Real role models
Subtitle: successful African Americans beyond pop culture
By: Joah Spearman and Louis Harrison, Jr.
Contributors: Harrison, Louis, 1955-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780292718326
Subjects: African Americans -- Biography; Role models -- United States -- Biography; Successful people -- United States -- Biography; African American professional employees -- United States -- Biography; African American leadership
Genres: Biography
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Why we need real role models; title: Defining a role model; title: They are more important than ever; title: Moms : our personal real role models; title: Rufus Cormier, JD; title: Melody Barnes; title: Eric Motley, PhD; title: James McIntyre; title: Tracie Hall; title: Civil rights and real role models; title: Kimberlydawn Wisdom, MD; title: Timothy George, MD; title: Victoria Holloway Barbosa, MD; title: Bill Douglas; title: Leonard Pitts, Jr.; title: Danyel Smith; title: Are we really "keepin' it real"?; title: Ed Stewart; title: Lynn Tyson; title: Willie Miles, Jr.; title: Horace Allen; title: Deavra Daughtry; title: Je'Caryous Johnson; title: Do we really lack real role models?; title: Steve Jones; title: Isiah Warner, PhD; title: Gloria Ladson-Billings, PhD; title: Bernard Muir and Craig Littlepage; title: Beverly Kearney; title: Qualities of real role models; title: Self-esteem is not self-taught; title: Education : a real ticket to success; title: Being a real role model; title: Final thoughts.