Madison Park : : a Place of Hope
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The Motley boy -- Madison Park -- A proud black community -- My Motley heritage -- Everything rounded out -- Years in training -- Not my only parents -- Rabbits v. turtles -- The D.U.K. -- Shave and a haircut -- That old-time religion -- The best "hand-catcher" in the neighborhood -- The music that would change my life -- Three queens: Rosebud, Mama, and Mayes -- The book of knowledge -- Blessed interventions -- 1,002 uses for a pie pan -- Keeping it real for me -- Steve Urkel and Boys State -- Evolution -- Beyond Madison Park, but still a part of it -- Remember, we're still in Alabama -- There's a part for every one of us to play -- Scotland -- The limits of knowledge, the unlimited nature of friendship -- "Stopping by woods on a snowy evening" -- "If you're not ready now" -- From the White House to Foggy Bottom -- "Barbara Ann" -- Paid in full -- Wherever I go.
A former special assistant to President George W. Bush chronicles his coming of age in a small Alabama community founded by freed slaves, where he learned valuable lessons about helping others, embracing faith, and fighting racial injustice.
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PUBLISHED
Grand Rapids, Michigan : Zondervan, HarperCollinsPublishers, [2017]
Year Published: 2017
Description: 304 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780310349631
031034963X
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Isaacson, Walter,
SUBJECTS
Motley, Eric L. -- 1972-
Presidents -- United States -- Staff -- Biography.
African Americans -- Montgomery -- Biography.
African Americans -- Montgomery -- Social conditions.
Montgomery (Ala.) -- Biography.
Autobiographies.