Leland "Sugar Man" Hardy
Name: Leland "Sugar Man" Hardy
Favorite Book: "Uncharted Course - The Story of My Life" by Anthony Drexel Duke (with Richard Firstman) "My favorite book is "Uncharted Course - The Story of My Life" by Anthony Drexel Duke. It's the life story of my dear friend, (thenamesake of Drexel and Duke Universities, and cousin of Saint Katherine Drexel), who was a part of my mother's and aunt's parochial school education in Philadelphia. Tony Duke, despite being born of privilege, dedicated his entire life to helping underprivileged, particularly Black, inner-city children, through his Boys and Girls Harbor Foundation. Moreover, he sat at the feet of his grandfather, Edward Biddle, (of Bailey Banks & Biddle fame), the latter who had a boxing ring at his Philadelphia mansion and who started the boxing program at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD. Gene Tunney, the Heavyweight Champion of the World in 1926, credits Edward Biddle with turning him into a professional fighter." |