Gene Landrum has expandied his popular "profiles" series to feature 13 special individuals whose extraordinary achievements result from an insatiable internal drive and a demand for excellence despite few inherited advantages. What are the characteristics which brought them creative and entrepreneurial success? Are these characteristics of genius inherited or acquired? Profiles of Black Success focuses on five important factors historical mentors, (e.g., Frederick Douglass or Martin Luther King, Jr.), nature vs. nurture, ...
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Gene Landrum has expandied his popular "profiles" series to feature 13 special individuals whose extraordinary achievements result from an insatiable internal drive and a demand for excellence despite few inherited advantages. What are the characteristics which brought them creative and entrepreneurial success? Are these characteristics of genius inherited or acquired? Profiles of Black Success focuses on five important factors historical mentors, (e.g., Frederick Douglass or Martin Luther King, Jr.), nature vs. nurture, crisis and creativity, success imprints, and personality making his work contrary to the Bell Curve Theory.Landrum's examples of the highly talented concentrate on distinctive outlets to realize creative potential: Business Power Berry Gordy, John Johnson, Reginald Lewis; Entertainment Bill Cosby, Michael Jackson, Oprah Winfrey; Humanities Maya Angelou, Paul Robeson; Politics Shirley Chisholm, Nelson Mandela, Thurgood Marshall, Colin Powell; and Sports Michael Jordan.
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First edition signed by the author on flyleaf: "To Edie, These visionaries dare to be different Gene Landrum" in blue pen. Author studies the lives of Maya Angelou, Shirley Chisholm, Bill Cosby, Berry Gordy, Michael Jackson, John Johnson, Michael Jordan, Reginald Lewis, Nelson Mandela, Thurgood Marshall, Colin Powell, Paul Robeson and Oprah Winfrey. Conclusion gives ten cultural differences in the way blacks and nonblacks approach creativity and innovation. B&W photos on slick paper. 402 pages. Red boards. 8vo. Dust jacket. Like new/ like new.
