Whether it was my search for a father figure or for a clearer idea of how to turn myself into a great civil rights activist, one big lesson I took away from all of the men I followed early in my life was the notion that in order to rise, I had to be focused and intentional and committed to a cause greater than myself. The word focus here is key. It’s something I believe I was lacking early in my career, when I too often allowed my emotions to control me. That was a mistake I made with one of the cases with which my name became indelibly linked: Tawana Brawley.
The book – published with Cash Money Content, the National Action Network, and other publishers – is filled with captivating portraits of society and race relations, as well as Sharpton’s wry sense of humor. It arrived in bookstores on October 8.
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