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The Life and Times of Ron Brown: A Memoir
The Life and Times of Ron Brown A Memoir Author:Tracey L. Brown The Life and Times of Ron Brown is a memoir by Tracey L Brown, daughter of the late Secretary of Commerce, Ronald H. Brown, who died in a plane crash on April 3, I996. Born in Washington, D.C., and raised in Harlem, Ron Brown grew up the beloved only child of a middle-class family in Harlem Hotel Theresa. He was the first black admitted ... more »to his fraternity, the first to serve as an officer in his army unit, the first to head a national political party and the first black commerce secretary.He rose to a top position at National Urban League, and later was deputy campaign manager for Senator Edward Kennedy and then Chief Counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee. He was Jesse Jackson's manager at the 1988 Democratic Convention in Atlanta and assumed the leadership of the Democratic National Committee in 1989. Under his stewardship, the Democratic party won the White House in 1992 for the first time in twelve years.As Commerce Secretary, Brown used his Cabinet position to stimulate American exports and international trade relations. On the home front, he initiated a vast expansion of high-tech research and development to help speed the introduction of new technology. Ron Brown was a close friend and political confidant of President Clinton.Ron Brown was also a loving father who taught his son and daughter that no matter what happened in life, they were never to give up. This book not only provides a historical record of his life, but also offers an intimate family portrait of what it was like for Ron Brown to be a super-achiever in a white-dominated country.« less