Dr. Carl S. Taylor

White Powder, Black Power is the story of how the illegal drug economy was the first truly significant capital building tool for African Americans.

Eddie 'The Fat Man' Jackson and Courtney 'The Field Marshal' Brown were labeled 'Kingpins' in an era where their names reigned supreme in Detroit. Accumulating more than a million dollars a month in heroin sales.

The story of how Detroit, once considered the heart of the American Dream, lapsed into the country’s crime capital as its auto industry crumbled.