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Haymarket Books
Karen G J Lewis And Elizabeth Todd-Breland
I Didn't Come Here To Lie: My Life And Education
N/A
2025
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Publisher > Haymarket Books
Author > Karen G J Lewis And Elizabeth Todd-Breland
Title > I Didn't Come Here To Lie: My Life And Education
Issue > N/A
Year > 2025
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ISBN > 9798888902769
Pages > 272
Genre > Biography-And-Autobiography Nonfiction
Language > English
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Type > RETAIL
Media > BOOK
Format > .epub
Section > eBook
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Published > 2025-03
Release > 2026-10-07
Disks > 02 x 5 MB
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An intimate inspiring memoir by educator and labor union leader Karen Lewis
a formidable fighter a staunch defender of teachers and students and a
beloved Chicagoan
In 2012 Karen Lewis led the Chicago Teachers Union to a historic strike
challenging the citys powerful mayor and paving the way for an
unprecedented wave of teacher strikes in the decade that followed
But Lewiss life took her in rich and surprising directions long before she
landed in the CTU Presidents office I Didnt Come Here to Lie written in
collaboration with historian and education expert Elizabeth ToddBreland
tells Lewiss story in full for the first time capturing her lively wit her
charisma and her commitment to building the schools and communities
teachers students and families deserve
From her childhood on Chicagos South Side to her teen years organizing
Black Power walkouts from her education at Mount Holyoke and Dartmouth
- - -- [ R E T A I L U R L ] -- - -
https://bookshop.org/p/books/i-didn-t-come-here-to-lie-my-life-and-
education-elizabeth-todd-breland/aa0c4b3f8139b90f
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