CHURCH PASTOR, BOOK AUTHOR, & A NATIONAL HERO!!!

Dr. Franklyn Victor Beckles, Jr.
 CHURCH PASTOR, BOOK AUTHOR, & A NATIONAL HERO!!!





 "RESIDENT RUNS THROUGHOUT AIKEN COUNTY FOR ALS AWARENESS”
www.aikenstandard.com
 8/12/2015 9:45pm
 A local pastor ran across Aiken County to raise awareness of the fight against Lou Gehrig’s disease Wednesday.
 The Rev. Dr. Franklyn V. Beckles, Jr., pastor and director of the Beckles Christian Academy, started in Clearwater and ran along the Aiken-Augusta Highway to raise funds to go toward research to cure ALS.
 Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as ALS, is progressive neurodegenerative disease that effects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, according to the ALS Association’s website alsa.org
 Dr. Beckles’ father, the Rev. Franklyn V. Beckles, Sr. is suffering from the deadly disease.
 "I just want to help raise awareness of ALS to help research and find a cure,“ Dr. Beckles Jr. told Aiken Standard after completing his road run.
 Donations for ALS research can be sent to ALS Association Georgia Chapter, 5881 Glenridge Drive, Suite 200, Atlanta GA 30328 or ALS Association South Carolina Chapter 7499
 Parlane Road Suite 144, Columbia SC 29223

 Dr. Franklyn Victor Beckles, Jr., and Mrs. Adrian Felicia Beckles (Parents) THEIR CHILDREN: Christian Alexander Beckles (Son) 10/23/02, Dayshia Jan’ee Beckles (Daughter) 6/16/09, Aleiyah Rosetrice Beckles (Daughter) 8/2/10, and Miracle Victoria Alese Beckles. And (Newborn Daughter) Samiyah Nevaeh Zuri Beckles 9/27/15…
 New family photos and pictures of the newborn will be advertised on the Aiken Standard newspaper and published on: Tumblr.com family webpages SOON!
 For now on, only a few family photos (all-new) will be exclusively published on Tumblr.com to conserve time.
 Read the latest eBooks by Dr. Frank Beckles on lulu.com
 Dr. Beckles’s next eBook is another Biography dedicated to his father and Civil Rights Pioneer: Professor Franklyn Victor Beckles, Sr. Titled -"A Hero in the fight against A.L.S.”
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 "A HERO IN THE FIGHT AGAINST ALS"
 One of the greatest men I have ever known, is my father Professor Franklyn Victor Beckles, Sr. Born in Trinidad & Tobago in 1948. Mr. Beckles achieved what very few Black Immigrants ever accomplished. And that was to become a successful and educated businessman. In 1987, he was the first African American to become a College Professor and Dean of Education in the Computer Science Department at Aiken Technical College. He also was the first to establish the first all-black private school in Aiken, South Carolina, where racism is very intense and the fight against racial injustice has never abated. In 1991, he renamed the school “Aiken Academy”. Through his prestigious Christian School, Mr. Beckles enrolled hundreds of misfortunate kids who dropped out of school, or were kicked out, and neglected by the public school system of South Carolina and Georgia. Despite racist, feminist and politically corrupt governmental system of discrimination in America and particularly in the state of South Carolina. Professor Beckles became a civil rights pioneer; educating abandoned children from all backgrounds and circumstances, assisting needy children, and helping them to earn high school diplomas and college credits through his accredited Christian Private School. Nevertheless, Aiken County and Richmond County School Systems continued to fail African American students and forcing them to withdraw from public school due to administrative incompetence. Professor Beckles accomplished what most public schools and junior colleges failed to do, and that was to provide quality education for minority and disabled kids and aide them into getting prominent jobs, careers, service in the U.S. Armed Forces, and acceptance into prestigious universities all over the country! For 27 years, my father has successfully graduated over 65,000 students with high school diplomas and certificates from Aiken Academy (students that society gave up on), and assisted these deserving students to become productive citizens. My father is an inspiring true hero, who recently became diagnosed with ALS (also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease or Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis). A nervous system disease that weakens muscles and impacts physical function. Despite all odds, Professor Beckles refuses to give into this deadly illness and retire from teaching and mentoring kids. Instead he continues to fight for survival and manage his renowned private school from a hospital bed! With the help of me and my mother; Samella Beckles, a good wife who faithfully cares for husband despite incompetent medical treatment due to an influx of lousy medical doctors, hospitals, and attorneys in the notoriously racist and corrupt Central Savannah River Area. Nevertheless, Mr. Beckles never gives up, and my family and I don’t either! That is why his story needs to be heard. My father had risked his life and career as a College Professor to mentor and teach underprivileged kids, helping them when society gave up on them. He is a loving husband to my mother, who also dedicated her life to helping others in need as a registered nurse for over 30 years! An ordained minister, community leader, and honorary PhD. recipient, Rev. Dr. Franklyn Victor Beckles, Sr., the father of 3 children, has always utilized family and faith in God to motivate himself and others to fight social injustice, advocate for civil rights, and strive to accomplish their dreams. Today, I continue to honor my father and his legacy, by becoming a respected Community Leader, Political Candidate for the Board of Education, being a good husband and father to my five children, and carrying on the heritage of Aiken Academy as its new Headmaster. With the blessing of my father, resumed his duties to educate neglected students from the Richmond County Public School System. I relocated his legendary private school to Augusta GA., and renamed it the: Beckles Christian Academy, in his honor. As an ordained Church Pastor with a PhD. in Theology. I have continued to incorporate Christian and Bible based values and education to the private school system to minister to and help underprivileged children, and I also established an accredited Home School Educational Program to graduate mistreated minority and disabled children who were neglected by the scandalous and corrupted Richmond County Board of Education -(Note: the groundbreaking biographical eBook by Nathan Van Sertima -“Dr. Beckles vs. The Richmond County Board of Education”, based on true events, featured on Amazon.com). Now I am also an accomplished Book Author, Historian, Modern Civil Rights Pioneer, Firefighter, and a Triathlete who competes in local marathons to help Georgia Regents University’s ALS Department raise money for medical research in finding a cure to eradicate Lou Gehrig’s disease. You, the reader can also help fight against ALS and bring awareness to this vicious disease which kills more than 5,600 people each year! Please donate to a credible and licensed medical association that is dedicated to using its funds to finding a cure for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Something needs to be done, they are numerous dreadful diseases that are killing Americans, yet our nation’s leaders are spending more money and resources on products that will kill us, rather than save American lives and improve our Healthcare System! Despite this wicked world that we live in, I will continue to do my part as a true Christian. By helping people in need like my father, and serving the Lord Jesus Christ, with honor and integrity like Rev. Franklyn V. Beckles, Sr. His proud legacy will endure forever!



(Credit Historical Articles By: © Emily Rose Bennett/Published Book Author: Rev. Dr. Franklyn V. Beckles, Jr./ZUMAPRESS.com)“