We're better than this : my fight for the future of our democracy

Author

Elijah Cummings

Call Number

• J 921 CUMMINGS (CEN, OSH)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2021

Physical Description

212 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm

Audience

Ages 8-12 Harper.

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.

Contents

• Don't let them make us wait
• When presence is presents
• Have no limits
• The key to success
• No matter what sacrifice
• A space in my heart
• The ones who deliver
• The glue in our house
• Respect the storm
• How we made history
• See what is possible
• Upholding democracy
• Just getting started
• A moment of remarkable power
• Hearing the hu and cry
• The greatest check
• Power and responsibility
• Turn slowly, grind fine
• The train steadily coming
• Farewell to Elijah Cummings.