02947cam a2200313 i 4500 753696790 TxAuBib 20230601120000.0 220808s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2022037019 9781982191153 HRD 28.00 1982191155 HRD 28.00 TxAuBib rda Jackson, Bruce, (Lawyer), author. Never far from home [BOOK] : my journey from Brooklyn to hip hop, Microsoft, and the law / Bruce Jackson. First Atria Books hardcover edition. New York : Atria Books, 2023. xii, 259 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Prologue : New York, 2010 -- Flora Mae -- "Just tell us you did it" -- The hustle -- Just try. Once. -- The world outside my door -- John Wesley Miller -- We're all struggling -- Brotherhood -- Georgetown -- Pete Rock & CL Smooth -- You've got my back, I've got yours -- First and foremost -- Off to Seattle -- We can do better -- Home again -- Epilogue : New York, July 2018. As an accomplished Microsoft executive, Bruce Jackson handles billions of dollars of commerce as its associate general counsel while he plays a crucial role in the company’s corporate diversity efforts. But few of his colleagues can understand the weight he carries with him to the office each day. He kept his past hidden from sight as he ascended the corporate ladder but shares it in full for the first time here. Born in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, Jackson moved to Manhattan’s Amsterdam housing projects as a child, where he had already been falsely accused and arrested for robbery by the age of ten. At the age of fifteen, he witnessed the homicide of his close friend. Taken in by the criminal justice system, seduced by a burgeoning drug trade, and burdened by a fractured, impoverished home life, Jackson stood on the edge of failure. But he was saved by an offer. That offer set him on a better path, off the streets and eventually on the way to Georgetown Law, but not without hard knocks along the way. But even as he racked up professional accomplishments, Jackson is still haunted by the unchanged world outside his office. From public housing to working for Microsoft’s president, Brad Smith, and its founder, Bill Gates, to advising some of the biggest stars in music, Bruce Jackson’s Never Far from Home reveals the ups and downs of an incredible journey, how he overcame many obstacles and the valuable lessons learned along the way. Provided by publisher. 20230601. Jackson, Bruce Lawyer. Microsoft Corporation Biography. Corporate lawyers United States Biography. African American lawyers Biography.