to 7 more websites (including social media)
Back in 2011, I was included in a tennis lesson for young players, by 2013 the tennis coaches joined together and formed a tennis camp. By the age of 20 this tennis player was joining in tennis lessons to coach to new team The Cheetahs, by 2018 I was coaching 2 tennis teams.
And lastly, my teaching career started in 2012 over the summer as a Teacher in Training. By the year 2016, I was teaching my own class of 3rd graders.
By 2019 I've published 31 books, coaching 2 champion teams at my own church, and been teaching at the same school for almost 7 years now. How many historians African Americans have those 3 titles? It just shows some of us have a historical claim, even if it's not always accurate.
Happy Black History Month!
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