What I know for sure : my story of growing up in America / Tavis Smiley, with David Ritz.

Author/creator Smiley, Tavis, 1964-
Other author Ritz, David.
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Doubleday, ©2006.
Descriptionxii, 260 pages ; 25 cm
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Subjects

Contents Gulfport to Gotham -- Gotham to Gulfport -- Gulfport to Bunker Hill -- The trailer and the church -- Men were walking on the moon -- The bully and the lesson -- The revelation -- In my father's house -- "Shame on the Smileys!" -- The boxcar children -- A rage that reaches to heaven -- Despising the shame -- Turn the fear to energy -- America has defaulted -- High school hierarchy -- Hustle and flow -- Dangerous unselfishness -- Conflict of sufferings -- The paradox paradigm -- IU -- Brave new world -- RIP Denver Smith -- Madam mayor -- End of the road -- Urban angels -- Hustle and flow revisited -- Urban angels revisited -- Lame-duck Hoosier -- Chillin' in the deep freeze -- End of the eighties -- I lost -- Just a thought -- A good bet -- The press and the President -- Castro -- Big mama -- Spring thaw -- Final bet -- The beginning -- Forces of light.
General noteIncludes index.
LCCN 2006045415
ISBN0385505167
ISBN9780385505161

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Joyner General Stacks PN1992.4.S59 A3 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold