- 160 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
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About this book
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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Index
active-reserve duty, 61–65
affirmative action, 82, 92, 93, 96, 111
African National Congress, 121
Afrikaners, 124–25
Alchian, Armen, 69–70, 78–80
“American Bandstand” incident, 45–46
apartheid, 121, 122, 123–24, 126
Army chaplain, 60
Army service, 37–65
Assistant Secretary of Defense, 63, 65
attacks on black conservatives, 115–21
autobiography, reasons for, ix–x
Bank of America job, 33, 73
Barclays Bank Women’s Executive Committee luncheon, 125
basic training (Fort Jackson), 37, 38
battalion head clerk, 42–43
Benjamin Franklin High School, 16, 18, 141
bike rides, 108
“Black Alternatives” conference, 114–15
black conservatives, attacks on, 115–21
“black economics” course, 97–98
Black Reconstruction (DuBois), 72
“Blacker Than Thou” (Sowell), x
Bobo, Louise, 20, 32, 33
Brooklyn Bridge construction question, 78–79
“brown bag” working lunches, 131
“brown-envelope” system, 67–68
Buchanan, James, 87, 134, 136
Buckley, William F., Jr., 119, 120f, 132
Burchett, Thomas (stepfather), 27, 33, 37
Burns, Arthur, 80, 128
Butler, Bob, 76, 77
caddy job, 13, 26
California State College / Los Angeles, 61, 67, 72, 75, 82–84
California trips. See Los Angeles trips
capitalism, 95, 122
car ownership, 26–27, 75
chairmanship of economics department. See economics department chairmanship
chance / luck, 141–42
chaplain (army chaplain), 60
charity / government activity, 129
chess, 93, 124
Chevy Chase, Maryland, 85, 87–88, 89–91
child-support payments, 3–4, 20, 28
church shares in South African company, 126–27
civil rights movement, 48
civil rights vision of race, 139–40
classroom antics (Stoddart-Fleisher), 10
College of Arts and Sciences (George Mason University), 136
Congress / White House experiences, 128–30
Cosby, Bill, 140
court recorder, 43
court-martial incident, 49–53
Criminal Investigation Division, 48
Cruelty and maltreatment (Article 93 ...
Table of contents
- Contents
- ONE
- TWO
- THREE
- FOUR
- FIVE
- SIX
- SEVEN
- Index