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Johnson, Sheila C.,

Walk through fire / Sheila Johnson ; with Lisa Dickey. - First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. - 242 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

I'll catch you -- Perpetual motion -- Fist through the wall -- Music, music, music -- Making a BET -- Family -- Going public -- Gaslit -- Prayer path -- Free -- Becoming the salamander -- "That woman" -- Zero to sixty -- Stars and diamonds.

The cofounder of BET and the first African American woman billionaire vividly details her struggles, including racism, loss, emotional abuse and depression, that she overcame to become one of the most accomplished businesswomen in America, finally finding herself and her place in this world.

ISBN: 9781668007136 1668007134

LCCN: bl2023065273

Subjects--Personal Names:
Johnson, Sheila C.

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Black Entertainment Television.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
African American businesspeople--Biography.
African American women executives--Biography.
African American philanthropists--United States--Biography.
Gens d'affaires noirs am�ericains--Biographies.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies.
Autobiographies.

LC Class. No.: HC102.5.J65 / A3 2023

Dewey Class. No.: 384.55/5092 B