We're Better Than This
My Fight for the Future of Our Democracy
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xiii, 249 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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.
Contents:
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.
Subjects:
Cummings, Elijah.
United States. Congress. House -- Biography.
African American legislators -- Biography.
Legislators -- United States -- Biography.
Baltimore (Md.) -- Biography.
Cummings, Elijah.
United States. Congress. House -- Biography.
African American legislators -- Biography.
Legislators -- United States -- Biography.
Baltimore (Md.) -- Biography.
ISBN:
9780062992260
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Cummings, Elijah | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Biography | In |