Embracing and Challenging Tradition: A Memoir

Born in Tip Top, Virginia, in 1940, Harry B. Johnson recounts childhood memories of being raised by grandparents, uncles and aunts after his father left the area and his mother was sent to a Tuberculosis hospital when he was two years old. She subsequently died there. Overcoming a difficult start in life, Harry recalls what it was like to achieve success as a high school and college basketball star during the Jim Crow Era. After college, Harry was commissioned as an officer in the U.S. Army...