You can't go wrong doing right : how a child of poverty rose to the White House and helped change the world
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Robert Brown's memoir takes readers behind the scenes of pivotal moments from the 20th century, where the lessons he learned at his grandmother's knee helped him reshape America. Called "a world-class power broker", Brown has been counselor to every U.S. president since J. F. K. Born into poverty in the 1930s, Robert was raised by his grandmother: "The best way to influence others is to be helpful," she told him. Fueled by lessons on humble, principled service, Brown went on to play a pivotal, mostly unseen role alongside the great and the powerful of our time: trailing the mob with a Robert Kennedy; helping Woolworth's integrate their lunch counters; channeling money from businesses to the Civil Rights movement; accompanying Coretta Scott after her husband was shot; advising Nixon on how to support black entrepreneurship; and becoming the only person allowed to visit Nelson Mandela in Pollsmoor prison. This book blends a history with memorable lessons that speak to the dreamer in all of us. --,Adapted from publisher.