Robert Harris
Rev. Robert P. Harris Jr. was born and raised in the Lincoln Homes projects in Clarksville Tennessee. He lived a street lifestyle and knows too well the pain of being born and raised in the inner cities. In the year 1986, he surrendered his life to Jesus Christ.
His goal is to reach the youth, help promote positive change amongst Black communities, white communities, and other minorities to foster and build a cohesive interracial community of neighbors who know and follow Jesus Christ.
Twenty-seven years ago Pastor Harris as he is fondly known accepted a call into ministry, and together with his loving wife Regina Harris, they serve at the First Missionary Baptist Church in Clarksville Tennessee.
God has empowered him to become a light, not just to his community but to places as far away as Africa. His testimony, surviving street life, anchors him to an unwavering relationship with God.
He is the founder of the YAS Lives Matter movement. A movement whose theme is ‘You Are Somebody because God is Somebody,’ and whose mission is;
“To fight marginalization, inequality, and alienation. To transform minds, teach wealth creation solutions, educate, relate, and collaborate with others on the same mission.”
“Your life is valuable,” says Pastor Harris. “Don’t waste it – We are on a mission, to preach unity of races, unity of purpose, and the right of all Americans to access equal economic opportunities to break the circle of racially instigated poverty, YAS!”
Generations of American Black children have been taught about their past through a Eurocentric lens. The history of Black people is often condensed to slavery, the end
of slavery, and the civil rights movement.
An average young Black person knows Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr., and quite recently former President Barrack Obama as their only heroes. A doctored history leaves out true struggles of Black people against powerful forces determined to keep them under subjugation.
This book is a narrative of Black lives. It’s a retelling of history that does not cover the horrors of slavery. Its pages unveil the dark cloak of time, bringing to life ancestors erased from history by the inaccurate and romanticized portrayal of an altered past.
It goes back in time to the arrival of Black People on the shores of America in slave ships. It reveals their relentless struggle against slavery, segregation, marginalization, disenfranchisement, and deprivation. It uncovers the fear, pain, and tears endured by Black people for their right to pursue life, liberty, and happiness.
The book explores the reason for ‘Negro Poverty’ a poverty that has defied generations of affirmative action. The COVID-19 pandemic has helped lift the lid that shrouded racial inequity. It has brought to light the perils of financial incapacitation amongst Black communities.
To help Black communities fight for a second liberation, their right to financial freedom. The book offers a step-by-step guide to wealth creation solutions.