Cheryl Wills is the author of Die Free: A Heroic Family Tale which traces the roots of her enslaved great-great-great grandfather Sandy Wills who fled his slave plantation and fought with the United States Colored Troops during the American Civil War. She is also a longtime reporter and anchor for Time Warner Cable’s flagship network, New York 1 News.

Cheryl grew up in Rockaway Beach, Queens, and graduated from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University with a bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism. Die Free is her first book released fall 2011. She is committed to raising awareness about the legacy of the United States Colored Troops as the nation marks the sesquicentennial of the Civil War in 2011.

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By Diane Cameron

Children are big dreamers. Curiosity, ambition and fantasy are dominant ingredients of their formative years. Psychiatry tells us that adolescence marks the beginning development of a more complex thinking process including idealistic thought and reasoning. However an individual’s desire to embrace bravery, courage and sheer guts while discounting the reality of danger is not ordinary or formulaic. Could this predisposition of extreme valor be inherent in their DNA even from conception? Interesting though, how fear prohibits one person from even taking an air flight while on the opposite end of the spectrum, impudence inspires another to become a pilot. So it is with any choice in life, one wonders at what stage of development a clear and definite vocational decision or resolution for a career path becomes fixed.

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Join Host Omar Neal, Charismatic Founder & 21 year veteran host of the syndicated "You got the Power Radio Show" in his new candid, informative and stirring commentary format, "You got the Power Insights" on “Rejoice! Musical Soul Food”.

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Wear red on Jan. 20th and show your support for Red Tails.

"Red Tails," a World War II drama about African-American pilots in the Tuskegee training program.