Fade To Black

There is no subject of greater urgency to me than the Black Americans' long and continued search for identity. For many years, I was troubled by the apparent fact that as a Black American of African descent we were unable to settle on a definitive identity. Who are we? Who decided that we were African Americans? How did they conclude that as our designation? I simply wanted to use thought and logic combined with known facts and realities to arrive at an acceptable conclusion. A conclusion that is the result of a cognitive process rather than some popular wave that is without thought, reason or analysis. About the Author Woody Campbell is a Vietnam veteran and one of only seven professional athletes to serve on active duty in Vietnam.