Cory Booker is the junior United States senator from New Jersey. He was born in Washington, D.C., and his parents, who both worked for IBM, later relocated the family to Harrington Park, New Jersey. A star high school athlete, Booker received a football scholarship to Stanford University, where he earned his bachelor's and master's degrees. He then attended Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar before earning his law degree from Yale University. Booker won a special election to fill the term of the late Senator Frank Lautenberg to become New Jersey's first African American senator and only the twenty-first person in American history to ascend directly from mayor to senator. Booker lives in Newark's Central Ward.
From the Hardcover edition.
"An exceedingly good book, and an important book, and a reminder of
what makes [Cory] Booker an important and, through it all, a
promising public figure."--PolitickerNJ "What sets Senator Booker's
work apart from that of similar political books is that it seeks to
elevate discourse rather than bring down opponents of the opposite
partisan persuasion. This is a refreshing take, one that is truly
worthy of study and contemplation."--The Huffington Post
An exceedingly good book, and an important book, and a reminder of
what makes [Cory] Booker an important and, through it all, a
promising public figure. "PolitickerNJ"
What sets Senator Booker s work apart from that of similar
political books is that it seeks to elevate discourse rather than
bring down opponents of the opposite partisan persuasion. This is a
refreshing take, one that is truly worthy of study and
contemplation. "The Huffington Post""
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