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FRANCES PRESLEY RICE is a retired Army Lieutenant Colonel with 20 years of active service and several distinguished medals. She holds a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of California, Hastings College of Law; a Master of Business Administration from Golden Gate University, San Francisco, California; and a Bachelor of Science degree from Drury University, Springfield, Missouri. She worked for the McDonnell Douglas Corporation as a government contract advisor on the law of space exploration. She taught Business Law for the European Division of the University of Maryland in Brussels, Belgium.

She has researched black history since the 1960s and co-founder with educator Sandra K. Yocum the nonprofit Yocum African American History Association. She co-wrote with Yocum the book BLACK HISTORY 1619-2019: AN ILLUSTRATED AND DOCUMENTED AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY that is an inspiring and educational journey through history. It received a stellar tribute by The book was heralded by the Midwest Book Review as “an ideal curriculum textbook for Black Studies and American History curriculums.” The book is available on Amaon.com and through all national bookstores. To obtain more information, visit: www.YocumBlackHistory.org

In addition to being an author, Frances is chairman of the National Black Republican Association, as well as a screenwriter and the executive producer with the independent production company, Block Starz Music Television LLC (BSMTV).

With BSMTV and acclaimed director Bayer Mack she is producing the documentary BLACK SEEDS: THE HISTORY OF AFRICANS IN AMERICA, an upcoming epic two-part documentary film that re-examines the history of African people in America. It is inspired by the book BLACK HISTORY 1619-2019 and is available on Amazon.com prime.

Currently available on Amazon.com are her three other productions. The critically-acclaimed documentary film OSCAR MICHEAUX: THE CZAR OF BLACK HOLLYWOOD that was nominated for a Black Reel Award as the “Outstanding Independent Documentary” by the Foundation for the Advancement of African-Americans in Film. The documentary IN THE HOUR OF CHAOS which tells the story of the Reverend Martin Luther King Sr. (father of civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.) and the King family that was once named runner-up in the documentary category of the San Francisco Black Film Festival. The documentary NO LYE: AN AMERICAN BEAUTY STORY won as the “Outstanding Independent Documentary” in the 20th Annual Black Reel Award. The short documentaries PROFILES OF AFRICAN AMERICAN SUCCESS features African-American entrepreneurs who achieved success against the odds in the late 19th century and early 21st century.