{"product_id":"the-road-to-redemption-benjamin-l-crump-esq-9798374631944","title":"The Road to Redemption: A Story About Racial Healing in America","description":"The hate crime happened two nights after Christmas in 2005. The wilding spree that terrorized the Woodforest neighborhood in Houston began three months earlier. Night after night for three months, a white supremacist group laughed as they videotaped themselves destroying cars, windshields, house windows, garage doors, mailboxes - they even attacked dogs and cats with fireworks - in a frenzy of social rebellion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe carnage and rage would take a critical turn. The stakes would be raised. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAround 11:30 on the night of December 27 they turned on a young black man named Lloyd Joshua Sams as he walked toward his home. His family was one of only two African American families living in a small suburban subdivision in southeast Texas. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSams is an educated young man, a teacher who speaks eight languages and plays classical piano. That night he found himself landing onto the hood of a charging vehicle, breaking bones in his knee and fracturing a neck vertebra in his spine. His spirit and sense of security were critically damaged as well. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book is a living testimony and testament of the life, death and resurrection of a real young Black man who fought against insurmountable odds to overcome racism and challenging \"good ole boy\" Dixiecratic systems. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this book, Lloyd Joshua Sams shares his survival of a few hate-filled violent nights and days with Neo Nazi white supremacist wannabes; a group of radicalized lost young men on a quick and downward spiraling road to hell. Lloyd not only offered them forgiveness and redemption, but he also saves their lives in the end - more than once. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLloyd's story was featured on the 20th Century FOX Television Network: \u003ci\u003eAnatomy of a Hate Crime - Bad Night at Woodforest (2-part series)\u003c\/i\u003e, it became a nationally recognized TV broadcast recording and received a Daytime Emmy Award and other accolades in 2009 as it was produced in conjunction with \u003ci\u003eCristina's Court with Judge Cristina Perez.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe is the author\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eof\u003ci\u003e The Art of Uncommon Sense; The Sunshine Came; Already Spoken For, \u003c\/i\u003e and other literary titles\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLloyd Sams is an accomplished pianist, musician, and composer publishing hundreds of musical works including \u003ci\u003eStraight Black \u0026amp; White - Piano Solos, Counting Sheep - Sleep Like a Baby, In the Key of L, The Soul Café, Keys to the Kingdom - The Hammers of Life, Above Top Secret, Goddess on the Throne \u003c\/i\u003eand many more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Road to Redemption is a landmark true story that covers the gamut of forgiveness, fear, trauma, perseverance, and healing. Lloyd Sams is truly a remarkable human being. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e(c)2023 Lloyd Joshua Sams (P)2023 The Birdwalker Publishing Company (ASCAP)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Benjamin L. Crump Esq, Lloyd Joshua Sams Ascap\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8374631945\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798374631944\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/24\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d","brand":"Benjamin L. Crump Esq","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44756657897727,"sku":"9798374631944","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dbec8ba9-5210-4086-8e9c-a656843c82df.jpg?v=1706593534","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-road-to-redemption-benjamin-l-crump-esq-9798374631944","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}