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My father's house : an ode to America's longest-serving Black Congressman / John Conyers III ; foreword by Michael Eric Dyson.
LIBRA E840.8.C668 C66 2025
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Conyers, John James, III, 1990- Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American legislators--Biography.
- African American legislators.
- Legislators--United States--Biography.
- Legislators.
- African Americans--Michigan--Detroit--Biography.
- African Americans.
- Conyers, John, Jr., 1929-2019.
- Conyers, John.
- United States. Congress. House--Biography.
- United States.
- Conyers, John James, III, 1990-.
- Conyers, John James.
- United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
- United States--Politics and government--1989-.
- Detroit (Mich.)--Race relations.
- Detroit (Mich.).
- Detroit (Mich.)--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 251 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Ode to America's longest-serving Black Congressman
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2025]
- Summary:
- My Father's House by John Conyers III is a reflective tribute to his father, Congressman John James Conyers, Jr., blending personal memoir with political history. It offers an intimate portrait of Conyers as both a civil rights icon and a complex family man, highlighting his legislative legacy and his mentorship of key national figures. Through his son's eyes, the book humanizes the giants of the civil rights era and underscores their enduring influence on modern American politics.
- Contents:
- Look what you've done
- The blueprint
- In his footsteps
- Up from Black Bottom
- Family we choose
- Campaign signs
- MomCon
- Brotherhood
- Political limelight
- Glory in the pasture
- Baptized by fire
- "Detroit vs. Everybody"
- In my father's name.
- Other Format:
- Online version Conyers, John, III, 1990- My father's house
- ISBN:
- 9780063336810
- 0063336812
- OCLC:
- 1452958884
- Publisher Number:
- 90102163774
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