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Black Political Leaders & Judges
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Rise Up: Confronting a Country at the Crossroads
by Al Sharpton
Non-Fiction, 320.973 SH24R. The respected civil-rights leader and host of PoliticsNation presents a rousing call to action that examines the administrations of Barack Obama and Donald Trump while heralding the movements that have emerged in response to today's political turbulence.
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For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics
by Donna Brazile
Non-Fiction, 328.73 F74. Four of today's most influential African-American women in politics share the story of their friendship and their behind-the-scenes public-service contributions during the careers of leaders ranging from Bill Clinton and Jesse Jackson to Coretta Scott King and Barack Obama.
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The Forerunner: A Story of Pain and Perseverance in America
by Cori Bush
New Biography, BUSH, CORI. Embodying a new chapter in progressive politics that prioritizes the lives and stories of the most politically vulnerable, the first black woman to represent the state of Missouri in Congress presents a powerful and empowering memoir that is both a personal account and a fierce call to action.
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We're Better Than This: My Fight for the Future of Our Democracy
by Elijah Cummings
Biography, CUMMINGS, ELIJAH. 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.
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The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
by Kamala Harris
Biography, HARRIS, KAMALA. The civil rights leader, senator, and former attorney general of California draws on the lessons of her activist immigrant family to make recommendations for the universal issues of today, including economic inequality, health care, and national security.
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Finding My Voice: My Journey to the West Wing and the Path Forward
by Valerie Jarrett
Biography, JARRETT, VALERIE. When Valerie Jarrett interviewed a promising young lawyer named Michelle Robinson in July 1991 for a job in Chicago city government, neither knew that it was the first step on a path that would end in the White House. Jarrett soon became Michelle and Barack Obama's trusted personal adviser and family confidante; in the White House, she was known as the one who "got" him and helped him engage his public life.
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His Truth is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope
by Jon Meacham
Biography, LEWIS, JOHN. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hope of Glory presents a timely portrait of veteran congressman and civil rights hero John Lewis that details the life experiences that informed his faith and shaped his practices of non-violent protest.
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A Promised Land
by Barack Obama
Biography, OBAMA, BARACK. In the 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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Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For
by Susan E Rice
Biography, RICE, SUSAN. Recalling pivotal moments from her career on the front lines of American diplomacy and foreign policy, the national security advisor to President Obama and former U.S. ambassador to the U.N. chronicles her life in service to family and country.
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Lifting Every Voice : My Journey from Segregated Roanoke to the Corridors of Power
by William B. Robertson
Biography, ROBINSON, WILLIAM B. The survivor of a traumatic childhood in the Green Book South, and the witness to his father's rage over racial inequity, Robertson rose above an oppressive environment to find a place within the system and, against extreme odds, effect change. He was the first Black man to run for the Virginia General Assembly, and as a teacher, the first to help integrate a white school in Roanoke. He became the first Black decision-maker in any southern governor's office, appointed by Virginia governor Linwood Holton in 1970. In a state controlled by segregationist Democrats, Holton was the first Republican governor since Reconstruction, and his government was pivotal in its commitment to move the state away from nearly a century of segregationist policies. Bill Robertson was an inner-circle member of this historic administration.
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My Vanishing Country: A Memoir
by Bakari Sellers
Biography, SELLERS, BAKARI. The CNN analyst and South Carolina State Representative chronicles the past, present and likely future of the American South, discussing his father’s civil rights heroism and the ignored harsh realities of the black working class.
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Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words
by Michael Pack
Biography, THOMAS, CLARENCE. Although Clarence Thomas remains a controversial figure, few know him beyond his contentious confirmation battle. But beyond the headlines, Thomas' life is a classic American tale; born poor in the segregated South, only to become one of the most influential justices in the highest court in the land.
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The Deeper the Roots: A Memoir of Hope and Home
by Michael Tubbs
Biography, TUBBS, MICHAEL. The first African American mayor and the youngest-ever mayor of Stockton, California, is finally ready to share where he came from, and where he's going.
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Mayor Harold Washington: Champion of Race and Reform in Chicago
by Roger Biles
Biography, WASHINGTON, HAROLD. In 1983, Harold Washington made history by becoming Chicago's first African American mayor. The racially charged campaign and election heralded an era of bitter political divisiveness that obstructed his efforts to change city government. Once in City Hall, Washington confronted the backroom deals, aldermanic thuggery, open corruption, and palm greasing that fueled the Chicago machine's autocratic political regime. His alternative: a vision of fairness, transparency, neighborhood empowerment, and balanced economic growth at one with his emergence as a dynamic champion for African American uplift and a crusader for progressive causes. Biles charts the countless infamies of the Council Wars era and Washington's own growth through his winning of a second term--a promise of lasting reform left unfulfilled when the mayor died in 1987.
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The Original Black Elite: Daniel Murray and the Story of a Forgotten Era
by Elizabeth Dowling Taylor
Axis 360 eBook. In this outstanding cultural biography, the author of the New York Times bestseller A Slave in the White House chronicles a critical yet overlooked chapter in American history: the inspiring rise and calculated fall of the Black elite, from Emancipation through Reconstruction to the Jim Crow Era—embodied in the experiences of an influential figure of the time, academic, entrepreneur, and political activist and Black history pioneer Daniel Murray.
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Kamala Harris: History-Making U.S. Vice President
by James Roland
Juvenile Biography, HARRIS, KAMALA. A former Democratic senator from California, in 2021 Kamala Harris became the first woman vice president, as well as the first Black vice president and the first vice president of South Asian descent. Over the years, Harris has impressed many people-including students, teachers, coworkers and political opponents-with her intelligence, toughness, and sense of humor. She is well known for her desire to inspire others, especially young people.
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The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch
by Chris Barton
J Biography, LYNCH. A comprehensive introduction to the life and achievements of one of the country's first African-American Congressmen describes his experiences as an enslaved child and his post-Emancipation rise as a justice of the peace.
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