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I think this book made me admire Condoleezza Rice more. I gained a much better appreciation for how qualified she really was for her position (even if you don't support her and I don't, you can't argue now that she wasn't experienced). Her life really was amazing and she accomplished so much. She knew so many amazing people. After reading the book, in some ways, I wish her mother or father could have written it based on how interesting their lives must have been. I don't think Rice showed a whol
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Condoleeza Rice is the second woman, and first African-American woman, to serve as Secretary of State. In this autobiography, Rice gives the credit for her success to her strong family and the way in which she was raised. Rice was born in strictly segregated Birmingham, Alabama where the black middle class strove to isolate their children from the most savage aspects of segregation. In 1963, when Rice was in 4th grade, two bombs went off in her neighborhood and the men sealed off the local stree
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Oct 14, 2010
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marked it as to-read
