What color is a conservative? : my life and my politics / by J.C. Watts, Jr. with Chriss Winston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Watts, J. C. (Julius Caesar), 1957-

Contributor:

Winston, Chriss Anne, 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Watts, J. C. (Julius Caesar), 1957-.

Watts, J. C.

United States. Congress. House.

African American legislators--Biography.

African American legislators.

Legislators--United States--Biography.

Legislators.

United States.

United States. Congress. House--Biography.

Conservatism--United States--History--20th century.

Conservatism.

History.

African Americans--Politics and government--20th century.

African Americans.

African Americans--Politics and government.

United States--Politics and government--1989-.

Politics and government.

Genre:

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

xix, 294 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : HarperCollins, [2002]

Summary:

The Fourth-Ranking Republican in Congress shares the inspirational story of his rise from poverty to national leadership. 16-page photo insert.

Contents:

1 Family Is the Rock on Which We Build Our Lives 1

2 Opportunity Is Just Hard Work in Disguise 13

3 No Matter How Far You Go in Life, Someone Else Helped You Get There 23

4 God Gives You What You Need; You Have to Work for What You Want 33

5 If You Wait for the World to Change, You'll Never Change the World 52

6 Leaders May Find Mountains to Scale, but Only Teams Can Truly Move Them 71

7 Never Read Your Own Press Clippings 95

8 Climb the Mountain You Choose 119

9 In an Environment of Temptation, Kids Need Love and Authority 137

10 Don't Take Everything You See or Hear in the Media as the Gospel Truth 148

11 Independence Can Never Be Taken, Only Given Away 174

12 Independent Spirits and Political Ideologues Are Seldom Compatible 185

13 God Put Us on This Earth, in Part, to Prepare the Way for Those Who Will Come Behind 224.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

0060194367

OCLC:

49403076