North Star, Paperback by Camejo, Peter, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US
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North Star, Paperback by Camejo, Peter, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US. This is the autobiography of a remarkable life. He marched in Selma, Alabama, with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King.". His many campaigns for public office provided a unique platform for challenging the priorities of a system that prizes profits above all else. North Star, Paperback by Camejo, Peter, ISBN 1931859922, ISBN-13 9781931859929, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US "The North Star is one of the greatest symbols for justice stemming from the history of our people. `The North Star' was an expression that meant heading toward freedom as slaves tried to escape northward. It has become a symbol in my life of both the goal and the guiding light on the road ahead."---Peter Camejo, from North StarThis is the autobiography of a remarkable life. As the New York Times wrote, "A first generation Venezuelan-American... Mr. Camejo [spoke] out against the Vietnam War and for the rights of migrant workers. He marched in Selma, Alabama, with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King." As a veteran of the civil rights, antiwar, environmental, and socialist movements, Camejo's was an impassioned voice of discontent. His many campaigns for public office provided a unique platform for challenging the priorities of a system that prizes profits above all else.Camejo's memoir describes a life devoted to the fight for a better world. His story traverses the Americas, bringing readers inside many of the defining movements of the last half century. The resulting book serves both as a record of Camejo's uncompromising commitment to justice and equality and as a guide for the struggles to come."Peter was a friend, colleague, and politically courageous champion of the downtrodden and mistreated of the entire Western hemisphere."---Ralph Nader
