Never Far from Home: My Journey from Brooklyn to Hip Hop, Microsoft, and the Law

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$28.00  $26.04
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Atria Books
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Pages
272
Dimensions
6.3 X 8.2 X 1.7 inches | 0.9 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9781982191153

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About the Author
Bruce Jackson is an associate general counsel at Microsoft and managing director for strategic partnerships out of the office of the president at Microsoft. Born in Brooklyn, he studied law at Georgetown University and spent a decade working in entertainment law with some of the top music talent in the country. Since then, he has received Microsoft's diversity award, participated in Microsoft's law and corporate affairs' diversity efforts, helped launch Microsoft's Elevate American Veterans Initiative, and worked to develop its diverse recruitment pipeline. Never Far from Home is his first book.
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"Jackson is incisive [...] he pulls no punches when discussing the racism he's experience throughout his life, but remains determined to rise above. Readers will be inspired." --Publisher's Weekly
"A valuable reminder of the invisible hurdles set in front of every young African American--an important story, extremely well told, that should serve as a lesson on how we got here and where we need to go." --Fred D. Gray, civil rights attorney for Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
"Bruce Jackson's portrait of New York is as nuanced as it is hopeful. In grappling with the complexity of his own childhood--from poverty's pernicious effect on his neighbors to early encounters with a flawed criminal justice system--Jackson asks his readers to confront the systemic inequalities that continue to plague communities of color across our nation. Jackson's own story of success, with the support of a loving extended family and key mentors along the way, inspires us to continue the fight for a world where no one is underestimated and opportunity comes to every single zip code." --U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries
"NEVER FAR FROM HOME is both a brutally honest New York origin story and a meditation on race in corporate America, as seen through the eyes of a deeply talented man with broad human experience." --Erich Andersen, General Counsel and Head of Corporate Affairs at TikTok