Williams Adler Discusses A Family Drug Empire.
Writer Williams Adler. His first book, Land of Opportunity: One Family's Quest For The American Dream In The Age of Crack (Atlantic Monthly Press) tells the story of the Chambers brothers. The brothers moved to Detroit from Mississippi in the mid-80's in search of economic freedom and found it by setting up the biggest drug business in the city. It was run like a Fortune 500 company with quality control, discounts, employee bonuses and a dress code. William Ferris calls the book a "chilling view of the urban drug scene and the black experience [which] should be read by every American." (Originally aired 5/3/95) (Interview by Barbara Bogaev
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