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Lucky Medicine

A Memoir of Success Beyond Segregation
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212 Seiten
Englisch
Indiana University Press (IPS)erschienen am07.02.2023
A remarkable, personal glimpse of Black student life at Indiana University in the early 1960s. In 1961, a skinny African American boy from Indianapolis arrived at Indiana University Bloomington determined to become a doctor. For the next three years, Lester Thompson kept a detailed, intimate diary of his journey to graduation. In Lucky Medicine, Lester returns to his long-ago journal and, with honesty, humor, and a healthy dose of rueful self-reflection, shares stories from his college years at Indiana University.  Fascinating glimpses emerge of Black Greek life at the time, including the building of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity house and the successes, struggles, and social lives of its members. Lester's student years were driven by hard work, but also bustled with fun and drama. He recalls his time studying at the university library, falling in and out of love many times, becoming friends with fellow fraternity brother Booker T. Jones, a truly memorable invitation extended to meet with George Wallace, and an epic, no-holds-barred brawl with limestone cutters at the 24-Hour Grill.  Lucky Medicine offers a closeup, unforgettable look at IU student life just before the sweeping social changes of the 1960s, when students of color accounted for less than 2 percent of the Indiana University's student body.mehr
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KlappentextA remarkable, personal glimpse of Black student life at Indiana University in the early 1960s. In 1961, a skinny African American boy from Indianapolis arrived at Indiana University Bloomington determined to become a doctor. For the next three years, Lester Thompson kept a detailed, intimate diary of his journey to graduation. In Lucky Medicine, Lester returns to his long-ago journal and, with honesty, humor, and a healthy dose of rueful self-reflection, shares stories from his college years at Indiana University.  Fascinating glimpses emerge of Black Greek life at the time, including the building of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity house and the successes, struggles, and social lives of its members. Lester's student years were driven by hard work, but also bustled with fun and drama. He recalls his time studying at the university library, falling in and out of love many times, becoming friends with fellow fraternity brother Booker T. Jones, a truly memorable invitation extended to meet with George Wallace, and an epic, no-holds-barred brawl with limestone cutters at the 24-Hour Grill.  Lucky Medicine offers a closeup, unforgettable look at IU student life just before the sweeping social changes of the 1960s, when students of color accounted for less than 2 percent of the Indiana University's student body.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-0-253-06525-4
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartGebunden
Erscheinungsjahr2023
Erscheinungsdatum07.02.2023
Seiten212 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 157 mm, Höhe 235 mm, Dicke 17 mm
Gewicht504 g
Artikel-Nr.10227200

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
PrefacePart One: Before1. L.L. Goodman2. (Dis) Integration3. My Son Is Going to Be a Doctor4. A Family Crises Changes the Paradigm5. My Personal Goal6. The End of the Dream?7. Moving On Up, Sort of8. Schooled9. Why Am I So Fortunate?10. A Sixteen-Year-Old Boy's Dream11. Junior Vaudeville12. Saying Goodbye and a Glimpse of My FuturePart Two: Year One, 1961-196213. Your Mama Doesn't Live Here Anymore14. Okay, It's Show Time!15. What's Your Name? Where Are You From?16. What's a Greek?17. A Peek at What Lies Ahead18. The Cleavers or the Bunkers?19. Ray Charles20. A New Low21. Something Really Special22. I'm Terribly Aware of Her Presence23. It's My Turn or Is It?24. What In the World Was That About?25. Let's Try This Again26. Be Careful What You Ask For27. Welcome to the World of the Black Working ClassPart Three: Year Two, 1962-196328. Lickety-split29. Armageddon?30. The Unanticipated Price of Brotherhood31. Life As an Active Becomes Real32. The Elusive 3.0 GPA33. Here Come the Sammies34. Joy and Sorrow Interlaced35. The Horn Sounded and the Walls Came Tumbling Down36. Second Verse Same as the First?37. With Power Comes Responsibility38. The Challenge of the DreamPart Four: Year Three, 1963-196439. If We Cannot Make Our Sun Stand Still, Yet We Will Make Him Run40. WTF?41. September 19th42. The Big Hurt43. The End of Camelot44. Hooray! I'm In!45. The 24 Hour Grill46. Really?47. The Storm Becomes a Hurricane48. The Last Dance49. Branching Out50. Little George51. The Music Man from Memphis52. Something Completely Different53. It's All over but the ShoutingPart Five: After54. ReflectionsEpilogueAcknowledgmentsmehr

Autor

Dr. Lester Thompson is a retired Seattle urologist, originally from Indianapolis, Indiana. He received undergraduate and medical degrees from Indiana University in 1965 and 1968. Following two years of active duty in the US Navy, he moved to Seattle and practiced until 2012. Dr. Thompson and his wife Lori have three children and four grandchildren.
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