About this Event
Come celebrate the release of From Begole Street to Ford's C-Suite: An American Success Story : An American Success Story by Elliot S. Hall !!! We will have a great time hearing this inspiring success story and remebering how virbant it was on Detroit's Old Westside.
The event will include a rich conversation, Q & A session and book signing line. We will have hardcover and paperback.
About the Book
From Begole Street to Ford's C-Suite is the quintessential American success story that will leave readers awed and inspired by the power of family, faith, integrity, education, and hard work that can elevate a man with humble beginnings to powerful influence in his city and the world.
For readers of Isabel Wilkerson's The Warmth of Other Suns, David Maraniss's Once in a Great City, and memoirs of trailblazing Black leaders, Elliott Hall's story is essential, inspiring, and long overdue.
About the Author
Elliot S. Hall was born on May 1, 1938, Hall became a proud graduate of Chadsey High School, where he was voted Most Likely to Succeed. An alumnus of Wayne State University with his Bachelor of Arts and Juris Doctor degrees, Hall built a legal career of extraordinary distinction. He served as Chief Assistant Prosecutor for Wayne County, Law Director for the City of Detroit, President of the Detroit Bar Association and the Wolverine Bar Association, and was a founding force behind Neighborhood Legal Services of Michigan. As a partner at Hall, Stone, Allen & Archer alongside future Detroit Mayor and Michigan Supreme Court Justice Dennis Archer, he helped define a generation of Black legal excellence. He became president of the NAACP’s Detroit chapter and aspired to become mayor of Detroit.
His honors include the Wayne State University Law School Distinguished Alumni Award, the National Bar Association President’s Award, the American Jewish Committee Civic Achievement Award, and the Detroit Urban League Distinguished Warrior Award. His legacy is preserved in The History Makers, the nation’s largest African American video oral history archive.
Event venue & nearby stays
Source Booksellers, 4240 Cass Avenue, Detroit, United States
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