Provocative New Book Questions if the Past can Imprint Itself on the Future

Author, Fredrick Douglas Richardson, Jr.'s, "Imprints: Tracing Today's Behavior to Past Events," explores how understanding painful cultural legacies can be a catalyst for later change.

(PRWEB) November 12, 2006 -- Fredrick Richardson, Jr.'s ambitious book illuminates how the past can influence present day behavior in various ethnic groups. By understanding where culture comes from and how it influences personal lives, each person can create a brighter future for themselves and for others.

The keys to our present are buried in our past, states Fredrick Richardson, Jr., throughout his thought-provoking book, "Imprints." It's not our genes, but in the cultural heritage that subtly influences each person's behavior. This is especially true in certain ethnic groups, Richardson believes, such as African Americans, who are still connected to their past as slaves.

In clear, lucid prose, Fredrick Richardson, Jr. examines how and why the residual emotional and psychological scars of slavery still influence African American culture today. Why did slave owners use fear, envy and distrust to control their slaves, and how do those attributes still permeate modern society? Why is the communicative urgency of slave drumming still found in modern African drumming?

Filled with fascinating historical documents, this book provides a greater understanding for behaviors that have been virtually handed down to future generations. Illuminating and inspiring, Imprints tells the reader that while the past can not be altered, people can change how they respond to it.

For more information or to request a free review copy, please contact the author by e-mail. "Imprints: Tracing Today's Behavior to Past Events" is available for sale online at Amazon.com, Borders.com and through additional wholesale and retail channels worldwide.

About the Author:
Fredrick D. Richardson, Jr. was born in 1939 in rural Alabama, the fifth of 12 children. A graduate from the University of South Alabama with a degree in History and Political Science, he is an in-demand lecturer, as well as author of "The Genesis and Exodus of Now;" "The Stone Street Baptist Church, Alabama's First, 1806-1982;" "Tithing, What Does God Require" and the play "The Birth Of A Church." Appointed to the Mobile City council in 1998, Richardson led a trade delegation to the People's Republic of China, Argentina and Brazil. His studies and travels inspired him to write "Imprints."

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