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Cummings, Elijah.
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Cummings, Elijah -- Juvenile literature.
United States Congress House -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Legislators, Black -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Legislators -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Cummings, Elijah.
Cummings, Elijah -- Juvenile literature.
United States Congress House -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Legislators, Black -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Legislators -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Blacks -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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We
're
better
than
this : my fight for the future of our democracy / Elijah Cummings with Hilary Beard.
by
Cummings, Elijah.
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, c2021.
Call #:
328.73092 C971w
Subjects
Cummings, Elijah -- Juvenile literature.
United States Congress House -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Legislators, Black -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Legislators -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Blacks -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN:
9780063081550
0063081555
Alternate title:
We
are
better
than
this
My fight for the future of our democracy
Edition:
Young readers' edition, first edition.
Description:
212 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations (mostly color) ; 21 cm.
Notes:
"Young readers' edition" --Front cover.
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:
Growing up as the child of former sharecroppers in a segregated Baltimore, Elijah Cummings saw firsthand how injustice could run rampant, even in a democracy that promises fairness and equality. But with a strong support system and fiery self-discipline, Elijah utilized the momentum of the civil rights movement to overcome the obstacles of poverty and racism to effect change at a time when our country so badly needed it. In
We
're
Better
Than
This, young readers will learn not only that
we
must be and do
better
than
our oppressors but that it is our shared responsibility as a nation to keep our democracy intact because it is the only way to pursue freedom, justice, and equality for all.
Audience:
Ages 8-12 Harper.
Genre:
Autobiographies, Juvenile.
Other authors:
Beard, Hilary.
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