It's Freedom Friday! So excited to share that Black Freedom received a wonderful starred review from Book Page! I'm so honored that the work is resonating with reviewers.
For those in the Triangle Area, join me on Tuesday, June 16 at 5:30 for a conversation about Black Freedom with Duke University's Mark Anthony Neal at Flyleaf Books! Register to join us!!
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It's #FreedomFriday where I get to share some of the good news about my new book Black Freedom. This book was a labor of love, and a reminder that Black people have always found their own ways to resist, remember, and rebuild. May we learn from their lessons as we face the challenges of today.
Black Freedom is available for presale everywhere books are sold. Please consider purchasing because presales remind publishers that we still value Black history.
It's Freedom Friday, my countdown until the publication of Black Freedom!
What is Black freedom? It is an inheritance of struggle, imagination, memory, joy, and determination.
In Black Freedom: A Visual History of Juneteenth and Emancipation Days, I trace the ways Black people have celebrated emancipation and been the keepers of our own history for generations.
Preorder now, anywhere books are sold. 🖤
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Officially a soror and member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, Durham Alumnae Chapter. ❤️🤍
Honored to cross with the #106flamesoffortitude as #87, Forged by Fire.
That name carries deep meaning for me. As a cancer survivor, I know something about fire—the kind of test that makes clear what you are made of and how faith carries you through. I carry that truth with me in every room I enter as scholar, author, and leader.
To join an organization with such a powerful history of scholarship, service, sisterhood, and social action is a joy and a privilege. Delta women have long helped shape Black civic life and pushed this country closer to its democratic promises. I’m proud to now stand in that legacy.
Forged by fire. Still rising. 🔥🔺
I’m proud to be celebrating National Black Bookstore Day today! These stores have long been crucial spaces for preserving our stories, and I hope you’ll join me in supporting them by pre-ordering BLACK FREEDOM from your favorite Black-owned store! #NationalBlackBookstoreDay #NAB2
I didn't do TOO much this year, but I still did it. Love keeping my mother's tradition of lamb and ham on Easter alive. Not to mention the tradition of deviled eggs! Miss her and love keeping her spirit alive through my food. #blairiscooking
Have you preordered your copy yet? Black Freedom: A Visual History of Juneteenth and Emancipation Days is the first fully illustrated history of Juneteenth and other Emancipation Day celebrations, told through photographs, art, and an engrossing narrative from your favorite award-winning historian. 🥰 Available for pre-order everywhere books are sold.
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I'm excited to share that you can preorder Black Freedom at @barnesandnoble for 25% off when you sign up for their free rewards program and use code PREORDER25 at checkout! The offer ends on 3/26.
Preorders let publishers know there is excitement and enthusiasm about the work, please preorder yours from B&N or where ever books are sold!
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What a joy it was to be in community and conversation with Danita Mason Hogans and Lois Deloatch at the Chapel Hill Public Library. What a chance to talk about the brilliance of Black working people and what we urgently need now. And I showed off my preview copy of Black Freedom, available for preorder now!!!
