Demetrius Thornton is an author, global business executive, NYU professor, and founder of Limmor Group. He created the SCOPE™ Personal Power Framework and leads American Trickery™, a movement to reclaim personal power in systems not built for us. American Trickery: Black Men. A Hotel. The Fight to Reclaim Space and Personal Power In America is his debut book and the first edition of a new American classic book series.