Bøger af Shameek Cook

In 1921 on a day that we all know as Memorial Day, tragedy stuck the town of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It is a day those black Americans of Tulsa would never forget and the racist mob that destroyed it would try to erase from everyone's memory. Greenwood was a town thriving with black business owners, black residents, and black consumers. So much so that Booker T. Washington named it "Negro Wall Street". Greenwood was rich in culture, faith, music, fashion and most of all currency. There was in fact more black millionaires in Tulsa than in the entire USA. The Friscoe railroad tracks divides Greenwood likes its racial divide, a line between blacks and whites. When a young black man named Dick Rowland was accused of assaulting a white woman on an elevator those lines were crossed. The rising tensions, conflict, and jealousy of this affluent black town would not only be targeted but attacked. This black community rallied together to stop the attempted lynching of Dick Rowland. Lynching talks had come with support from the corrupt police chief, officers, the KKK, the hate organization the "Knights of Liberty", and a racist mayor at Tulsa's city hall. Black residents were attacked and burned out of their homes and businesses. Some of them losing their lives others losing their livelihoods. Against all odds they fought valiantly against the evil powers that be. The spirit and pride of Greenwood is the pride of the entire race and of an entire country. You can kill the body but never the spirit of BLACK WALL STREET.

CONCRETE JUNGLE, is New York City, where dreams come true in the city that never sleeps. Serryan White has dreams of being the king of New York for a day. Serryan recruits a "network" of professional black women that are specialists in various fields to pull off a multi-million dollar heist in the big apple. He takes aim at his target by going after a stock brokerage and securities firm called Empire Capital. The intricate plot is to take money from the target by using an inside man to leave the fall guy holding the bag. Only, the inside man is not a man, it is a woman.Angie is working for Empire Capital and was the love of Serryan's life once upon a time while they were in college. Serryan needs to get Angie on board in order to pull off the heist. The problem is their relationship ended badly because of Serryan's infidelity in business school and Angie hates him. Further complicating things Desi, the girl he cheated with, is part of the scheme to take Empire Capital. Desi is part of the female "network" and Serryan needs her as well to pull off the heist. Desi is a securities broker and still wants Serryan physically. Serryan wants and needs these two ladies to work together. He wants his apple and to eat it too. He still loves Angie. The concrete jungle is full of money, ambition, and bright lights in this big city. Did Serryan bite off more of the big apple than he can chew?

Shamar "Skip" Love seems to have it all. He has millions of dollars, fame, stardom, and a beautiful wife as the star centerfielder of the New York Yankees. He's the face of MLB and is in the midst of the greatest season ever played in baseball. Skip is breaking every record in the same season. He is a Bronx born baby and Yankee Stadium was his crib. He always dreamed of being a Yankee. Skip's painful past is marred by being molested as child by his baseball coach. Skip's father, Willie Love, taught skip the game and everything he knows. Willie kills the man that has abused Skip and gets sent to prison, leaving Skip and his mother Carmen alone.While a star #1 prospect in high school Skip is a 4.0 GPA student all while being homeless. Skip will eventually live out his dream and become a Yankee as well as the highest paid player in the league. Which seems to annoy a TV personality, Ron Dwyer, who has an obsession with his criticism of Skip because he has the stats but hasn't won a championship in the Bronx. Skip's play on the field is perfect which makes his life off the field a target. Accusations of PED use, jealousy from teammates, rivals, violent confrontations from angry fans, and infidelity in his marriage. It is a story of perception vs reality. A story of love, family, molestation, fame, and sexual abuse with baseball being the backdrop in this BRONX LOVE THING.

Zeus Sinclaire was a man that made plenty of enemies throughout his life. Is that the reason he's dead? He was shot to death on his birthday; at his own birthday party. Even though no one could identify who killed him, everyone that was close to him was at the party. They all had something to gain by his death and they are all suspects in the Queens police station. Tru Lawson is the sharp, smart detective on the case trying to decipher who is lying and who is telling the truth. Every lie told will incur a debt to the truth and today their debt will be paid.Ali Ramsey is Zeus' best friend but was seen arguing with Zeus at the party. Gooch Hightower is Zeus' enemy and co-worker that hates him and has a history of violence against him. Klay Klein is Zeus' next door neighbor. He's a racist man and the only person that had a firearm at the party. Apollo is Zeus' angry, estranged son. One of the reasons he's estranged is Dream Toussaint. Dream is Zeus' mistress that just happens to be Apollo's ex-girlfriend. Daphne Sinclaire, Zeus' wife of the last twenty years, is also there as a suspect. Tru is in search of the truth. He will investigate, interrogate, and expose all of their lies and motives to find the killer. Will the truth set them free? Will their alibis cost them? Lies must be maintained but the TRUTH NEEDS NO ALIBI.