Reading While Black Book Club J. Barnes

Happy 4 Year Anniversary

Today we discuss Black History Month, Black Futures Month and our new rollout for the book club going forward. 

I also have some special guests coming on the show today.


Thank you for rocking with us
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This online community will be a resource center for all our listeners and readers. 
You will have access to the reading material and additional tools to help apply the books we're reading to everyday life. . 
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February Books Of The Month

Feminism Is For Everybody by bell hooks

Recovering from Emotionally Immature Parents: Practical Tools to Establish Boundaries and Reclaim Your Emotional Autonomy by Lindsay C. Gibson


This is part of our Mental Health Mondays and is a continuation of Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents
Every Mon at 6PM EST on Clubhouse. 
Our next meeting is February 15th.

Heavy by Kiese Laymon


Every Mon, Wed, & Fri at 10AM EST on Clubhouse
Our first meeting is February 15th. 

Roy Wilkins: The Quiet Revolutionary and the NAACP: Civil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the Twentieth Century by Yvonne Ryan


Every Tue, Thu, & Sat at 10AM EST on Clubhouse. 
Our first meeting is February 11th.

The End of Policing by Alex Vitale


Every Tue at 3PM EST on Clubhouse. 
Our next meeting is February 16th.

Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall


Every Tue at 8PM EST on Clubhouse. 
Our next meeting is February 16th.

All About Love by bell hooks


Every Mon, Wed & Thu 3PM EST on Clubhouse. 
Our first meeting February 10th.

My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem


Every Thu 6PM EST on Clubhouse. 
Our next meeting is February 11th. 

All Boys Aren’t Blue by George Johnson


Every Sat at 3PM. 
Our next meeting is February 13th.
George just released a dramatic reading of All Boys Aren’t Blue on YouTube.

The Devil You Know by Charles M. Blow


Every Sun at 3PM EST on Clubhouse. 
Our next meeting is February 14th.

How To Fight Racism by Jemar Tisby


This is a continuation of Jemar’s The Color of Compromise: The Truth About The American Church’s Complicity In Racism
Every Sun at 6PM EST on Clubhouse.
Our next meeting is February 14th. 

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Hey readers, 

It is my 30th birthday and I wanted to give you a special episode just for today with a new segment highlight my favorite Black Podcasts and huge announcement about a new miniseries coming to Reading While Black. I hope you enjoy 

Remember “If you love what you hear, you can help with Listener Support. You can assist us to buy books for youth incarcerated at the Alabama DYS Mt. Meigs campus, L.B. Wallace as they transition from behind bars back into their community. ”

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Remember to support your local bookstore. If you're looking for a bookstore 1977 Books here in Montgomery, AL

You can become a Patreon like me and receive exclusive books each month. Also they carry all the books selected by Reading While Black Podcast.


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Welcome back readers,

I'm back with another episode of Reading While Black Podcast and today we have Michael Arceneaux here to discuss his second book, I Don't Want To Die Poor. This is not just a perfect book for right now at this moment as student loan debt is a national conversation during the 2020 Presidential Race but it was a perfect book 10 years ago. Michael tells his story and how debt doesn't just affect you financially but becomes burdens on your mental health and your dating life. It's not too late to pick up I Don't Want To Die Poor. Remember to support your local bookstores in your community.

It's also time to announce our May Book of the Month. If you did not know, May is Mental Health Awareness Month and I thought it was appropriate to select a book that focused on solutions to dealing with trauma. It gives me great pleasure to announce our book of the month for May is My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts by Resmaa Menakem.

The body is where our instincts reside and where we fight, flee, or freeze, and it endures the trauma inflicted by the ills that plague society. In this groundbreaking work, therapist Resmaa Menakem examines the damage caused by racism in America from the perspective of body-centered psychology. He argues this destruction will continue until Americans learn to heal the generational anguish of white supremacy, which is deeply embedded in all our bodies. Our collective agony doesn't just affect African Americans. White Americans suffer their own secondary trauma as well. So do blue Americans—our police.  My Grandmother's Hands is a call to action for all of us to recognize that racism is not about the head, but about the body, and introduces an alternative view of what we can do to grow beyond our entrenched racialized divide.  Paves the way for a new, body-centered understanding of white supremacy—how it is literally in our blood and our nervous system.  Offers a step-by-step solution—a healing process—in addition to incisive social commentary.  Resmaa Menakem, MSW, LICSW, is a therapist with decades of experience currently in private practice in Minneapolis, MN, specializing in trauma, body-centered psychotherapy, and violence prevention. He has appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show and Dr. Phil as an expert on conflict and violence. Menakem has studied with bestselling authors Dr. David Schnarch (Passionate Marriage) and Dr. Bessel van der Kolk (The Body Keeps the Score). He also trained at Peter Levine's Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute.

If you live in the Montgomery, AL area, you can pick it up at your local abolition bookstore 1977 Books.

In light of COVID-19, 1977 Books have gone digital so check them out on their website.

www.1977Books.com

Facebook: @1977Books

Instagram: @1977Books

Twitter: @1977Books

Remember to leave us a Voice Message so you can share your reading experience and be a part of the podcast.

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Welcome Back Readers, 
I'm back with another episode of Reading While Black Podcast and today we have Dr. Carol Anderson here to discuss her book One Person, No Vote. This is not only a history lesson in Voter Suppression but the keys to what it takes to defeat it. In this conversation you will hear Dr. Anderson and I cover a wide range of topics from the history of voter suppression, the continued effort by states to suppress the vote for terrible result and what the resistance is doing to stop it. This is maybe one of the most important reads you'll ever embark on. You will never say "Black people don't show up to the ballot" once you understand why that's happening. 

March is Women's History and 2020 is an election year, choosing our next book was a no brainer. Our March Book of the Month is One Person, No Vote by Carol Anderson.  In her New York Times bestseller White Rage, Carol Anderson laid bare an insidious history of policies that have systematically impeded black progress in America, from 1865 to our combustible present. With One Person, No Vote, she chronicles a related history: the rollbacks to African American participation in the vote since the 2013 Supreme Court decision that eviscerated the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Known as the Shelby ruling, this decision effectively allowed districts with a demonstrated history of racial discrimination to change voting requirements without approval from the Department of Justice. Focusing on the aftermath of Shelby, Anderson follows the astonishing story of government-dictated racial discrimination unfolding before our very eyes as more and more states adopt voter suppression laws. In gripping, enlightening detail she explains how voter suppression works, from photo ID requirements to gerrymandering to poll closures. And with vivid characters, she explores the resistance: the organizing, activism, and court battles to restore the basic right to vote to all Americans as the nation gears up for the 2018 midterm elections. 
Also it's the perfect time to announce our April Book of the Month,  I Don’t Want To Die Poor by Michael Arceneaux. You can pre-order now!!! The book releases April 7, 2020. 
From the New York Times bestselling author of I Can’t Date Jesus, which Vogue called “a piece of personal and cultural storytelling that is as fun as it is illuminating,” comes a wry and insightful essay collection that explores the financial and emotional cost of chasing your dreams. 
If you live in the Montgomery, AL area, you can pick it up at your local abolition bookstore 1977 Books. 
In light of COVID-19, 1977 Books has gone digital so check them out on their website here
1977 Books is located at 39 Dexter Ave Suite #209, Montgomery, AL 36104. 
Facebook: @1977Books 
Instagram: @1977Books 
Twitter: @1977Books 
Remember to leave us a Voice Message so you can share your reading experience and be a part of the podcast.  
Remember to check out Reading While Black Merch  Use promo code “RWBFAM” for 35% off  
Remember to leave a review and five ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 
Follow Us 
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In this episode, I teamed up with NAACP Youth & College Division to visit Selma, Alabama for 55th anniversary of the Selma Jubilee. Selma and the Alabama Black Belt were the battlegrounds for the Voting Rights Movement that resulted in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Alabamians stood up and peacefully fought for the right to vote.  SNCC, SCLC, national churches and religious organizations, civil rights and labor organizations, and stars of the Movement supported the Alabama Voting Rights Movement. We  commemorate and thank them for their work, leadership and sacrifice. 

Several presidential candidates were in attendance including former Vice President Joe Biden, Senator Amy Klobuchar, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Mayor Mike Bloomberg and Billionaire Tom Steyer. We had a chance to talk with NAACP Youth & College members from several universities speaking on many of their first experience cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge. I also had a chance to chat with President and CEO of the NAACP Derrick Johnson and newly elected Mayor of Talladega and youngest Mayor in the state of Alabama, Timothy Ragland.

March is Women's History and 2020 is an election year, choosing our next book was a no brainer. Our March Book of the Month is One Person, No Vote by Carol Anderson. 

In her New York Times bestseller White Rage, Carol Anderson laid bare an insidious history of policies that have systematically impeded black progress in America, from 1865 to our combustible present. With One Person, No Vote, she chronicles a related history: the rollbacks to African American participation in the vote since the 2013 Supreme Court decision that eviscerated the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Known as the Shelby ruling, this decision effectively allowed districts with a demonstrated history of racial discrimination to change voting requirements without approval from the Department of Justice.

Focusing on the aftermath of Shelby, Anderson follows the astonishing story of government-dictated racial discrimination unfolding before our very eyes as more and more states adopt voter suppression laws. In gripping, enlightening detail she explains how voter suppression works, from photo ID requirements to gerrymandering to poll closures. And with vivid characters, she explores the resistance: the organizing, activism, and court battles to restore the basic right to vote to all Americans as the nation gears up for the 2018 midterm elections.

If you live in the Montgomery, AL area, you can pick it up at your local abolition bookstore 1977 Books. 
1977 Books is located at 39 Dexter Ave Suite #209, Montgomery, AL 36104.
Facebook: 1977 Books
Instagram: @1977Books
Twitter: @1977Books


Remember to leave us a Voice Message so you can share your reading experience and be a part of the podcast. 
Remember to check out Reading While Black Merch 
Use promo code “RWBFAM” for 35% off 
Remember to leave a review and 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Today on the pod, we have a now 3 time returning quest Kia Smith (@KiaSpeaks) to discuss Casey Gerald’s The Black Art of Escape and how it connects to the recently released film Queen & Slim. Apologies for the audio quality difficulties. 

This is a review of the film so if you haven’t seen it yet, MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD!!! 

Facebook: Kia Speaks 

Twitter: @KiaSpeaks

Instagram: @KiaSpeaks 



Remember to pick up @CaseyGerald’s There Will Be No Miracles Here for the December book of the month. Support your local bookstore. Before you start Casey’s book, I think it’s important to get to know the author so here are few things to check out: 

The Black Art of Escape 

The Gospel of Doubt

Embrace your raw, strange music

If you live in the Montgomery, AL area, you can pick it up at 1977 Books.  

1977 Books is located at 39 Dexter Ave Suite #209, Montgomery, AL 36104. 

Facebook: 1977 Books 

Instagram: @1977Books 

Twitter: @1977Books 

Remember to check out the Reading While Black Merch 

Use promo code “RWBXMAS” for 35% off 

Remember to leave a review and 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 

Remember to leave a Voice Message 📞📲 

We had our first Voice Message on this episode and hoping for many many more!!! 

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