Black Out: The Black Persons Guide To Redefining A Career Path Outside Of Corporate America

Whether you want to start your own publication, be an actor, start a consulting business, or embark on any other off-the-beaten track career path, BLACKOUT will show you how to begin your journey with confidence. Getting past survival in Corporate America, to the point where you can feel relative contentment is a level a great number of black employees manage to reach. In BLACKOUT, however, the author takes you beyond "survival" and guided toward your destined career path. You'll be encouraged to take a leap of faith by stepping out of the corporate box, releasing your safety net, and experiencing the power of passion.

Michelle T. Johnson worked at the Philadelphia Daily News for a short stint before working the duration of her journalism career at the Louisville Courier-Journal and the Austin American-Statesman after she received her journalism degree in 1986. Her concern for community and civic issues led Michelle to attend the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law, where in 1994 she was named, by the Missouri Supreme Court, as the Top Moot Court Oralist of her law school. Michelle received her juris doctorate in 1995. She worked for several years as an attorney in litigation law firms representing companies whose employees have brought complaints against them and later opened her own law firm, where she briefly worked as a solo practitioner. Michelle currently works as a mediator and diversity consultant in Kansas City, Missouri.