The road to someplace better
Subtitle: a memoir by the first Black woman Harvard MBA
By: Lillian Lincoln Lambert with Rosemary Brutico.
Contributors: Brutico, Rosemary, 1954-
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Hoboken, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9780470401668
Subjects: Lambert, Lillian Lincoln, -- 1940-; Centennial One, Inc; African American women executives -- Biography; African American businesspeople -- Biography
Genres: Biography
Description: Lambert, the first black woman Harvard MBA, tells the remarkable story of how she achieved the American dream, rising from a poor, rural upbringing in the segregated South to success as a barrier-breaking CEO and entrepreneur.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The farm; title: Fifth Avenue on a wing and a prayer; title: In the company of angels; title: Howard University & lucky 13; title: Harvard Business School (Part I: 1967-1968); title: Harvard Business School (Part II: 1968-1969); title: Life beyond Harvard; title: A double-minority entrepreneur; title: The birth of a company; title: Letting go and moving on; title: Giving back.