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Austin Channing Brown at The Bookman

Stop by and visit with Austin Channing Brown.

She will be in the store on Sunday, June 10 to talk with readers and sign new copies of her book,

"I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness."

 

This event will take place at The Bookman at 3:00pm on Sunday, June 10.

 

 

Event Date: 
Sunday, June 10, 2018 - 3:00pm
Address: 
715 Washington
Grand Haven, MI 49417
Books: 
I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness Cover Image
$22.50
ISBN: 9781524760854
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Convergent Books - May 15th, 2018

Austin Channing Brown's first encounter with a racialized America came at age 7, when she discovered her parents named her Austin to deceive future employers into thinking she was a white man. Growing up in majority-white schools, organizations, and churches, Austin writes, "I had to learn what it means to love blackness," a journey that led to a lifetime spent navigating America's racial divide as a writer, speaker and expert who helps organizations practice genuine inclusion. In a time when nearly all institutions (schools, churches, universities, businesses) claim to value "diversity" in their mission statements, I'm Still Here is a powerful account of how and why our actions so often fall short of our words. Austin writes in breathtaking detail about her journey to self-worth and the pitfalls that kill our attempts at racial justice, in stories that bear witness to the complexity of America's social fabric--from Black Cleveland neighborhoods to private schools in the middle-class suburbs, from prison walls to the boardrooms at majority-white organizations. For readers who have engaged with America's legacy on race through the writing of Ta-Nehisi Coates and Michael Eric Dyson, I'm Still Here is an illuminating look at how white, middle-class, Evangelicalism has participated in an era of rising racial hostility, inviting the reader to confront apathy, recognize God's ongoing work in the world, and discover how blackness--if we let it--can save us all.