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Yellow Door Publishing is a Kentucky-based, independent book publisher. Co-founded by Adam and Linda Smith as a subsidiary of Smith Education Associates, LLC. The company began as the literary arm of their firm’s mission of lifting up and empowering underrepresented voices. We are committed to publishing excellent literary works that enhance the lives of readers and our world.

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From Adam A. Smith

Multi-Racial Roots, Black Fruit explores the intersection of faith, identity, calling and service to others while overcoming personal trials that have led to a life filled with impact, meaning and belonging

Genre – Creative Non-fiction
Subcategories – Autobiography Memoir, Autobiography African-American/Black, Self-Help, Spiritual

Book Summary

My story, my memoir, goes beyond a simple journey through racial identity, it includes discovering my “calling” to a life as a change agent responsible for uplifting the lives of thousands. My positive impact has come despite childhood and college experiences filled with challenges and feeling like an imposter for reasons that had far more to do with my realness than my race. This book is an inspiration that resonates with those of any race and highlights my vocation as a life-long servant leader who overcame childhood abuse to positively impact the lives of others through my work in higher education and civic leadership. The evolution of my Blackness goes beyond the social construct that is race, especially for a Gen X person growing up in a time when being multiracial was far less prevalent than it is today. My experiences and subsequent insights seek to inspire as my relationship and understanding of God’s call in my life has not only transformed my own life, but that of individuals, communities and higher education institutions through my deeply personal commitment to faith, justice and service.

About the Author

Adam A. Smith is a first-generation college graduate who was born and raised in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota. After several failed attempts at college, strictly as a football player, Adam found his niche’ studying to be a pastor at Concordia University in Mequon, Wisconsin. Upon earning his degree, Adam began what became a life-long “ministry” dedicated to service, justice and success of every American. He has worked in various leadership roles at universities in Illinois, Minnesota, Tennessee, Alabama, Ohio and Kentucky at national non-profits and served as the City of Rockford, Illinois’ first “Education Czar”. Adam is represented by the Institute of Democratic Education and Culture, SpeakOut, the nation’s only non-profit social justice speaker’s agency. Adam and his family have a vibrant educational consulting firm, Smith Education Associates, LLC. He and his wife, Linda, a life-long educator, are proud parents to three adult children, all of whom work in K-12 education or at universities and four perfect grandchildren.

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Lexington, KY, USA
2025