Blessed experiences
Subtitle: genuinely Southern, proudly Black
By: James E. Clyburn ; foreword by Alfre Woodard
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 355
ISBN-13: 9781611173376
Subjects: United States; Legislators; United States. Congress. House; African Americans; Biography
Description: From his humble beginnings in Sumter, South Carolina, to his prominence on the Washington, D.C., political scene as the third highest-ranking Democrat in the House of Representatives, U.S. Congressman James E. Clyburn has led an extraordinary life. He tells in his own inspirational words how an African American boy from the Jim Crow-era South was able to beat the odds to achieve great success and become, as President Barack Obama describes him, "one of a handful of people who, when they speak, the entire Congress listens."
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Blessed by experiences; title: A blessed beginning; title: Finding my way; title: The Charleston shuffle; title: Making history; title: A racial arbiter; title: Coming to gribs with reality; title: The dream realized; title: My Clyburn goes to Washington; title: Treading and toiling; title: The age of Obama; title: Blessed by the past.