Black, Blind, & In Charge: A Story of Visionary Leadership and Overcoming Adversity

Black, Blind, & In Charge: A Story of Visionary Leadership and Overcoming Adversity is a 2020 political autobiography of the first African-American and blind Governor of New York, David Paterson.[1] Paterson was the 55th Governor of New York, assuming the office on March 17, 2008. Paterson is the scion of the Gang of Four, and the son of Basil Paterson.[2]

Black, Blind, & In Charge: A Story of Visionary Leadership and Overcoming Adversity
AuthorDavid Paterson
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SubjectHarlem Political History
GenreNon-fiction
PublisherSkyhorse Publishing
Publication date
2020
Media typeHardcover, e-book

Synopsis

The book spans the entire life of David Paterson. It covers his early childhood in Harlem and Long Island, but the primary focus is on Paterson's tenure as Governor, his relationship with Eliot Spitzer, and Paterson's rise in Harlem through state politics. Paterson details his role in becoming the first African American Minority Leader in the State Senate in 2003. He discusses the relationships he forged in Albany, New York with people like Sheldon Silver and Malcolm Smith. He discusses the mayoralty of David N. Dinkins (1990 to 1993) and his own failed run for Public Advocate in 1993.[2] Paterson also offers commentary on his appointment of both Kirsten Gillibrand to the United States Senate, and Richard Ravitch to Lieutenant Governor. Paterson comments on race relations in America, and how that affected his time as Governor. Last, he discusses why he did not run for a full term in 2010 and the transition to Andrew Cuomo as Governor.

See also

References
  1. Zack Fink (October 9, 2020). "Former Governor David Paterson Talks About His New Memoir". Spectrum News.
  2. Black, Blind, & In Charge: A Story of Visionary Leadership and Overcoming Adversity

Further reading
  • Walker, John C. The Harlem Fox: J. Raymond Jones at Tammany 1920:1970, New York: State University New York Press, 1989.
  • David N. Dinkins. A Mayor's Life: Governing New York's Gorgeous Mosaic, PublicAffairs Books, 2013
  • Rangel, Charles B.; Wynter, Leon. And I Haven't Had a Bad Day Since: From the Streets of Harlem to the Halls of Congress. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2007
  • Baker Motley, Constance. Equal Justice Under The Law: An Autobiography, New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1998.
  • Howell, Ron. Boss of Black Brooklyn: The Life and Times of Bertram L. Baker Fordham University Press Bronx, New York 2018
  • Jack, Hulan. Fifty Years a Democrat:The Autobiography of Hulan Jack New Benjamin Franklin House New York, NY 1983
  • Clayton-Powell, Adam. Adam by Adam:The Autobiography of Adam Clayton Powell Jr. New York, New York 1972
  • Pritchett, Wendell E. Robert Clifton Weaver and the American City: The Life and Times of an Urban Reformer Chicago: University of Chicago Press 2008
  • Davis, Benjamin. Communist Councilman from Harlem:Autobiographical Notes Written in a Federal Penitentiary New York, New York 1969
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