Overcoming
Subtitle: the autobiography of W. Harry Davis
By: edited by Lori Sturdevant.
Contributors: Sturdevant, Lori, 1953-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Afton Historical Society Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Afton, Minn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
Subjects: Davis, W. Harry, 1923-; African American civil rights workers -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Biography.; Civil rights workers -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Biography.; African Americans -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Biography.; African Americans -- Civil rights -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- History -- 20th century.; Boxing trainers -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Biography.; Minneapolis (Minn.) -- Race relations.; Minneapolis (Minn.) -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Description: The author rose from an impoverished Minneapolis ghetto to become one of the city's leading voices for equality. The founding chief executive of the Minneapolis Urban Coalition and a twenty-year member of the city's school board, he was also one of the first black executives at a major Twin Cities corporation. Along the way he overcame polio, became the region's most successful amateur-boxing coach, led a church merger, founded a bank, served on the U.S. Olympic boxing committee, and campaigned as the city's first black mayoral candidate.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Founding; title: The Davis family; title: Little pops; title: Hellhole; title: Phyllis Wheatley; title: Boxer; title: Charlotte; title: Laboring; title: Coaching; title: Nurturing; title: Border; title: Stirring; title: Mobilizing; title: Urban coalition; title: School board; title: Candidate; title: Executive; title: Integrating; title: Olympian; title: Harvesting; title: Reflecting.