Condoleezza Rice Publishes The First Volume Of Her Memoirs

When former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice addressed The Richmond Forum in May, she spoke with great affection and appreciation about the support of her parents and family while growing up in Birmingham, Alabama in the 1950s. Rice called Birmingham at that time, "the most segregated city in all of America." Today, the first volume of her memoirs, Extraordinary, Ordinary People: A Memoir of Family, went on sale. This initial volume focuses on her childhood growing up in the racially charged South, as well as her education. She is working on a second volume which will focus on her years in the George W. Bush administration.