Running Against the Wind: A Black Arkansan's Pursuit of His Dreams - Couverture souple

Hemingway, Collins

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798218745356

Editeur : Rose Publishing Company, Inc., 2025

Synopsis

This is the biography of William Ronald (Bill) Brooks, a Black kid who grew up impoverished in the racially hostile town of Little Rock, Arkansas. He made his way from Central High School into the bigger world and eventually lived a prosperous life. It is an ordinary American story in that Bill became neither the president of the nation nor a drug dealer in the ghetto. It is an extraordinary story in that he overcame poverty and prejudice to go further than many contemporaries did, regardless of color, while also never losing his sense of self, his heart, or his optimism for his family and his country. Though he has taken advantage of America's opportunities, he has also struggled, and sometimes struggles still, as a Black man in a predominantly white culture. His life demonstrates a plain, hard truth: that a Black person seeking to enjoy a regular life in America still requires unusual courage, patience, faith-and luck-to achieve social justice.

This is also one of the untold stories of Black history: the first generation of African Americans to make significant headway in civil rights as they attempted to integrate American society after 250 years of slavery, another hundred years of legalized oppression, and ongoing, widespread bigotry. When this generation is gone, the stories of their lifelong struggle to gain ground will be gone.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Collins Hemingway is a native of Arkansas and a product of its public schools. Born and raised in Little Rock, he is a graduate of Central High School. He received a bachelor's degree in English literature from the University of Arkansas (Fayetteville), Phi Beta Kappa, and a master's degree in literature from the University of Oregon. Collins has written five books of nonfiction spanning business, technology, ethics, and cognitive psychology, three novels of historical fiction based on the life of author Jane Austen, and a book of literary criticism on Austen's work. He lives in Oregon with his wife, Wendy.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Rose Publishing Company, Inc.
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798218745356
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 342
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible