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We're better than this : my fight for the future of our democracy  Cover Image Book Book

We're better than this : my fight for the future of our democracy / Elijah Cummings with James Dale ; foreword by Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Cummings, Elijah, (author.). Dale, James M., (author.). Pelosi, Nancy, 1940- (writer of foreword.).

Summary:

A memoir by the late Congressman details how his experiences as a sharecroppers' son in volatile South Baltimore shaped his life in activism, explaining how government oversight can become a positive part of a just American collective.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780062992260
  • ISBN: 0062992260
  • Physical Description: xiii, 249 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Prologue: pain, passion, and purpose -- The lie and the lesson -- "The Lord ain't finished with you yet" -- Our turn -- The hearings--and being heard -- Chasing truth -- Trump's Twitter attack on Baltimore -- Impeachment--not if, but when -- The last chapter -- Farewell to Elijah Cummings: selected excerpts of eulogies for Elijah Cummings.
Subject: Cummings, Elijah.
African American legislators > Biography.
Legislators > United States > Biography.
United States. Congress. House > Biography.
Baltimore (Md.) > Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political.
United States. Congress. House
African American legislators
Legislators
Maryland > Baltimore
United States
Genre: Autobiographies.
Autobiographies
Biographies

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
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