Book
6 of 6 Copies Available
- CENTRAL: Children's Collection
- CENTRAL: Teen Collection
- EASTWOOD: Teen Collection
- OSHTEMO: Children's Collection
- OSHTEMO: Teen Collection
- WASHINGTON SQUARE: Standard shelving location
The truths we hold : an American journey
Call Numbers
- J 921 HARRIS (CEN, OSH)
- 921 H3148.1 TEEN (CEN, EAS, OSH, WSQ)
Edition
Young readers edition.
Publication Information
New York : Penguin Books, 2020.
Physical Description
xv, 288 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Summary
The autobiographical memoir of the first woman, African American, and South Asian American to become attorney general of the State of California, and the second black woman ever elected to the United States Senate. Harris discusses the impact that her family and community had on her life, and how she came to discover her own sense of self and purpose.
Contents
- For the people
- A voice for justice
- Underwater
- Wedding bells
- I say we fight
- We are better than this
- Every body
- The cost of living
- Smart on security
- What I've learned.
Subjects
- National characteristics, American > Juvenile literature.
- Justice, Administration of > Political aspects > United States > Juvenile literature.
- Women legislators > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- Racially mixed people > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- Legislators > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- Public prosecutors > California > San Francisco > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- Attorneys general > California > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- National characteristics, American.
- Justice, Administration of > Political aspects > United States.
- Women legislators > Biography.
- Legislators > United States > Biography.
- Public prosecutors > California > San Francisco > Biography.
- Attorneys general > California > Biography.
- United States > Politics and government > Philosophy > Juvenile literature.
- United States > Politics and government > Philosophy.
- United States. Congress. Senate > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- United States. Congress. Senate > Biography.
- Harris, Kamala, 1964- > Juvenile literature.
- Harris, Kamala, 1964- > Political and social views > Juvenile literature.
- Harris, Kamala, 1964-
- Harris, Kamala, 1964- > Political and social views.