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From his humble beginnings in Sumter, South Carolina to his prominence on the Washington, D.C. political scene as the third highest-ranking Democrat in the House of Representatives, U.S. Congressman James E. Clyburn has led an extraordinary life. In Blessed Experiences, Clyburn tells in his own insp...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Clyburn, James
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Columbia, South Carolina : University of South Carolina Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Clyburn, James.
United States. > Congress. > House.
United States. > Congress. > House > Biography.
Legislators.
African Americans.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Legislative Branch.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Political.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Personal Memoirs.
Noirs americains > Caroline du Sud > Biographies.
Parlementaires > États-Unis > Biographies.
African Americans > South Carolina > Biography.
Legislators > United States > Biography.
United States.
South Carolina.
Biographies.
Biography
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Chronology
  • PART ONE: Blessed by Experiences
  • 1. Conversations with a Former President
  • 2. Courting the Superdelegates
  • PART TWO: A Blessed Beginning
  • 3. Inherited Values
  • 4. A World without Blinders
  • 5. The Young Clyburns
  • PART THREE: Finding My Way
  • 6. Into the Streets
  • 7. Back to the Basics
  • PART FOUR: The Charleston Shuffle
  • 8. Two Steps to the West
  • 9. Two Steps to the East
  • 10. Two Steps Forward
  • 11. One Step to the Rear
  • PART FIVE: Making History12. Trailblazer
  • 13. Myth Buster
  • PART SIX: A Racial Arbiter
  • 14. The Chester Controversy
  • 15. The Citadel Confrontation
  • 16. The Conway Crisis
  • 17. The Confederate Battle Flag
  • PART SEVEN: Coming to Grips with Reality
  • 18. A Day of Reckoning
  • 19. Reaffirming My Goals
  • PART EIGHT: The Dream Realized
  • 20. Deciding to Run for Congress
  • 21. Adventures in Campaigning
  • 22. Primary Election Day, 1992
  • 23. General Election, 1992
  • PART NINE: Mr. Clyburn Goes to Washington
  • 24. Arriving in Congress
  • 25. Playing Hardball Clinton Style26. My First Bill
  • 27. Building Friendships
  • PART TEN: Treading and Toiling
  • 28. Wandering in the Wilderness
  • 29. Principles above Politics
  • 30. Service above Self
  • PART ELEVEN: The Age of Obama
  • 31. 3-V Day: Victory, Validation, Vindication
  • 32. Barack and Me
  • 33. Reforming Health Care
  • 34. Reducing the Deficit
  • PART TWELVE: Blessed by the Past
  • 35. Genuinely Southern
  • 36. Proudly Black
  • Epilogue
  • Index
  • A
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  • D
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  • F
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