I describe in this book how the Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome has historically and currently affected my own family, and subsequently many other Black families. The book suggests that pre-slavery, Middle Passage, post-slavery, and modern-day conditions contributed to the Black family's pathologies. It goes on to demonstrate the manifestation of some of these specific problems in my family that has been caused by these historical conditions. It shows how the past continues to write on the slate of today. It also implies that the Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome will continue to affect the Black family in the distant future.

Jay Thomas Willis graduated from Stephen F. Austin State University with a B.S. degree in sociology. He also graduated from Texas Southern University with a M.Ed. in counselling, in addition to receiving an MSW in social work from the University of Houston. Willis has held numerous social work positions and has now turned to freelance writing. He has written twenty-six books, fifteen professional journal articles, a number of consumer articles, has written Op-Ed Commentaries for the "Chicago Defender," "Dallas Examiner, East Side Daily news," of Cleveland, as well as an occasional "Guest Colum" for the "Final Call" Newspaper.