01759cam a2200361 4500 69420842 TxAuBib 20101102120000.0 100528s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2010021645 9780307587879 hc $27.00 0307587878 hc $27.00 (OCoLC)709958277 DLC DLC BTCTA YDXCP UPZ C#P ABG WSN NOG TxAuBib Rice, Condoleezza, 1954- Extraordinary, ordinary people : a memoir of family / Condoleezza Rice. 1st ed. (hardcover - tan spine.) New York : Crown Archetype, 2010. 342 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. This is the story of Condoleezza Rice-- her early years growing up in the hostile environment of Birmingham, Alabama; her rise in the ranks at Stanford University to become the university's second-in-command and an expert in Soviet and Eastern European Affairs; and finally, in 2000, her appointment as the first Black woman to serve as Secretary of State. 20101102. Rice, Condoleezza, 1954- Childhood and youth. Rice, Condoleezza, 1954- Family. African American women Biography. African Americans Alabama Birmingham Biography. African American families Alabama Birmingham. Stateswomen United States Biography. Women cabinet officers United States Biography. Birmingham (Ala.) Biography. Birmingham (Ala.) Race relations History 20th century. TXMLR