Wednesday, April 4, 2012

extraordinary ordinary people

i just finished reading condoleeza rice's book extraordinary ordinary people. it is a her memoir. it is quite fascinating.
condoleeza rice was born in birmingham , alabama in 1954 . segragation was alive and well in the southern united states and was especially strong in birmingham, alabama. she was the only child of middle class black teachers/professors. she is a pianist who became interested in politics after taking a political science class in college in denver from a course taught by josef korbel who was madeliene albright's father. madeleine albright was at studying at columbia at the time.
rice's parents moved her to denver when she was a teenager as they  found teaching jobs there. bentzion netanyahu was a professor at the university of denver who also lived in the apartment complex her parents lived in . he invited rice and her family to the first seder she ever attended. later, in  the political arena rice would always send regards to bibi's father whenever she would see him.
though i was aware that rice was secretary state i did not think much about it which is why this autobiography was so delightfully informative. it is so well written. her journey is so inspirational. i highly recommend this book.

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