Firpo Wycoff Carr was born on September 17, 1954, in Los Angeles, California to Oscar James Carr and Ophelia Priscilla Carr.

He is a best-selling author who resides in the Los Angeles area, and who hails originally from Watts via South-Central. He is an internationally known author, scholar, lecturer, radio show producer, radio show host (KTLK), and newspaper columnist. Along with Janet Jackson, he is the recipient of the “2004 NAACP Award for Excellence in the Media,” and has been selected for inclusion in the 60th anniversary Diamond Edition of “Who’s Who in America 2006,” after initially being selected for entry in “Who’s Who in America 2005” (59th Edition). Furthermore, because of his accomplishments on an international scale, Dr. Carr has just been included in the 2006 edition of “Who’s Who in the World.”

Firpo experienced the Watts Revolt of 1965, the Los Angeles Uprising of 1992, and the ever-present threat of gang violence in the Nickerson Gardens housing projects, L.A.’s largest.

While with IBM for ten years, Firpo made extraordinary technical contributions and spent countless hours visiting inner city elementary, junior high, and high schools in association with the company’s community service programs. His technical accomplishments moved IBM, uncharacteristically, to release a news story—in connection with his works—to the major newswire services.

His works have been acknowledged by Jewish scholars at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and in an encyclopedia entry on the Holocaust; Muslim scholars and authorities who invited him to speak at a prominent Muslim center in the Gulf area during the second Gulf war; and scholars in Christendom who feature his work on various Internet Web sites.

Southwestern Christian College in Terrell, Texas, USA, is the latest in a growing number of institutions of higher learning that uses his best-selling book, Germany’s Black Holocaust:1890-1945, as a textbook. Libraries across the country are requesting it as an invaluable reference work. It is also cited in the on-line encyclopedia, Wikipedia.

Firpo has traveled twice to the Soviet Union to study and take selected color photographs, for the first time ever, of the oldest most complete Hebrew Bible in the world, the Codex Leningrad B19a (1008 CE). He also took the only color photographs ever of another important Hebrew manuscript, the Codex Babylonicus Petropolitanus (930 CE). He has received international recognition for his daring ventures to the Middle East, the Persian Gulf, Europe, Africa, and both Central and South America.
He has a love for languages (having studied a few ancient ones), and has read the entire dictionary in an effort to broaden his horizons, and critically examine the thought behind the meaning of words. This study resulted in his best-selling book, Wicked Words: Poisoned Minds—Racism in the Dictionary.

While visiting Cuba, the Cuban government, with the blessings of Fidel Castro himself, aired Dr. Carr’s 45-minute lecture on racism in the dictionary, as well in American culture, nationwide. President Bill Clinton is among a number of politicians, at home and abroad, who also admire Firpo’s works.

And in January 2006, the eldest of Martin Luther King Jr.'s four children, Yolanda King, invited Dr. Carr to team with her in fulfilling her father's dream. She appeared on his radio show and he moderated a panel at a King event that included LeVar Burton.

He has debated the likes of famed attorney Gloria Allred, former O.J. Simpson attorney Robert Shapiro, former LAPD detective Mark Furhman (the infamous O.J. Simpson witness for the prosecution), attorney Lisa Bloom (a former national debating champion and current “CourtTV” specialist), as well as a host of current and former city, county, and district attorneys. He also took on defense attorneys and current and former federal prosecutors.

Though the list is not complete, these debates and Firpo's general appearances occurred on the following: ABC’s “Good Morning America,” CBS’s “Early Morning,” NBC’s “Today Show,” NBC’s “Weekend Today,” CNN’s “American Morning,” MSNBC’s “The Abram’s Report,” MSNBC’s “Scarborough Country,” MSNBC’s “Hardball with Chris Matthews,” FOX News’ “At Large With Geraldo,” FOX News’ “Debra Norvell,” CNN’s “Paula Zahn Now,” CourtTV’s “Crier Live” with Catherine Crier, “Inside Edition,” “Celebrity Justice,” “Extra,” “Access Hollywood,” and “Entertainment Tonight”; Los Angeles stations KTTV, KCAL, and KCOP; Foreign press: BBC, SkyTV, ITN (all British news agencies), Canadian, Australian, Chinese, and Japanese news organizations and other international media, as well as countless other media outlets, excluding radio, and countless magazine and newspaper articles. In many cases he appeared on the above electronic media several times.

Firpo was also featured more than once on ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" as he and Jimmy feuded publicly on national television during the trial of Michael Jackson. Jimmy made fun of Firpo on ABC while Firpo, when appearing on other networks, criticized Jimmy. It has been described as a 'running gun battle' between the two; one that Firpo won hands down when Michael was found not guilty on all ten counts.

Both Essence and Black Scholar magazines list his groundbreaking book, Germany’s Black Holocaust: 1890-1945, among their national bestsellers.