肯塔基州众议员查尔斯·布克（Charles Booker）讲述了一个不可思议的故事，讲述了他从该国最贫穷的社区之一走向政治生涯的过程，在新南部和其他地区被遗忘的社区之间建立新的联盟。
“查尔斯·布克是我们国家正在崛起的领导人，对我和所有了解他的故事和愿景的人都是一种鼓舞。”-参议员科里·布克
查尔斯·布克在肯塔基州最贫穷的社区之一长大，住在路易斯维尔的西区，那里基本上是种族隔离的。信仰和爱是他家里的一切，但物质享受却很少。有时停电。他的母亲经常挨饿，以便儿子能吃东西。甚至在他从法学院毕业后，布克就对他服用的糖尿病胰岛素进行定量配给。他决心建立一个贫穷和种族主义不会困扰后代的世界，他制定了自己的肯塔基政治路线，一个。。。
From the Hood to the Holler: A Story of Separate Worlds, Shared Dreams, and the Fight for America’s Future
Kentucky State Representative Charles Booker tells the improbable story of his journey from one of the poorest neighborhoods in the country to a political career forging new alliances among forgotten communities across the New South and beyond.
“Charles Booker is a rising leader in our nation, and an inspiration to me and all those who get to know his story and vision.”—Senator Cory Booker
Charles Booker grew up in one of the poorest neighborhoods in Kentucky, living in the largely segregated West End of Louisville. Faith and love were everything in his family, but material comforts were scarce. The electricity was sometimes shut off. His mother often went hungry so her son could eat. Even after he graduated from law school, Booker rationed the insulin he took for diabetes. Determined to build a world in which poverty and racism would not plague future generations, he charted his own course into Kentucky politics, a world…
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