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"In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to leader of the free world, describing in strikingly personal detail both hispolitical education and the landmark moments of the first term of his historic presidency--a time of dramatic transformation and turmoil"--
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Publisher
Debate
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
896 pages
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"In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to leader of the free world, describing in strikingly personal detail both his political education and the landmark moments of the first term of his historic presidency--a time of dramatic transformation and turmoil"--
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Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
viii, 1460 pages : map ; 23 cm
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"Barack Obama is arguably the most dynamic political figure to grace the American stage since John F. Kennedy. His meteoric rise from promise to power has stunned even the cynics and inspired a legion of devout followers. For anyone who wants to know more about the man, David Mendell's Obama is essential reading. Mendell, who covered Obama for the Chicago Tribune, had far-reaching access to the Chicago politician as Obama climbed the ladder to the...
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"The making of a visionary political leader-and a blueprint for a more equitable country "Don't tell nobody our business," Michael Tubbs's mother often told him growing up. For Michael, that meant a lot of things: don't tell anyone about the day-to-day struggle of being Black and broke in Stockton, CA. Don't tell anyone the pain of having a father incarcerated for 25 years to life. Don't tell anyone about living two lives, the brainy bookworm and...
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Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
xviii, 307 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of unnumbered plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Charles Booker grew up in one of the poorest neighborhoods in Kentucky, living in the largely segregated West End of Louisville. Faith and love were everything in his family, but material comforts were scarce. The electricity was sometimes shut off. His mother often went hungry so her son could eat. Even after he graduated from law school, Booker rationed the insulin he took for diabetes. Determined to build a world in which poverty and racism would...
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Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022].
Physical Desc
xviii, 188 pages ; 24 cm.
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"In this long-overdue celebration of Black womens resilience and unheralded strength, the revered, trailblazing White House correspondent reflects on 'The Year That Changed Everything'— 2020— and African-American womens unprecedented role in upholding democracy. 'I am keenly aware that everyone and everything has a story,' April D. Ryan acknowledges. 'Also, I have always marveled at Black women and how we work to move mountains and are never really...
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Publisher
Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
x, 243 pages ; 24 cm.
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""One of the nation's most prominent civil rights leaders" (Washington Post), a New York Times bestselling author, community organizer, investigative journalist, Ivy League professor, and former head of the NAACP, Ben Jealous draws from a life lived on America's racial fault line to deliver a series of gripping and lively parables that call on each of us to reconcile, heal, and work fearlessly to make America one nation. Never Forget Our People Were...
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