Heart & Sole: The Autobiography of Omar Bailey and the Unlikely Story of Black Entrepreneurship in the American Sneaker Industry

Heart & Sole is the story of Omar Bailey, who was born the son of Jamaican immigrants - a construction worker and a caregiver - in New York City in the 1980s. The book traces his extraordinary life, from the roughest areas of the Bronx and later Florida, growing up in neighborhoods and schools where children saw more punches than projects, and where bullets often flew, to some of the best art institutions in the country, honing his skill as a sneaker designer, followed by grueling postings ...