Above and Beyond
How a tall, lanky kid from the Omaha Housing projects spent a lifetime helping others top their dreams
How a tall, lanky kid from the Omaha Housing projects spent a lifetime helping others top their dreams. Above and Beyond recounts the long and grateful life of Dr. Rodney S. Wead. The beatings at the hands of fake police officers, blatant racism, and discrimination in his adulthood, paled in comparison to the pains of the abject poverty endured by the young Mr. Wead in north Omaha, NE. Yet, Dr. Wead used his athletic abilities and powerful memories to run a heroic life race. With the faith of a mustard seed, he led economic, social, cultural, and educational prosperity to include the nation's first black AM/FM radio station, community bank, h…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Kimbrough, Ann Wead
- ISBN: 978-1-73719-370-8
- EAN: 9781737193708
- Produktnummer: 36821041
- Verlag: AWVB Publishing
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Plattform: EPUB
Über den Autor
Dr. Ann Wead Kimbrough is a multiple award-winning financial journalist who describes herself as the daughter of human rights activists. One-half of her parental activists is the subject of this book, Dr. Wead. He has always gone above and beyond to support his family, the black community and the downtrodden. Dr. Kimbrough heard with new ears and wrote this book with love and purpose. Her father taught her to read and research truth in history, boldly command respect, honor elders and ancestors, and to use her skills to benefit humankind.
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