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Hard Stuff: The Autobiography Of Mayor Coleman Young
Sure to fire as much controversy as the man himself continues to do, this fearless portrait of the mayor who rescued Detroit and became the spokesman for urban American and a symbol of 20th-century black history is a metaphor for our society. Photos.
Hardcover
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344 pages
Published
February 24th 1994
by The Viking Press, Inc.
(first published February 1994)
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Hindsight is an interesting thing. Some of the things that Coleman Young talks about in his post-mayoral vision of Detroit (casinos for example) are now part of the region's fabric. Light rail is on its way. Cooperation with the suburbs has also been a given. It was not always as such and interesting to reflect on the 20 years after this book was written. Young gives much of his early life, his times in the unions, military, state capital and ultimately, the mayor's office. He pulls no punches i
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Obviously a little one sided but nevertheless a great insight into the history of Detroit and the experience of racial discrimination.
A biased, one-sided account, but it really helped explain a lot of emotion behind his decisions.
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