Ruth Simmons
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
"I was born at a crossroads: a crossroads in history, a crossroads in culture, and a geographical crossroads in North Houston County in East Texas. Born in 1945, Ruth J. Simmons grew up the twelfth child of sharecroppers. Her first home had no running water, no electricity to light the two crowded rooms, no books to read. Yet despite this-or, in her words, because of it-Simmons would become one of America's preeminent educators. The former president...
Author
Publisher
Beckham Publications Co
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
243 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Chosen chairman of Bank of America in 2009, Walter Massey is the first banking insider to reveal the inner workings behind the country's worst financial crisis in 2008. Walter E. Massey's intimate memoir is more than a revelation about those perilous years of the American economy. A successful professional whose achievements embody a range of aptitudes, he gives the reader a personal record of how a black boy from Hattiesburg, Mississippi who entered...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (600 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
This 10-part series, with the renowned cultural critic and Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., delves into the genealogy and genetics of famous Americans, combining history and science in a fascinating exploration of race, family and identity in today's America.
