The classic autobiography of growing up in Harlem in the fifties. From a life of mischief and encounters with gangs, drug pushers, and the police, Claude Brown eventually leaves Harlem for law school. The Harlem setting and the many characters in his family and neighborhood are evoked with frankness ...
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In a no-holds-barred memoir, the legendary musician, producer, and arranger chronicles his rise from the mean streets of Chicago to the heights of the entertainment world, detailing his painful youth, his remarkable musical and business accomplishments, and his turbulent personal life. Reprint.
In his autobiography, John Lewis looks back at his life and his role in the American civil rights movement. He describes his childhood in rural Alabama and his memories of the struggle: from the demonstrations in Selma, Montgomery, and Birmingham to the Freedom Rides, the march on Washington, and th ...
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Chronicling the long career of a prime mover in America's nascent civil rights movement, a Pulitzer and Bancroft Prize-winning biography shows the major impact this great and controversial thinker had on America.