About the Author: Brother Tracy Gibson.....

About The Author

Brother Tracy Gibson’s legal name is Tracy Charles Gibson (He was named after actor Spenser Tracy by his mother in 1956). He was born and raised in Philadelphia and now lives back in Philadelphia after losing his home in New Castle Delaware to foreclosure on November 8th of 2011. He was educated in the Philadelphia public school system and went on to The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio where he received a B.A. degree in Journalism and Public Relations. He minored in Black Studies. He worked for 13 years as an editorial assistant at TV Guide Magazine in New York City and Radnor, PA. He also worked for a short time for the Philadelphia Tribune in Philadelphia where he devotedly covered North Philadelphia. He attended graduate school at Temple University where he studied Communications and Journalism under a Scripps-Howard Scholarship, but he never got his graduate degree. He left TV Guide in 1995 and never looked back. In 2003 he generated enough support from the community, family and friends to start his own business (Public Relations, Marketing, Education and Research and Community Advocacy) at 38th and Lancaster Avenue in the Powelton Village of Philadelphia. After a year and a half he had to move into his basement in New Castle, but plans to branch out once again very soon in the Philadelphia area.....

``A Grassroots Criteria for Liberation,'' is his new BLOCKBUSTER book, due on November 9th 2012.… He has many expectations for it and has worked hard on it. His elderly father, Mr. Charles S. Gibson, has supported him with ideas and some financial help along the way as has his only sibling, Mrs. Aziza Gibson-Hunter of Washington, D.C. He has been a political advocate for the economically disadvantaged, the Black and the left out for over 25 years and has worked for many political organizations in the Philadelphia area. Brother Gibson has also worked on political campaigns including the election of Philadelphia’s first Black mayor (W. Wilson Goode) and for his former State Representative, Vincent Hughes (Who is now a State Senator). He wrote for other publications such as Male Box Magazine, Au Courant and The Philadelphia Daily News (Guest Opinions). He presently writes for his own Blog: ``The Politics of Real''; ``The Leon Williams Journal'' and ``The Black Star.'' He is hoping to parlay his success with the current book into a regular opinion piece for a major publication. His younger niece, Thandiwa Gibson-Hunter who now attends school at Spelman University in Atlanta, once told him that success is in the eye of the beholder. This quote is something positive to hold on to in the tough times, the former reporter says. You can reach the Writer/Journalist at BLockBoi75@Yahoo.Com. You can view some of his writing samples on the web at www.btganda.com or you can write him at:

Brother Tracy Gibson
Address: 213 South 49th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19139-4205

1.215.471.6494

BLockBoi75@Yahoo.Com