Caroline V. Clarke - Take a Lesson

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2 Title Page TAKE A LESSON BLACK ACHIEVERS ON HOW THEY MADE IT AND WHAT THEY LEARNED ALONG THE WAY CAROLINE CLARKE

3 Copyright

4 Dedication

5 Introduction

6 1 Peggy Alford

7 2 Keisha Lance Bottoms

8 3 Samuel Bright

9 4 Laphonza Butler

10 5 Veronica Chambers

11 6 Kenneth I. Chenault

12 7 Arnold Donald

13 8 Thasunda Brown Duckett

14 9 Charles Harbison

15 10 Carole Hopson

16 11 Charles “Chaz” Howard

17 12 Tom Jones

18 13 Debra Lee

19 14 Malcolm Lee

20 15 Alprentice McCutchen

21 16 Janai Nelson

22 17 Richard Parsons

23 18 Kahina Van Dyke

24 19 Jason White

25 Acknowledgments

26 Index

27 End User License Agreement

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2 Table of Contents

3 Title Page TAKE A LESSON BLACK ACHIEVERS ON HOW THEY MADE IT AND WHAT THEY LEARNED ALONG THE WAY CAROLINE CLARKE

4 Copyright

5 Dedication

6 Introduction

7 Begin Reading

8 Acknowledgments

9 Index

10 End User License Agreement

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