A Love Letter to Black People: Audaciously Hopeful Thoughts on Race and Success

(Sherian Publishing)  The author offers lessons that the African American community can learn and apply from President Obama’s success.  After interviewing hundreds of successful black entrepreneurs and corporate and community leaders, the author argues that the black community’s prosperity depends upon its willingness to abandon outdated attitudes regarding race and success. McClellan is CEO of BAMSTRONG Presentations and author of The Real Bling: How to Get the Only Thing You Need. 

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Terri Sewell ’86 at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, stands next to a portrait of civil rights leader John Lewis.
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