TY - BOOK N2 - 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. AB - 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. T1 - Extraordinary, ordinary people :a memoir of family / DA - c2010. CY - New York : AU - Rice, Condoleezza, ET - 1st ed. CN - E840.8.R48 CN - E840.8.R48 PB - Crown Archetype, PP - New York : PY - c2010. ID - 344063 KW - African American families KW - African Americans KW - Stateswomen KW - Women cabinet officers KW - African American women SN - 9780307587879 SN - 0307587878 TI - Extraordinary, ordinary people :a memoir of family / ER -