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Conduct of life.
Persistence.
Courage.
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Conduct of life.
Persistence.
Courage.
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Nevertheless, we persisted : 48 voices of defiance, strength, and courage / foreword by Senator Amy Klobuchar.
Alfred A. Knopf, c2018.
Call #:
303
.484
N518
Subjects
Conduct of life.
Persistence.
Courage.
ISBN:
9781524771966
1524771961
Alternate title:
48 voices of defiance, strength, and courage
Edition:
First edition.
Description:
308 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Contents:
Foreword: Sen. Amy Klobuchar -- Somewhere over the rainbow / Sally Kohn -- For brown girls who blossom on their own time / Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodriguez -- Own world / Alia Shaukat -- Your golden thread / Matthew Burgess -- As is / Alysia Reiner -- Everyone plays / Amy Chu, with illustrations by Louie Chin -- From high-jumping to life support to wheelchair basketball in Afghanistan / Jess Markt -- Nevertheless, love persists / Danielle Vabner -- (Young) Man in the mirror / Nate Smith -- A woman's place is in the kitchen / Maneet Chauhan -- Be bigger than your story / A conversation with Tay Anderson and Leland Melvin -- Twisted-mouth / Jeff Gomez -- The unfinished Maulik Pancholy pilot / Maulik Pancholy -- You, sailor / Erin McKeown -- Triple threat / A conversation with Tamika, Tauja, and Kenyon Catchings -- Making it better / James Lecesne -- They didn't succeedI survived / Fanny Starr -- Learning about empathy / Imran Siddiquee -- The roots of embodied education / Liz Wolfson -- Not a doll / Jadaida Glover -- The quietly relentless / Soraya Chemaly -- More than my womb / Melissa Marr -- Just the beginning / Jesselyn Silva -- #Nofilter / Azure Antoinette -- I didn't fit inwhat a gift / Vicki Saunders -- Window seat / Rep. Leslie Herod -- Reflections of a younger Silvercloud / Johnny Silvercloud -- Sometimes you are better off not knowing / Binta Niambi Brown -- How writing a college essay taught me more about myself than life / Patricia Valoy -- Nevertheless, I write / Amy Fox -- The new kid / Jose Antonio Tijerino -- Brown boy, white suburbia / Pej Vahdat -- The practice of self-love / Wade Davis -- Guts / J.W. Cortes -- Black ancestry and artistry wielded against the police state / Patrice Khan-Cullors -- I am not SusanneI am Soulaima / Soulaima Gourani -- We rise / Xiuhtezcatl Martinez -- Rewriting the rules / Dr. Gail Schoettler -- Beyond the baseline / A conversation with Jason and Jarron Collins -- My growth through drought / Kiara Nirghin -- L'amour, maybe not / Shruti Ganguly -- Writing my own story / Jillian Mercado -- The accidental activist / Gavin Grimm.
Summary:
A powerful collection of essays from actors, activists, athletes, politicians, musicians, writers, and teens, including Senator Amy Klobuchar, actress Alia Shawkat, actor Maulik Pancholy, poet Azure Antoinette, teen activist Gavin Grimm, and many, many more, each writing about a time in their youth when they were held back because of their race, gender, or sexual identity--but persisted.
Other authors:
Klobuchar, Amy.
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