Format:
Book
Author:
McBath, Lucia Kay, author.
Title:
Standing our ground : the triumph of faith over gun violence : a mother's story / Lucia Kay McBath with Rosemarie Robotham.
Edition:
First 37 Ink/Atria Books hardcover edition.
Publisher, Date:
New York, NY : 37 Ink/ATRIA, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2018.
©2018
Description:
viii, 244 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary:
From the national spokesperson for Everytown for Gun Safety and leading gun violence prevention advocate comes the riveting memoir of a mother's loss and call to action, as well as a faith-based exploration of how the nation's gun laws put a deadly target on American lives.
Subjects:
McBath, Lucia Kay.
Mothers of murder victims -- Biography.
African American mothers -- Biography.
Gun control -- United States.
Genre:
Autobiographies.
Other Author:
Robotham, Rosemarie, author.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Introduction: In guns we trust -- Part one: The promise -- Black Friday -- Civil rights baby -- Stones from the river -- Caregiver -- Paper boat -- Finding faith -- Love again -- Part two: Loud music -- Fast traps -- A hard choice -- Premonition -- Ten bullets -- The right to exist -- A wider lens -- Every mom -- Part three: Awakening -- A long-held secret -- The color of justice -- A jury of his peers -- God, the protector -- Hope dealers -- Say their names -- Epilogue : the letter.
LCCN:
2018028189
ISBN:
9781501187780 (hardcover)
1501187783 (hardcover)
Other Number:
1045646733
System Availability:
1
Current Holds:
0
Control Number:
3664327
Call Number:
363.33092 B
Course Reserves:
0
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