Taj Matthews (born March 24, 1976 in San Antonio, Texas) is a journalist, entrepreneur, author of Grandpa was a Preacher: A Letter to my Grandson. The book is the autobiography of his grandfather civil rights icon Rev. Claude Black Jr., who describes life as a minister, civil rights leader and politician. Matthews currently resides in Jacksonville, Florida with his wife Cheryl and two children De'Asia (born 1998) and Omari (born 2000).
