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A Review of Ofield: The Autobiography of Public Relations Man Ofield Dukes with Rochelle L. Ford, Ph.D. & Rev. Unnia L. Pettus, PhD.
This is an important book. It’s the remarkable first-person story of a self-made man who grew up in the ghetto in Detroit to become a major player in many of the significant political and social change events of the 20th Century. No one taught him how to be a public relations man, but he figured it out himself through intuition, guts, determination and a great instinct for what it takes to earn public trust.
As a high school student, Ofield Dukes was attracted to journalism, but after failing to get into college, he worked as a janitor for two years and then served in the Army. He managed to get into college after his honorable discharge and graduated with a journalism degree, only to find that mainstream journalism jobs were not open to a young man of color in America in Undeterred, Dukes read Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essay on self-reliance.
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Ofield: The Autobiography of Public Relations Man Ofield Dukes
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By Ofield Dukes
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Ofield Dukes is considered one of the nation's most successful African-American public relations practitioners and one of the most influential people of the Civil Rights period.
This book-written by Dukes himself-takes the reader from Depression-era stad through the Korean War and up to Washington, D.C., where he served not on
LanguageEnglish
PublisherPRMuseum
Release dateOct 6,
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April 23, | Terrell Merritt | Chapter Development , Diversity and Inclusion
What Winning the Ofield Dukes Multicultural Student Award Did for Me
Like a lot of students entering their freshman year of college, I was nervous but excited to start. Undecided in my major, I was unsure of what exactly I wanted to be involved in. At the freshman student involvement fair, I came across the PRSSA table where the executive board enthusiastically went on about all of the great things PRSSA had to offer. I accepted their invitation to attend an open Chapter meeting where an American University professor came to speak about her experience as a public relations professional in the entertainment industry. She spoke about attending red carpet events, creating run-of-shows and working with A-list celebrities. I now wondered if I could have a future in public relations. After all, college is the best time to explore yourself, find your interests and passions, and most importantl