Bücher von Ben Clement

An extraordinary account of the life of unknown club boxer, Frank Steele, who sparred with legendary boxing greats like Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Joe Frazier and Ernie Shavers. Impoverished from birth and poorly educated, Frank did the best he could to parlay his boxing prowess and brute strength into fame and fortune. Hired as Foreman's chief sparring partner to help prepare the champ for the Ali "Rumble in the Jungle" fight in Africa, he was fired after doing his job too well -- beating up Foreman and knocking his headgear into the audience. When Ali heard about the incident, he paid Frank $3,000 for the secret to defeating the unbeaten and seemingly invincible champion. This is the untold story of what lead to the greatest upset in boxing history.Ben Clement's research for this book included nine months of interviews with Frank Steele, researching boxing history, and speaking with one of Frank's promoters and the residents of Gary who remembered "The Man of Steel". Ben believes that Frank represents all of the nobodies out there whose lives lack notoriety or infamy, but still have dignity, value and importance nonetheless. He's inspired most by his parents, Fanny & Thestal Clement, and others in their generation who braved the dangers and indignities of racism and inequality while raising black children to become responsible, productive, successful, influential, and patriotic Americans. Ben grew up, and still lives, in Gary, Indiana.

Synopsis: Oliver dreams of being a superhero, but fears it's utterly impossible because he's shy, small, and basically afraid of his own shadow. To make matters worse, he is bullied relentlessly by Devonte, a boy in his fourth grade class who is much bigger. Thankfully, his teacher finds a way to end the bullying once and for all. The role-playing exercise she creates transforms the classroom into a world of make-believe, where the bullies are sheep and kids like Oliver are wolves. Lessons are learned when the tables are turned, and Oliver becomes the biggest, baddest wolf of them all. About The Author: Ben Clement is retired and lives in Gary, Indiana. "This is my fifth book with two more already in progress. My next book will be another children's book titled Walking 'The Talk.' It's a critical primer for parents and teachers who have to give lifesaving advice for Black kids to survive police encounters." That will be followed by the urban romance novel Milo Brown Slept Here. "I am attempting my second retirement and enjoy writing full-time now. That's fortunate, because I've got about a billion screenplay, stage play, novel, and children's book ideas."

Following the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and others, Black Lives Matter became the civil rights movement of our lifetime.But despite noble intentions, many Americans only see angry riots and destruction, instead of civil disobedience and a courageous struggle for racial equality and justice.In his fourth book, author Ben Clement presents a peaceful protest march through the eyes of a young Black girl named Tanisha and a white boy named Timmy, who valiantly takes a knee.Tanisha is young, gifted, and unapologetically Black. Although she only met Timmy briefly at a Black Lives Matter rally, she tells how Timmy came to be there, and more importantly, how this white child knelt before a legion of riot police to inspire a civil rights movement.