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The Pacman Plan [Hardcover]

Sam A Kempt (Author)
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April 2004
The Pacman Plan is the story of a struggle for reparations for African Americans. This is the first fiction work written on the subject of reparations.

The Pacman Plan is a story of a grassroots movement that starts from a website. Initially it starts out as a political movement.

Reverend Solomon Williams is the handsome, charismatic leader of one of the largest churches in the South. Reverend Williams becomes the national leader of a movement whose origin is from a website.

Reverend Williams fights not only for the movement but to be the man his father was afraid to be. He fights to be a man of faith, a man who promotes social change. He also struggles with the temptation of the power that comes with the pulpit.

The second leader, to the disbelief and surprise of everyone involved is Joe Louis Brown. Joe Louis Brown is a man of the shadows, a man of the underworld.

He proclaims to have started the website and the plan to correct the deeds of his past.

He claims to want to give young black males of the street something to believe in. He says he wants to make the reparations movement the modern day civil rights cry that unites all African Americans.

Just as his namesake, the Brown Bomber, was the light of hope for a pass generation of African Americans, Joe Louis Brown becomes the voice of black youth and those outcasts from society.

But, Joe Louis Brown believes that the only way to change America is with the gun.


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What a tangled web you have weaved. The book was excellent and well written. -- Reed, Melissa (ERP) Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 12:19 PM Reed, Melissa (ERP) Tuesday, June 28, 2005

From the Inside Flap

We’ve talked about integration, equal rights and affirmative action, but not addressed the root cause of a problem that has tormented this country since January 1865.

And for those who think everything between the races is okay, as Reverend Solomon Williams says "We are just one incident away from another Detroit in 67 or Los Angeles in 92."

The PACMAN Plan is the story of two leaders of a movement for reparations for African Americans.

Reverend Solomon Williams is the handsome, charismatic leader of one of the largest churches in the South. Reverend Williams joins others across the country in a grass roots movement whose origin is from a website.

Solomon fights not only for the movement but to be the man his father Reverend Williams Senior, was not. He fights to be a man of faith, a man who promotes social change. Solomon and his wife, attorney Andrea Williams struggle to save their church, their marriage and maybe their lives as they become national leaders of the movement for reparations for African Americans.

The second leader, to the disbelief and surprise of everyone involved is Joe Louis Brown. Joe Louis Brown says he’s the creator of the plan. His justification for creating the plan makes a statement about America, its institutions and the black man. Joe Louis is a man of the shadows, a man of the underworld.

Just as his namesake, the Brown Bomber, was the light of hope for a pass generation of African Americans, Joe Louis Brown becomes the voice of black youth and those outcasts from society.

He says he wants to make the reparations movement the modern day civil rights cry that unites all African Americans. On national television Joe Louis starts a revolution that could destroy this country.

The Pacman plan also touches the lives of an interracial couple Mark and Donna Farmer, a socially conscious rapper, Mordee the Expected One and a young college student with a promising future, Desmond Griffin.

This is an engrossing, fiercely original novel which includes drama, action, and a little sex but with an underling theme of taking the reader into an honest discussion about the relationship between blacks and whites and the issue of reparations for African Americans.


Product Details

  • Hardcover: 304 pages
  • Publisher: DeViv Publishing (April 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0974445908
  • ISBN-13: 978-0974445908
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 1.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,924,264 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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4.0 out of 5 stars Are we healed?, December 1, 2004
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The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers (RAWSISTAZ.com and BlackBookReviews.net) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Pacman Plan (Hardcover)
Reparation - a: a repairing or keeping in repair b: the act of making
amends, offering expiation, or giving satisfaction for a wrong
or injury. --Webster

Is reparation what America needs? THE PACMAN PLAN is the story of
the struggle for reparation, of reconciliation for the descendants
of slaves who lived in bondage. This fictionalized story is
told through the lives of two prominent figures, Reverend Solomon
Jones, leader of one the largest churches in the South, and
underworld figure, Joe Louis Brown. Both claim credit for the plan,
as they interface with the lives of four uniquely different
characters. An interracial couple, a socially conscious rapper and
a young college student. Each is taken through the racial, political
and social whirlwind that engulfs the nation.

The Pacman Plan is a grassroots movement that began on a website.
Initially it started out as a political movement to get elected
officials to hear the masses, and an attempt to break the link
between money and the candidates. Because the reality is that a
political action committee (PAC), lobbyists with their soft
money and special interest groups, actually control the government.
Reparation was added to the Plan with hopes that it would become
the modern day civil rights cry that would unite African Americans.

Jones and Brown have the same goals, but different agendas. The
crossfire from their efforts causes an undercurrent that evokes the
ire of the FBI. And an all out witch-hunt is raged on everyone
involved with the movement. Complicating things is Jones's side
agenda, as the creator of the Pacman website he has a separate and
surprising reason for starting the Plan.

Although the author heralds this as fiction, it shares Kempt's real
conviction, that America has never faced the truth about this
country's most inhuman period and most significant economic
windfall. THE PACMAN PLAN combines drama, sex and murder and blends
it into an engrossing political thriller. Readers will be encouraged
to take another look at the relationship between blacks and whites.
Some will wonder if we have indeed made monumental strides in healing
racial tensions or if we are just an incident away from another Los
Angeles in 1992. Much more than a good story, this is a well-written
intensely absorbing freshman novel from Sam A. Kempt.

Reviewed by aNN
of The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book!, September 28, 2004
This review is from: The Pacman Plan (Hardcover)
The story is make-believe but the issues were so real.
The way the story unfolds was great. He introduced you to Joe Lewis Brown early in the story but you don't really understand his role until much later. There were quite a few characters but they were unique and they connected to the story nicely. I would have loved to read more with the character Joe Lewis Brown.
The ending was a big surprise. One of the best endings I read in a while. Overall, a very good read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Pacman Plan, September 27, 2004
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This review is from: The Pacman Plan (Hardcover)
This story was entertaining and enlightening. The way the Internet was used to start a movement is appropriate for the times we live in. The initial political movement was a real shift in the paradigm as far as how we interpret our relationship with our elected officials. Very original story idea. The most interesting and original idea of the story was how it dramatized truly how far apart the two races (white and black) are without stating it but through a series of incidents. The hard truth is if this actually happen then I don't doubt that the way the character reacted would be the way blacks and whites would actually react.

Joyce
Sugar Land, TX
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Joe Lewis, Reverend Williams, Judge Lyons, Uncle Sam, Agent Collins, Brook Haven, Funky Breath, New York, United States, Agent Gustafson, Martin Luther King, Reverend Solomon Williams, Congressman Pearson, Big Boy, Leroy Henderson, Mike Walters, Representative Pearson, Aunt Pat, Top Dog, Big Papa, Judge Green, Los Angeles, Papa Williams, Federal Bureau of Investigations, Harris County
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