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Growing Up To Be Mayor
Lee P. Brown
其他書名
The True Story of Mayor Lee Brown, First African American Mayor of Houston
出版BGI Press, 2013-05-03
主題Biography & Autobiography / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / African American & BlackBiography & Autobiography / PoliticalJuvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Cultural, Ethnic & RegionalJuvenile Nonfiction / People & Places / General
ISBN06158060749780615806075
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=i_KXnAEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋"Growing Up To Be Mayor" is the inspiring true story of Dr. Lee P. Brown, the first African American Mayor of Houston. Born to migrant farm workers in rural Oklahoma, Lee's family is forced to leave the Oklahoma dust bowl and move to California where they hope a better future awaits them. At only five, Lee had survived The Great Depression. No stranger to hard work, Lee works along with his whole family picking grapes, cotton, potatoes, melons ... the family must make a living. The opportunity to go to school and learn to read transforms Lee's life. Lee works his way through college and eventually earns four degrees. From a beat cop with the San Jose, California Police Department, Lee is selected to serve as Atlanta's Commissioner of Public Safety. Later he serves as U.S. Drug Czar in President Clinton's Cabinet and then is elected as the first African American Mayor of Houston, Texas. "Growing Up To Be Mayor" not only tells the story of one of our living legends, but also encourages children to accomplish their own American dreams.