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Not from here, not from there : the autobiography of Nelson A. Díaz / Nelson A. Díaz ; with a foreword by Henry Cisneros.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Diaz, Nelson A., 1947- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Diaz, Nelson A., 1947-.
- Diaz, Nelson A.
- Hispanic American judges--Biography.
- Hispanic American judges.
- Judges--United States--Biography.
- Judges.
- Civil rights workers--United States--Biography.
- Civil rights workers.
- Lawyers--Pennsylvania--Biography.
- Lawyers.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (281 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia ; Rome ; Tokyo : Temple University Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- Raised in the squalor of a New York tenement until he was 10 years old, Nelson Díaz saw his life change when his family moved to a brand-new high-rise project in West Harlem in the 1950s.
- Contents:
- Puerto Rico and family history
- Turning points
- Religious awakening
- Teenage years
- Law school
- Early professional life and activism
- White House Fellowship, running for judge
- Judicial tenure (Part I), Temple University Hospital's Board of Governors, and Temple University law lecturer, travels
- Administrative Judge, General Counsel at HUD, Philadelphia City Solicitor
- Run for Mayor, PREPA, reflections.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-4399-1362-5
- OCLC:
- 1051137637
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