Determined

A personal, inspiring memoir of Felker Ward Jr., an Atlanta, Georgia, legal, business, community and military legend. He is also a husband, father of four and grandfather. Introduction by former Atlanta Mayor and United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young. Includes dozens of photos.

Acknowledgments

Foreword by Andrew Young

Introduction

I. CHILDHOOD

1 Whittier Mill Village

2 Living Life on Browntown Road

3 The Move to Tuskegee

4 Back to Atlanta

5 David T. Howard High School

6 Felker Ward Jr., Tobacco Farmer

7 Booker T. Washington High School

8 God Came to Me Disguised as a Water Moccasin

9 College: A Return to Tuskegee

II. ARMY DAYS, BLUE SKY DREAMS

10 First Stop: Fort Benning, Georgia

11 On to Berlin

12 Texas: Learning to Fly

13 Back to Fort Benning: Mary’s Dress Waves

14 Married and Alone, Part 1: Welcome to South Korea, Soldier

15 Fort Meade: Happy Wife, Happy Life

16 Europe Calls … And I Refuse a Job

17 Married and Alone, Part 2: Vietnam

18 Fort McPherson, Georgia

III. CIVILIAN LIFE

19 To Law School and Beyond

20 1970: The Saddest Day of My Life

21 Public Service, Public Life

22 Boards of Higher Education

23 The Practice and the Business That Followed

24 Breaking into the White Country Clubs of Atlanta, But at What Cost?

25 Concessions International Takes Flight

IV. FATHER, GRANDFATHER, HUNTER, FISHERMAN

26 Church Life

27 The Hunter

28 CASA: A View from the Top

29 Our Children

Appendix A: Additional Photographs

Appendix B: Awards, Citations, Recognition

About the Author

Index