Knowing Who I Am
Subtitle: A Black Entrepreneur's Memoir of Struggle and Victory in the American South
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Published: February 28, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9781570037153
Subjects: Biography: general; Black studies; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; USA; Cultural Heritage; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; People of Color; United States - State & Local - South; African American businesspeople; African American legislators; Biography; Businessmen; South Carolina; South Carolina.
Description: "A third generation native of Orangeburg, South Carolina, Earl M. Middleton (1919-2007) prospered in ways few African Americans have in the rural South. As owner of a successful business that cuts across racial lines and as a political leader in the cause of civil rights, Middleton garnered hard-won recognition for his efforts from blacks and whites alike. His life story is at once illustrative of dynamic developments in southern race relations over the past eight decades and inspirational in telling how one individual capitalized on those changes to perpetuate a legacy of entrepreneurship and service in his community. Knowing Who I Am is Middleton's instructive recounting of his life and a richly detailed chronicle of the changing times in which he lived."--Jacket.