Description |
xix, 355 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
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age Children |
Note |
Includes index. |
Contents |
Blessed by experiences -- A blessed beginning -- Finding my way -- The Charleston shuffle -- Making history -- A racial arbiter -- Coming to grips with reality -- The dream realized -- Mr. Clyburn goes to Washington -- Treading and toiling -- The age of Obama -- Blessed by the past. |
Summary |
From his humble beginnings in Sumter, South Carolina, to his prominence on the Washington, D.C., political scene as the third highest-ranking Democrat in the House of Representatives, U.S. Congressman James E. Clyburn has led an extraordinary life. He tells in his own inspirational words how an African American boy from the Jim Crow-era South was able to beat the odds to achieve great success and become, as President Barack Obama describes him, "one of a handful of people who, when they speak, the entire Congress listens." |
Subject |
Clyburn, James.
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Clyburn, James. |
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Legislators -- United States -- Biography.
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Legislators. |
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United States. |
Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Subject |
United States. Congress. House -- Biography.
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United States. Congress. House. |
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African Americans -- South Carolina -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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African Americans. |
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South Carolina. |
Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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ISBN |
161117337X (hardback) |
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1611173388 (ebook) |
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9781611173376 (hardback) |
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9781611173383 (ebook) |
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9781611173383 (ebook) |
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