Miseducated : a memoir / Brandon P. Fleming ; [foreword by Dr. Cornel West].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fleming, Brandon P., author.

Contributor:

West, Cornel, writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fleming, Brandon P.

College teachers--United States--Biography.

College teachers.

School failure.

United States.

School failure--United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

xii, 254 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Hachette Books, Hachette Book Group, 2021.

Summary:

"An inspiring memoir of one man's transformation through literature and debate from a delinquent, drug-dealing dropout to an award-winning Harvard educator -- all by the age of 27"-- Provided by publisher.

Growing up in an abusive home, Fleming's grades were a nod to his skill on the basketball court, not his presence in the classroom. He turned to the streets and drug deals by fourteen, and the dream of basketball stardom ended with an injury during his first semester at a Division I school. Eventually Fleming became determined to reinvent himself as a scholar, and immersed himself in the work of Black thinkers from the Harlem Renaissance to present day. He found debate, which became the means by which he transformed his life and the tool he would use to transform the lives of others. His memoir is a tale of resilience, visibility, role models, and overcoming all expectations. -- adapted from jacket

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ch. One Golden Ticket

ch. Two The Devil Preaches

ch. Three Middle School Menace

ch. Four Drugs & Hoop Dreams

ch. Five Sex & Death Threats

ch. Six Fouling Out

ch. Seven Renaissance in Me

ch. Eight The Great Debater

ch. Nine A Teacher Born

ch. Ten A Leader Born

ch. Eleven Dreams Come True

ch. Twelve Scholarship Meets Culture.

ISBN:

9780306925139

0306925133

OCLC:

1226907870

Publisher Number:

40030675814