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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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First, Best: Lessons in Leadership and Legacy from Today's Civil Rights Movement

First, Best: Lessons in Leadership and Legacy from Today's Civil Rights Movement

Harris, Fagan
Reed, Steven L.

Hardcover

Biographies GeneralBlack American StudiesSocial Movements

Publisher Price: $28.00

ISBN10: 0593421752
ISBN13: 9780593421758
Publisher: Avery Publishing Group
Published: Oct 10 2023
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.95 Width: 6.33 Depth: 9.28
Language: English
The first Black mayor of Montgomery, Alabama, shares his story of making his way in a world that wasn't built for him, drawing on his rich heritage as the son of a civil rights leader.

As a proud son of a civil rights leader, Steven L. Reed grew up hearing stories about how his father integrated Montgomery lunch counters and took advice directly from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Reverend Ralph Abernathy. However, it wasn't until Reed was in the fourth grade and received a death threat against his father that he began to understand more fully the importance of the lessons his father was trying to impart. At this pivotal moment, his father explained, My job is to prepare you to be a cross-bearer and not just a crown-wearer. Bigotry has no place in our household. It will only hold you down and make you small.

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