No Free Ride: From the Mean Streets to the Mainstream - Rilegato

Mfume, Kweisi; Stodghill, Ron

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ISBN 10: 0345392205 ISBN 13: 9780345392206

Casa editrice: Ballantine Books, 1996

Riassunto

The African American congressman and head of the NAACP traces his rise from an impoverished childhood to his position of national leadership

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Kweisi Mfume is the new President and Chief Executive Officer of the NAACP.

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Uplifting. Triumphant. The story of Kweisi Mfume is a classic American saga. Uprooted from the rural tranquillity of Turners Station and thrust upon the gritty streets of west Baltimore, the child born Frizzell Gray seemed fated to become another statistic of Black urban pathology. In a household shattered by domestic violence and emotional strife, Frizzell had only the strong arms of his loving mother to protect him and his three younger sisters. But when he was sixteen years old, his cancer-stricken mother died in his arms, and his world was shattered. To survive, he turned to the streets. He dropped out of school, worked odd jobs, and hustled for money. Torn apart by the rough code of street gangs and the Vietnam war that sent his best friends home in body bags, Frizzell had fathered five children out of wedlock by the time he was twenty-two.<br>But fate stepped in. In a life-altering moment of revelation, Frizzell saw where he was headed and realized that everything about the old Frizzell Gray

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Ballantine Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 1996
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0345392205
• ISBN 13: 9780345392206
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 373
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile