Renegade for Peace and Justice - Congresswoman Barbara Lee Speaks for Me

Hailed as an honest, candid political memoir in a genre more often characterized by slick, self-serving campaign biographies, this book captures Barbara Lee's extraordinary life and political career from her early upbringing in El Paso, Texas, through her years in Oakland, California, with the Black Panther Party, to her service in the U.S. Congress. In a new Afterword to the paper edition, Lee pays tribute to the Congressional Black Caucus, for which she serves as chair during the 111th Congress, and reflects on the challenges that continue to face our nation at home and abroad.

About the author

Barbara Lee works in the nonprofit sector, where she is an advocate for diverse populations, especially the marginalized and voiceless. She is an Ordained Interfaith Minister who led the community of Extended Grace for nine years. She is the author of Sacred Sex: Replacing the Marriage Ethic with a Sexual Ethic (2013).

Product details

• Authors: Barbara Lee, Lee Barbara
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.09.2008
• EAN: 9780742558434
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-5843-4
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 237 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Biography: general, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, Biography: historical, political & military, women's history, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural & Regional