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Author:

Cummings, Elijah, author.

Title:

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

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Harperan imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

xiii, 249 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

Subject:

Cummings, Elijah.
African American legislators--Biography.
Legislators--United States--Biography.
United States.--House--House--Biography.
Baltimore (Md.)--Biography.
Autobiographies.

Other Authors:

Dale, Jim, 1948- author.

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.

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.

ISBN:

0062992260
9780062992260

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1194592193

LCCN:

bl2020012969

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