01152cam a2200241 4500 503761770 TxAuBib 20101111120000.0 100528s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780307587879 0307587878 TxAuBib Rice, Condoleezza, 1954- Extraordinary, ordinary people : a memoir of family / Condoleezza Rice. New York : Crown Archetype, 2010. 342 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. This is the story of Condoleezza Rice-- her early years growing up in the hostile environment of Birmingham, Alabama; her rise in the ranks at Stanford University to become the university's second-in-command and an expert in Soviet and Eastern European Affairs; and finally, in 2000, her appointment as the first Black woman to serve as Secretary of State. 20101111. Rice, Condoleezza 1954- Stateswomen Biography. Cabinet officers United States Biography. African American women Biography.