Mr. Pittman grew up in the Cleaborn Homes Housing Projects of Memphis. Their family lived less than a half mile from where Dr. King was killed. Mr. Pittman saw first hand what the atmosphere was like during that time of historic social upheaval we call the Civil Rights Movement. Most of it he watched from their own front door. He writes about the abuse his family endured from their father. He was also a witness to the evolution of his siblings homosexuality. This created more drama in a family already in chaos. Oh least we forget, there was the element of the supernatural comparable to that of the Exorcist. Mr. Pittman persevered his chaotic childhood and troubled adulthood enough to earn several degrees. He has an Associates in Consumer and Family Studies, a Bachelor's in Liberal Studies and a Master's in Human Resource Management.