INHERITANCE is a powerful memoir about formation, faith, and the responsibility we carry to one another.

Raised in Charleston, South Carolina, Rodney Graham grew up shaped by family kitchens, church pews, and the African Methodist Episcopal Church. From an early age, he learned what it meant to show up for his community — to speak clearly, lead with care, and carry himself with purpose.

That foundation was tested in 2015, when Mother Emanuel AME Church became the site of a racially motivated mass shooting that claimed the lives of nine members of his church family. In the years that followed, Graham confronted grief, awakening, and the weight of what it means to carry faith and responsibility in a country still grappling with its history.

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INHERITANCE is not a story of tragedy alone. It is a story of becoming — of how voice becomes advocacy, how pain can be transformed into action, and how communities endure when they choose responsibility over silence.

This book is for anyone asking what it means to live with purpose, to honor those who came before, and to show up for the communities that shape us.