About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 67. Chapters: Nell Carter, Lisa Bonet, Lani Guinier, Jackie Wilson, David Paterson, Black Hebrew Israelites, Lewis Gordon, Taylor Mays, Rashida Jones, Shyne, Jordan Farmar, Oona King, History of the Jews in the African diaspora, Abayudaya, Goapele, David Blu, Sophie Okonedo, Andre Tippett, Joshua Redman, Walter Mosley, Julius Lester, Yoel Judah, Rowetta, Linda Bellos, Yaphet Kotto, Boris Kodjoe, Yavilah McCoy, Jamila Wideman, Arik Marshall, Yosef Ben-Jochannan, Anthony Ervin, Reuben Greenberg, Elliott Maddox, Natan Gamedze, James McBride, Rain Pryor, Saoul Mamby, Drew Bundini Brown, Ray Ellington, Jamaica Kincaid, Justin Warfield, Joshua Nelson, Commandment Keepers, Hila Bronstein, Daniel Judah, Aaron Freeman, Carolivia Herron, Sirak M. Sabahat, Eddie Butler, Robin Washington, Laika Fatien, Meskie Shibru-Sivan, Kidada Jones, Arnold Josiah Ford, Josiah Judah, Darrin Bell. Excerpt: David Alexander Paterson (born May 20, 1954) is an American politician who served as the 55th Governor of New York, from 2008 to 2010. During his tenure he was the first governor of New York of African American heritage and also the second legally blind governor of any U.S. state after Bob C. Riley, who was Acting Governor of Arkansas for 11 days in January 1975. Since leaving office, Paterson has been a radio talk show host on station WOR in New York City. After graduating from Hofstra Law School, Paterson worked in the District Attorney's office of Queens County, New York, and on the staff of Manhattan Borough President David Dinkins. In 1985, he was elected to the New York State Senate to a seat that was once held by his father, former New York Secretary of State Basil Paterson. In 2003, he rose to the position of Senate Minority Leader. Paterson was selected as running mate by then-New York Attorney General and Democratic Party gubernatorial nominee ...
