Up from the projects
Subtitle: an autobiography
By: Walter E. Williams
Publisher: Hoover Institution Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 150
ISBN-13: 9780817912543; 9780817912550
Subjects: African American college teachers; African American journalists; Journalists; Economists; African American economists; Biography; College teachers
Description: "From his lower-middle-class beginnings in a mixed but predominantly black neighborhood in West Philadelphia to his department chairmanship at George Mason University, the life of Walter E. Williams is an "only in America" story of achievement. In Up from the Projects, this nationally syndicated columnist and prolific author recalls some of the highlights and turning points of his life"--Jacket p. [4].
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Starting out; title: Rudderless and drifting; title: In the Army now; title: Heading West for opportunity; title: Heading East for opportunity; title: Teaching and preaching; title: Afterthoughts.