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When Clark died after a short illness in the spring of 1873, his brokers liquidated his UP holdings, causing a sharp price drop. Gould’s broker snapped it up, and Gould unexpectedly found himself in a control position. It was only at that point, he said, that he learned that the road had serious problems, including $5 million in unsecured call debt
... See moreCharles R. Morris • The Tycoons: How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J. P. Morgan Invented the American Supereconomy
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Walter Isaacson • Steve Jobs
Frank Donovan, a lifetime close friend and a lawyer from Detroit. He was known among his friends and clients as a brilliant legal analyst with a nonaggressive temperament. No litigator. When we were both twenty, I remember him saying: "When there's a fight, I pick up my hat and go home." He had a large head, somewhat out of proportion to
... See moreJohn McDonald • A Ghost's Memoir: The Making of Alfred P. Sloan's My Years with General Motors (The MIT Press)
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, that is not afraid to make a stand for right and justice. Its most noted columnist (and now publisher), Ralph McGill, Pulitzer Prize winner, is significantly referred to as “Rastus” by the White Citizens Councils.
John Howard Griffin, Robert Bonazzi, Studs Terkel • Black Like Me
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Roland Allen • The Notebook
who I am as a person, or who I am as a person of color? The question also lies at the heart of White privilege because, with Whites, it simply never has to be asked, for there is no double-consciousness. What pathology, then, arises when the soul’s dogged strength alone cannot keep these warring ideals apart?
Clyde W. Ford • Think Black: A Memoir
The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition (2nd Edition)
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