Overcoming : the autobiography of W. Harry Davis : Davis, W. Harry, 1923- : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive (original) (raw)

312 pages : 26 cm

The author rose from an impoverished Minneapolis ghetto to become one of the city's leading voices for equality. The founding chief executive of the Minneapolis Urban Coalition and a twenty-year member of the city's school board, he was also one of the first black executives at a major Twin Cities corporation. Along the way he overcame polio, became the region's most successful amateur-boxing coach, led a church merger, founded a bank, served on the U.S. Olympic boxing committee, and campaigned as the city's first black mayoral candidate

Includes index

Founding -- The Davis family -- Little pops -- Hellhole -- Phyllis Wheatley -- Boxer -- Charlotte -- Laboring -- Coaching -- Nurturing -- Border -- Stirring -- Mobilizing -- Urban coalition -- School board -- Candidate -- Executive -- Integrating -- Olympian -- Harvesting -- Reflecting

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