Tell Them We Are Rising
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"This is a heartwarming story about struggle, survival, and achieve ment. If we didn't know people like this in our lives, we would want to invent them. What more could one ask? A good story told with a deft hand."--William H. Gray III President, United Negro College Fund
"An inspiring account of an African American educator determined to make a difference in the lives of indifferent students."--Kirkus Reviews
"Tell Them We Are Rising is a wonderful, inspiring story of service, commitment, generosity, love, and hope. It is written with the humor, wisdom, and grace of a bygone era, yet spiced with the ultramodern savvy and the future-oriented vision of a twenty-year-old. What an extraordinary woman! What an extraordinary life!"--Chaka Fattah, U.S. Representative (Pennsylvania)
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Content
- Intro
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword by Ed Bradley
- Acknowledgments
- 1 "Tell Them We Are Rising"
- 2 Root and Branch: The Family Tree
- 3 My Educational Odyssey
- 4 A Philadelphia Story
- 5 The Climb to the Boardroom
- 6 Not What We Give but What We Share
- 7 The Leap of Faith
- 8 Getting to Know You
- 9 The Mentors
- 10 The Pregnancy Problem
- 11 Mission Accomplished
- 12 The Risers
- 13 What I Have Learned
- A Final Word
- Index
