Emerald Garner\, Etan Thomas\, and Martin Luther King III will be live at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Librar y's Auditorium to talk about Emerald's book\, Finding My Voice . This conversation will be moderated by Kenneth Moton and b e followed by a 10 minute Q&\;A.
\nThe DC Public Library Foundati on has donated 50 copies of Emerald's book Finding my Voice for the first 50 registered attendees.
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\nIn this unfo rgettable memoir\, Emerald Garner recounts her father&rsquo\;s cruel and u njust murder\, the immense pain that followed\, the pressures of an exploi tative media\, and her difficult yet determined journey as an activist aga inst police violence.
\nShe begins with the morning of July 17\, 201 4&mdash\;a rare day off from work\, one she had hoped to enjoy with rest a nd family\, that quickly turned her world inside out. What follows is a pe rsonal account of the suffering Emerald and her family endured: unsympathe tic camera lenses\, the stares and whispers of strangers\, and the inabili ty to mourn in private.
\nIn addition to these vulnerable\, personal essays\, Finding My Voice includes conversations in which Emerald found i nspiration\, empathy\, and community: with politicians\, athletes\, and ac tivists like Brian Benjamin and Etan Thomas\; with others surviving simila rly unfathomable grief like Lora Dene King\, Angelique Kearse\, and Pamela Brooks\; and with Emerald&rsquo\;s own family\, Mrs. Esaw Garner and Eric Garner Jr. The book ends with a powerful call-to-action by author and dau ghter of Malcolm X\, Ilyasah Shabazz.
\nAs calls for radical transfo rmation and accountability grow\, Emerald Garner&rsquo\;s memoir is a stor y of family and community\, and the strength it takes to survive\, to stan d\, to speak.
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In her unforgettable memoir\, Emerald Garner recounts her father&rsquo\;s cruel and unjust murder\, the immense pa in that followed\, the pressures of an exploitative media\, and her diffic ult yet determined journey as an activist against police violence. In addi tion to these vulnerable\, personal essays\, Finding My Voice includes con versations in which Emerald found inspiration\, empathy\, and community: w ith politicians\, athletes\, and activists like Brian Benjamin and Etan Th omas\; with others surviving similarly unfathomable grief like Lora Dene K ing\, Angelique Kearse\, and Pamela Brooks\; and with Emerald&rsquo\;s own family\, Mrs. Esaw Garner and Eric Garner Jr. The book ends with a powerf ul call-to-action by author and daughter of Malcolm X\, Ilyasah Shabazz. A s calls for radical transformation and accountability grow\, Emerald Garne r&rsquo\;s memoir is a story of family and community\, and the strength it takes to survive\, to stand\, to speak.
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Etan Thomas\, an eleven-year NBA veteran and lifelong advocate for social justi ce\, weaves together his personal experiences with police violence and whi te supremacy with multiple interviews of family members of victims of poli ce brutality like exonerated Central Park Five survivor Raymond Santana an d Rodney King&rsquo\;s daughter Lora Dene King\; as well as activist athle tes and other public figures such as Steph Curry\, Chuck D\, Isiah Thomas\ , Sue Bird\, Jake Tapper\, Jemele Hill\, Stan Van Gundy\, Kyle Korver\, Ma rk Cuban\, Rick Strom\, and many more.
\nThomas speaks with retired police officers about their efforts to change policing\, and white allies about their experiences with privilege and their ability to influence othe r white people. Thomas also examines the history of racism\, white suprema cy\, and the prevalence of both in the current moment. He looks at the ori gins of white supremacy in the US\, dating back to the country&rsquo\;s in ception\, and explores how it was interwoven into Christianity--interviewi ng leading voices both in and outside of the church. Finally\, with promin ent voices in the media and education\, Thomas discusses the continued cul tivation of these injustices in American society.
\nPolice Brutality and White Supremacy \;demands accountability and justice for those re sponsible for and impacted by police violence and terror. It offers practi cal solutions to work against the promotion of white supremacy in law enfo rcement\, Christianity\, early education\, and across the public sphere.\n
Featuring original interviews with: Steph Curry\, Chuck D\, Yamiche Alcindor\, Isiah Thomas\, Jemele Hill\, Craig Hodges\, Stan Van Gundy\, M ark Cuban\, Jake Tapper\, Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf\, Sue Bird\, Kyle Korver\, Ri ck Strom\, Cenk Uygur\, Tim Wise\, Chris Broussard\, Breanna Stewart\, Rex Chapman\, Stephen Jackson\, Kori Mccoy\, Lora Dene King\, Chikesia Clemon s\, Raymond Santana\, Alissa Findley\, Amber and Ashley Carr\, Michelle an d Ashley Monterrosa\, Chairman Fred Hampton Jr.\, Abiodun Oyewole\, Marc L amont Hill\, Officer Carlton Berkley\, Pastor John K. Jenkins Sr.\, Office r Joe Ested\, Captain Sonia Pruitt\, and Bishop Talbert Swan.
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Martin Luther King III
\nWith the past two year s&rsquo\; astounding display of social injustice\, violence\, and confusio n around the pandemic\, perhaps at no other time in recent history has our world needed the clear thinking and solutions-oriented voice of civil rig hts advocate and global humanitarian Martin Luther King III.
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From speaking to thousands at the August 2020 March On Washington to his
dozens of arrests during peaceful protests\, Mr. King is shepherding the h
ealing of our nation and the world. He is connecting the important lessons
of the past with the critical needs of our future and motivating a new ge
neration of authentic leaders\, while empowering others to use their voice
s to bring about change as well. \;
As the oldest son of
the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Mrs. Coretta Scott King\, Martin
Luther King III is a thought leader on the world stage\, a peace maker\, a
nd a negotiator on some of today&rsquo\;s most critical national and inter
national platforms for social change. Amplifying the work of his father\,
Mr. King and his wife Arndrea have devoted their lives to promoting global
human rights and eradicating racism\, violence\, and poverty\, earning a
reputation as a respected international statesman and one of the world&rsq
uo\;s most passionate advocates for the poor and oppressed.
Mr. King speaks on a variety of topics such as the importance of continuin
g the struggle for civil rights and taking a stand against adversity\, emp
hasizing the importance of individual action in making his father&rsquo\;s
dream a reality and challenging us all to do better.
More r
ecently\, Martin and Arndrea launched an effort to fund Black and Brown or
ganizers across the country. The first round of funding went to 40 organiz
ations whose missions are to mobilize voters in key states. By 2024\, the
Drum Major Coalition will invest $100 million in grassroots organizations
from coast to coast. \;
Arndrea Waters King ha s dedicated herself to public service as a passionate leader in the global fight against inequity\, injustice\, hate crimes\, and all forms of pain. Throughout her life\, Arndrea has consistently worked on behalf of those who have been marginalized by helping them find &mdash\; and collectively use &mdash\; their voices for change.
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Arndrea is a graduate
of Emory University in Atlanta. Soon after graduation she joined the Cente
r for Democratic Renewal\, an organization founded and headed by Dr. C.T.
Vivian\, a lieutenant of Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr. During her tenure\,
Arndrea organized the first National Conference on Hate Crimes and Hate Vi
olence with over 100 national partners.
She played a key rol
e in mobilizing the Georgia Hate Crimes Act and prepared major reports and
publications\, including the landmark &ldquo\;When Hate Comes to Town: Fa
ith Based Edition.&rdquo\; Arndrea also helped organize marches and rallie
s that led to the building of a major multiracial collaboration known as t
he Southern Coalition Against Racism and Bigotry.
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\nIn 2006\, Arndrea married Martin Luther King III. Together\, they have cha mpioned several nonviolence and social change initiatives\, designing prog rams to advance understanding and activism. Arndrea is a strong supporter of youth activism and believes in helping young people take a peaceful\, e ffective stand for the world issues that concern them most.
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Ken neth Moton is a veteran television journalist who brings nearly a decade of national broadcast experience to his role at Actum\, including past assignments reporting from the White House and Capitol Hill.
\nKenneth was previously an anchor and correspondent for ABC News covering n ational and international news stories for the news network since 2015. He reported for ABC&rsquo\;s top-rated programs\, \;Good Morning America \;and \;World News Tonight\, \;and also served as the co-anch or of the #1 overnight news shows\, ABC&rsquo\;s \;World News Now \;and \;America This Morning.
\nAmong the many news stories Kenn eth has covered during his career are the 2015 Charleston church massacre\ , the 2016 presidential campaign and election\, natural disasters includin g Hurricane Harvey\, the Las Vegas shooting massacre\, the January 6th&nbs p\;attack on the Capitol\, the Haitian migrant crisis in Del Rio\, TX\, tr ucker convoy protests in Ottawa\, Canada\, and the 2020 (2021) Summer Olym pics in Tokyo\, Japan. Prior to ABC\, he spent more than a decade covering local news in Philadelphia\, Orlando\, Raleigh\, NC\, and Columbia\, SC.< /p>\n
Kenneth is a South Carolina native and a proud graduate of the Uni versity of South Carolina.
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