Up from the Projects : An Autobiography - Walter E. Williams

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Up from the Projects

An Autobiography

By: Walter E. Williams

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Hardcover | 1 December 2010

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Nationally syndicated columnist and prolific author Walter E. Williams recalls some of the highlights and turning points of his life. From his lower middle class beginnings in a mixed but predominantly black neighborhood in West Philadelphia to his department chair at George Mason University, Williams tells an ""only in America"" story of a life of achievement.

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When I finished reading Up from the Projects, I wished it had been a longer book. But it got the job done-and its insights are much needed today." - Thomas Sowell, the Rose and Milton Friedman Senior Fellow on Public Policy at the Hoover Institution

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Non-Fiction Biographies & True Stories Biographies Autobiographies Society & Culture Social Groups Ethnic Studies Black & Asian Studies Memoirs Industry & Industrial Studies Media, Entertainment, Information & Communication Industries Media Studies

Preface	p. ix
Starting Out	p. 1
Rudderless and Drifting	p. 25
In the Army Now	p. 37
Heading West for Opportunity	p. 67
Heading East for Opportunity	p. 87
Teaching and Preaching	p. 113
Afterthoughts	p. 139
Index	p. 145
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