by C. GROOMS & BOBBY MAY
History is not built by moments alone. It is built by people who challenged systems, reshaped ideas, and left behind paths others could follow.
Trailblazers of History Volume 1 examines individuals whose impact reached beyond their own time and circumstances. Through clear narrative and grounded analysis, the book connects historical figures to the social, political, and cultural forces that shaped their decisions and legacies. Rather than isolating events, it places them within a broader context that encourages understanding, reflection, and discussion.
This volume is designed to support classroom learning, independent study, and guided conversation. It invites readers to consider how leadership, resistance, and responsibility appear across different eras and how those patterns continue to influence the present. The goal is not memorization, but comprehension. History becomes meaningful when it is understood as a series of choices made by real people in real conditions.
C. Grooms is an educator, author, and consultant whose work focuses on history, culture, and youth development. He has spent decades working within schools and community-based programs, helping students connect academic content to real-world understanding. His writing emphasizes clarity, context, and the importance of examining history as a living framework rather than a distant record.
Bobby May is an educator and former collegiate athlete with experience supporting students through academic and developmental programming. His work centers on structure, critical thinking, and helping young people engage with complex material in accessible ways. Through teaching and collaboration, he has focused on building learning environments that encourage inquiry, accountability, and long-term growth.
C. Grooms & Bobby May are educators who use sports as a lens to explore life, pressure, and real-world decision making.
They write to document reality and not romanticize it. With academic training spanning Deviant Behavior and Social Control, Sports Management, Media and Communications, American Studies, Forensic Psychology, and Criminal Justice, they bring both research and lived experience to their work. The books function as educational tools disguised as compelling narratives that are condensed into easy-to-read material. Their writing examines how institutional systems extract value from communities, how young people navigate barriers with incomplete information, and how power actually operates in tiered structures. For the Love of the Game, co-authored with Bobby May, documents the intersection of grassroots basketball, the music industry, and the realities of life through three protagonists learning that intelligence and strategy matter more than talent alone. Every book that will enter this bookstore is an extension of the research, lived experience, and critical thinking implementation that has been documented over decades. When you buy direct from this bookstore, you get books that treats readers as intelligent enough to handle the truth without the moral high ground.
by C. Grooms & Bobby May
A nonfiction sports book examining basketball, pressure, and the systems young athletes must navigate.
by C. Grooms & Bobby May