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COSBY, CAMILLE O.; POUISSANT, RENEE A Wealth of Wisdom : Legendary African American Elders Speak
New York, NY, U.S.A. Atria/Simon & Schuster. 2004, First Edition. (ISBN: 0743478924) Quarter Cloth. 278 pp. Pristine copy. Appears unread due to crispness of the binding. "Longevity has its virtues," said Martin Luther King Jr. in his now famous speech, "I Have a Dream." A Wealth of Wisdom is a collection of stories, experiences, and observations of more than fifty African Americans, ages seventy and over, including Maya Angelou, Ray Charles, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, David Dinkins, Katherine Dunham, Dick Gregory, Robert Guillaume, Coretta Scott King, Gordon Parks, and Andrew Young. Accompanied by portraits by famed photographer Howard L. Bingham, the accounts by these pivotal leaders take us behind their historic public moments to their underlying personal realities. EMINENTLY GIFTWORTHY. Fine/Fine.
Offered for US$ 15.00 by: Second Story Books - Book number: 005119