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Extraordinary, ordinary people : a memoir of family / Condoleezza Rice.

Rice, Condoleezza, 1954- (Author).

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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.

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  • ISBN: 9780307587879
  • ISBN: 0307587878
  • Physical Description: 342 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Crown Archetype, [2010]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-329) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Starting early -- Rays and the Rices -- Married at last -- "Johnny, it's a girl!" -- "I need a piano!" -- My parents were teachers -- Something in the water -- School days -- Summer respite -- Turning up th heat in Birmingham -- 1963 -- Integration? -- Tuscaloosa -- Denver again -- Leaving the south behind -- Cancer intrudes -- Starting earl (again) -- College years -- Change of direcion -- "Rally, sons (and daughters) of Notre Dame" -- New start -- Lost year -- Senator Sanford's farm -- My r
Citation/References Note:
Booklist
Library Journal Starred
Publisher's Weekly
Booklist, August 2010
Kirkus Review, July 2010
Library Journal Starred, September 2010
Publisher's Weekly, July 2010
Target Audience Note:
Adult
Adult Follett Library Resources

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Rice, Condoleezza, 1954- > Childhood and youth.
Rice, Condoleezza, 1954- > Family.
Rice, Condoleezza, 1954-
African American families > Alabama > Birmingham.
African Americans > Alabama > Birmingham > Biography.
Stateswomen > United States > Biography.
Women cabinet officers > United States > Biography.
African American women > Biography.
African American families.
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Cabinet officers > United States > Biography.
Birmingham (Ala.) > Biography.
Birmingham (Ala.) > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Birmingham (Ala.) > Race relations > History.
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Autobiographies.

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