Up from the Projects: An Autobiography

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Hoover Press, Sep 1, 2013 - Biography & Autobiography - 160 pages
Nationally syndicated columnist and 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 neighborhood in West Philadelphia to his department chair at George Mason University, Williams tells an "only in America" story of a life of achievement.
 

Contents

ONE Starting Out
1
TWO Rudderless and Drifting
25
THREE In the Army Now
37
SEVEN Afterthoughts
139
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Walter E. Williams is the John M. Olin Distinguished Professor of Economics at George Mason University and a nationally syndicated columnist. He is the author of several books and more than sixty articles that have appeared in such scholarly journals such as Economic Inquiry, American Economic Review, and Social Science Quarterly and popular publications such as Reader's Digest, Regulation, Policy Review, and Newsweek.

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