Looking Beyond Race: The Life of Otis Milton Smith

by Otis Milton Smith and Mary M. Stolberg

In Looking Beyond Race, Otis Milton Smith (1922-94) recounts his life as an African American who overcame poverty and prejudice to become a successful politician, going on to become the first black vice president and general counsel of General Motors.

Born in the slums of Memphis, Tennessee, Smith was the illegitimate son of a black domestic worker and her prominent white employer. Although he identified with his mother's blackness, he...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081432939X
• ISBN13: 9780814329399
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: Great Lakes Books Series
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.4"