ASIN: B00OWLCAGK
Publisher: Know Our Story LLC
Pages: 172
Dr. Pinky Miller is a former student of the real bullhorn- and baseball-bat-toting icon from the 1989 film Lean on Me, Dr. Joe Louis Clark. Born into a crowded, single-parent household in the inner city of Paterson, New Jersey, young Pinky navigated a hopeless childhood craving for closeness to her overworked mother, escape from years of molestations by those she trusted, and to meet her unknown father whose absence from her life painfully reminded her that she was a mistake.One day Pinky stepped into high school, and a principal with a bullhorn changed her life.“You were born,” Dr. Clark bellowed, “with two strikes against you: being poor, and being black! Don’t strike out! Get your education! Your education is your homerun out of the ghetto!”Encouraged by caring teachers, and inspired and empowered by Dr. Clark’s sharp admonitions, personal attention, and fatherly love, Pinky ...
