Jordan, Hamilton,

A boy from Georgia : coming of age in the segregated South / Hamilton Jordan ; edited by Kathleen Jordan ; additional editing and research by Hamilton Jordan Jr. ; foreword by President Jimmy Carter. - First edition. - 1 online resource (261 pages) : illustrations

Includes index.

An Albany childhood -- Lexington ways -- Aw-ben-ny -- Politics in my blood -- The facts of life -- Fear and the fifties -- Are the Russians coming? -- The real terror -- Uncle Frank's shelter -- Growing up: before the deluge -- Albany High -- Meet the Gottheimers -- Overcoming the past -- Two, four, six, eight, we don't want to integrate -- Washington, the first time around, 1963 -- Vertical engineer -- The March on Washington, August 1963 -- Uncle Clarence -- The Man from Plains -- Afterword from the editor.

9780820348902 (e-book)


Jordan, Hamilton--Childhood and youth.
Jordan, Hamilton--Family.


Politicians--Georgia--Biography.


Albany (Ga.)--Social life and customs--20th century.
United States--Race relations--History--20th century--Anecdotes.
Albany (Ga.)--Biography.


Electronic books.

F291.3 / .J67 2015eb

975.8/953043092 B