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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 neighbourhood 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

Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • ONE Starting Out
  • TWO Rudderless and Drifting
  • THREE In the Army Now
  • FOUR Heading West for Opportunity
  • FIVE Heading East for Opportunity
  • SIX Teaching and Preaching
  • SEVEN Afterthoughts
  • Index

Up from the Projects An Autobiography

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      Publisher: Hoover Institution Press,U.S.
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 30/12/2010
      ISBN13: 9780817912543, 978-0817912543
      ISBN10: 0817912541
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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 neighbourhood in West Philadelphia to his department chair at George Mason University, Williams tells an ‘only in America’ story of a life of achievement.

      Trade Review
      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

      Table of Contents
      • Preface
      • ONE Starting Out
      • TWO Rudderless and Drifting
      • THREE In the Army Now
      • FOUR Heading West for Opportunity
      • FIVE Heading East for Opportunity
      • SIX Teaching and Preaching
      • SEVEN Afterthoughts
      • Index

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