Extraordinary, ordinary people : a memoir of family
Title
:
Extraordinary, ordinary people : a memoir of family
Author
:
Rice, Condoleezza, 1954- author.
ISBN
:
9780307587879
Edition
:
1st ed.
Publication Information
:
New York : Crown Archetype, c2010.
Physical Description
:
342 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Personal Subject
:
Rice, Condoleezza, 1954--Childhood and youth.
Rice, Condoleezza, 1954--Family.
Subject Term
:
African American families -- Alabama -- Birmingham.
African Americans -- Alabama -- Birmingham -- Biography.
Stateswomen -- United States -- Biography.
Women cabinet officers -- United States -- Biography.
African American women -- Biography.
Geographic Term
:
Birmingham (Ala.) -- Biography.
Birmingham (Ala.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
Summary
:
This is the story of Condoleezza Rice-- her early years growing up in the hostile environment of Birmingham, Alabama; her rise in the ranks at Stanford University to become the university's second-in-command and an expert in Soviet and Eastern European Affairs; and finally, in 2000, her appointment as the first Black woman to serve as Secretary of State.
| Library | Call Number | Status |
|---|
| Hardwood Creek Library (Forest Lake) | 921 RICE | Nonfiction Collection |
| R.H. Stafford Library (Woodbury) | 921 RICE | Nonfiction Collection |