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Ten Stars

By Kendal Weaver

Ten Stars

By Kendal Weaver

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Part biography and part oral history, Ten Stars tells the life story of Gary Cooper, an African American born in the depths of Jim Crow to an Alabama family that challenged the rule of segregation. The Cooper extended family, described in interludes at points within the book, has made a national mark in politics, arts, education, health care, and the military. Graduating from the University of Notre Dame in 1958 as one of three African Americans in a class of 1,500, Cooper went on to become the U.S. Marines' first Black commander of a combat infantry company in Vietnam. He later became the Corps' first Black general from Infantry, an Alabama state legislator and governor's cabinet official, an Air Force civilian four-star who promoted the Tuskegee Airmen, and the first Black U.S. Ambassador to Jamaica.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
370
Release Date:
2026-01-15
Publication Date:
2026-01-15
Publisher:
University of Georgia Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1588385949
ISBN13:
9781588385949
Weight:
600 g
Height:
152 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
22 cm
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