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Up from the ghetto
- Title
- Up from the ghetto, by Phillip T. Drotning and Wesley W. South.
- Author
- Drotning, Phillip T.
- Publication
- New York, Cowles Book Co. [1970]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | E185.96 .D7 1970 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- South, Wesley, 1914-2010
- Description
- xii, 207 pages portraits; 22 cm
- Summary
- Stories of fourteen blacks who determined to escape from the ghetto and succeeded.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- collective biographies.
- Biographies.
- Contents
- Ernie Banks: Mr. Cub -- Jesse Jackson: the now look in religion -- Anna Langford: attorney for the defense -- James Tilmon: the sky is no limit -- James Brown: the sound of soul -- Richard Hatcher: Gary's black mayor -- Frederic Davison: making it in the military -- M. Earl Grant: black capitalist -- Shirley Chisholm: tempest on Capitol Hill -- John Shepherd: bootstrap businessman -- Manford Byrd: boss of Chicago's schools -- Gwendolyn Brooks: poet laureate -- John H. Johnson: pioneer publisher -- James Farmer: poor man's friend in Washington.
- ISBN
- 0402122216
- 9780402122210
- LCCN
- 70090066
- OCLC
- ocm00073506
- 73506
- SCSB-223743
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library