Madison Park
Subtitle: a place of hope
By: Eric L. Motley ; foreword by Walter Isaacson
Contributors: Isaacson, Walter, author of introductory text
Publisher: Zondervan, HarperCollinsPublishers
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780310349631
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Social conditions; Presidents; African Americans; Biography; Staff
Description: A former special assistant to President George W. Bush chronicles his coming of age in a small Alabama community founded by freed slaves, where he learned valuable lessons about helping others, embracing faith, and fighting racial injustice.
Table of contents: title: The Motley boy; title: Madison Park; title: A proud black community; title: My Motley heritage; title: Everything rounded out; title: Years in training; title: Not my only parents; title: Rabbits v. Turtles; title: The D.U.K.; title: Shave and a haircut; title: That old-time religion; title: The best "hind-catcher" in the neighborhood; title: The music that would change my life; title: Three queens: Rosebud, Mama, and Mayes; title: The book of knowledge; title: Blessed interventions; title: 1,002 uses for a pie pan; title: Keeping it real for me; title: Steve Urkel and Boys State; title: Evolution; title: Beyond Madison Park, but still a part of it; title: Remember, we're still in Alabama; title: There's a part for every one of us to play; title: Scotland; title: The limits of knowledge, the unlimited nature of friendship; title: "Stopping by woods on a snowy evening"; title: "If you're not ready now"; title: From the White House to Foggy Bottom; title: "Barbara Ann"; title: Paid in full; title: Wherever I go.