The courage to lead
Subtitle: one man's journey in public service
By: Howard N. Lee
Publisher: Cotton Patch Press, Inc.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Chapel Hill, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
ISBN-13: 9780981692104
Description: In The Courage to Lead, Lee tells about his life growing up on a sharecropper's farm in Georgia during segregation. He tells about the hurdles he faced, as well as the triumphs and the people who helped him during his college and army days and his long and respected political career in North Carolina. --from publisher description
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Election night; title: Planting roots in Chapel Hill; title: The campaign for mayor; title: My family and the farm; title: Growing up in Lithonia; title: College years; title: Surviving the army; title: A letter to the president; title: From coffee to Korea; title: North to Camp Casey; title: From Savannah to North Carolina; title: The oath of office; title: A run for congress; title: Last term as mayor; title: The campaign for lieutenant governor; title: Pioneer in a governors' cabinet; title: Balancing politics and a business; title: North Carolina state senator; title: Educational leader: chairman of state board of education; title: Looking back, looking forward.