He is a civil rights leader and was recently awarded the Outstanding Civil Rights Advocate Award from Columbia State Community College as well as the Making A Difference Award from the South Central Adult Abuse Coalition. He is a past president of his local Boys and Girls Club, a lifetime member of the Disabled American Veterans and the Fleet Reserve Association and is featured in Cambridge Who’s Who. Frierson is now retired from the Navy and enjoys traveling, camping and riding motorcycles. Frierson’s next poetic anthology, “The Centerpiece of Love,” is also being published this year. “The Centerpiece of Love” is a collection of thoughts about the power of love.