PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Before the advanced degrees, money, and accolades, he was just a kid growing up farming cotton with seven siblings, his mother, and his father, who was the son of an ex-slave in Mississippi. [...] he's writing his memoirs - part of a trend from the baby boom and older who want to leave a record of their legacy. The youngest of eight children, Nero started jotting down memories and snippets of conversation with his oldest brother, David Nero Jr., in 2000. Nero's mother was well-educated, attending a boarding school for mulatto children, and finally a historically black college for women, leaving to get married. After playing quarterback for the Kentucky State College (now the University of Kentucky) football team and graduating, Nero was drafted by Sid Gillman, coach of what was then the Los Angeles Chargers, in 1960 At training camp, the lifetime quarterback realized he wouldn't be allowed to play this "brainy" position, due to an unwritten agreement in the NFL that restricted black players. In 1971, he took over a practice at a medical arts building at 16th and Walnut Streets from Knowlton Atterbeary, the only African American orthodontist in the city. The late Eagles star Clarence Peaks, running back and 1957 draft pick, co-signed a loan for Nero. [...] Nero fulfilled a lifelong dream of building his parents a new house. Nero's memoirs took a nontraditional turn; he was having trouble writing, so he turned to a neighbor, retired Inquirer columnist Claude Lewis, and a co-author, John Timpane, a current reporter and editor. A native of Philadelphia, she lives in Uruguay and works as a freelance journalist and writer of memoirs for others, interviewing them by email and Skype and fashioning their memories into books. A lot of clients start the project for someone else, for their parents or grandparents or 50th wedding anniversary.
Memoirs By Seniors Offer Lessons Worth Sharing
By ERIN E. ARVEDLUND, The Philadelphia Inquirer, San Antonio Express-News: World
Sun, 10/04/2015 - 9:45am
Topics: philadelphia ap before mississippi kentucky state college university sid gillman los angeles chargers nfl walnut streets knowlton atterbeary african american eagles clarence peaks claude lewis john timpane philadelphia uruguay skype a philadelphia nero kentucky at memoirs mother building children writing memories
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