ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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Many contributed to this book and even more to my career, but I would be nowhere without my family—my number one fan, my mother, Juanita Scott; my dad, the late Will Alexander; my brothers, Richard “Rick” Wilson Jr. and Charles Alexander; my sister, Henryetta “Penny” Alexander; and my wonderful daughter, Adrienne K. Alexander. I want also to remember my dear friends the late Rev. Dr. Kenneth Dean and his surviving beautiful-spirited wife, Mary Dean, and their family. May GOD continue to bless us all.