Beating the Odds: The Story of One Black Man's Life in Twentieth Century America
- ISBN-10
- 0533149053
- ISBN-13
- 9780533149056
- Series
- Beating the Odds
- Category
- African American businesspeople
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Author
- Rufus W. McKinney
Description
One of thirteen children growing up in Arkansas during the Great Depression, McKinney became the first African American to head the Washington office of a Fortune 500 company. Masterfully drawn autobiography.
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