Ashley D. Farmer
@drashleydfarmer.bsky.social
Historian, Professor, Writer. Author. Next 📚: Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore (Pantheon, 25)
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Pub day 👑 Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore is officially here! @pantheonbooks.bsky.social
A decade-long labor of love, of unearthing an archive said to be lost, building relationships with her family, interviewing those who knew her, and
A decade-long labor of love, of unearthing an archive said to be lost, building relationships with her family, interviewing those who knew her, and
New York, see you tomorrow, Nov 11 at 7pm at Recirculation, a project of Word Up:
Ashley D. Farmer's Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore with Tamara Payne
More info and RSVP: withfriends.co/event/269122...
Ashley D. Farmer's Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore with Tamara Payne
More info and RSVP: withfriends.co/event/269122...
11/11 - Ashley D. Farmer's QUEEN MOTHER: BLACK NATIONALISM, REPARATIONS, AND THE UNTOLD STORY OF AUDLEY MOORE with Tamara Payne by Word Up Community Bookshop / Librería Comunitaria
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November 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
New York, see you tomorrow, Nov 11 at 7pm at Recirculation, a project of Word Up:
Ashley D. Farmer's Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore with Tamara Payne
More info and RSVP: withfriends.co/event/269122...
Ashley D. Farmer's Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore with Tamara Payne
More info and RSVP: withfriends.co/event/269122...
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Few people care about this, I know. It's just another way that Black people are USED to grow the prison industrial complex by claiming that we do mainly want more cops. No nuance ever. Just more cops.
Phillip Lewis, a 72-year-old cancer patient, said he was woken up and marched outside his home in his robe and underwear before federal officers even checked his ID.
He was not, it turned out, the man they were looking for.
By @wendicthomas.bsky.social & @kathsburgess.bsky.social
He was not, it turned out, the man they were looking for.
By @wendicthomas.bsky.social & @kathsburgess.bsky.social
“I Don’t Feel Safe”: Black Memphis Residents Report Harassment by Trump’s Police Task Force
A pastor was pulled over for looking lost. A 72-year-old was marched out in his bathrobe due to mistaken identity. Memphis’ mayor welcomed the federal law enforcement surge, but some residents say the...
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November 9, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Few people care about this, I know. It's just another way that Black people are USED to grow the prison industrial complex by claiming that we do mainly want more cops. No nuance ever. Just more cops.
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OutKast is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame:
“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”
“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”
November 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
OutKast is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame:
“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”
“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”
Austin, see you tomorrow 11/9 at the @texasbookfest.bsky.social I’ll be in conversation with Rita Omkha, moderated by Bedour Alagraa in the C-SPAN2 Tent at 3:15pm.
You can also watch it on Book TV.
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You can also watch it on Book TV.
texasbookfestival.org/schedule/the...
The Weight of History: Confronting America’s Racial Reckoning – Texas Book Festival
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November 9, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Austin, see you tomorrow 11/9 at the @texasbookfest.bsky.social I’ll be in conversation with Rita Omkha, moderated by Bedour Alagraa in the C-SPAN2 Tent at 3:15pm.
You can also watch it on Book TV.
texasbookfestival.org/schedule/the...
You can also watch it on Book TV.
texasbookfestival.org/schedule/the...
Philly! Due to popular demand, there will be a second seating celebrating Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore 👑
The first one sold out FAST! So grab your tickets now to guarantee your spot.
📍November 12 at 8:45pm
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The first one sold out FAST! So grab your tickets now to guarantee your spot.
📍November 12 at 8:45pm
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Harriett’s presents Authors @ Amina’s w/ Dr. Ashley Farmer
Authors @ Amina’s invites us to connect and learn about Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore
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November 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Philly! Due to popular demand, there will be a second seating celebrating Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore 👑
The first one sold out FAST! So grab your tickets now to guarantee your spot.
📍November 12 at 8:45pm
www.eventbrite.com/e/harrietts-...
The first one sold out FAST! So grab your tickets now to guarantee your spot.
📍November 12 at 8:45pm
www.eventbrite.com/e/harrietts-...
Via @pantheonbooks.bsky.social
Enter for your chance to win a hardcover copy of QUEEN MOTHER by Ashley D. Farmer, award-winning historian of Black radical politics.
Enter now! Giveaway ends 11/24: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
Enter for your chance to win a hardcover copy of QUEEN MOTHER by Ashley D. Farmer, award-winning historian of Black radical politics.
Enter now! Giveaway ends 11/24: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
Book giveaway for Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore by Ashley D. Farmer Nov 03-Nov 24, 2025
Enter to win one of 50 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Nov 03-Nov 24, 2025. Enter for your chance to win a finished copy!
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November 7, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Via @pantheonbooks.bsky.social
Enter for your chance to win a hardcover copy of QUEEN MOTHER by Ashley D. Farmer, award-winning historian of Black radical politics.
Enter now! Giveaway ends 11/24: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
Enter for your chance to win a hardcover copy of QUEEN MOTHER by Ashley D. Farmer, award-winning historian of Black radical politics.
Enter now! Giveaway ends 11/24: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
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Congratulations Ashley!!! My pre-ordered copy arrived this week and I am EAGER to read this. So excited!
Pub day 👑 Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore is officially here! @pantheonbooks.bsky.social
A decade-long labor of love, of unearthing an archive said to be lost, building relationships with her family, interviewing those who knew her, and
A decade-long labor of love, of unearthing an archive said to be lost, building relationships with her family, interviewing those who knew her, and
November 6, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Congratulations Ashley!!! My pre-ordered copy arrived this week and I am EAGER to read this. So excited!
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I'm out of town next week, but for anyone in the Philly/NYC region, I'd recommend seeking this out. A brilliant scholar wrote a book about a fascinating 20th century political activist, and you should be there for it!
Queen Mother is available in hardcover, ebook, and audiobook.
Learn more, order, and tour RSVP: ashleydfarmer.com
Learn more, order, and tour RSVP: ashleydfarmer.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I'm out of town next week, but for anyone in the Philly/NYC region, I'd recommend seeking this out. A brilliant scholar wrote a book about a fascinating 20th century political activist, and you should be there for it!
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Get this book! Go to the talks! You’ll be so glad you did because this is terrific work!
Pub day 👑 Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore is officially here! @pantheonbooks.bsky.social
A decade-long labor of love, of unearthing an archive said to be lost, building relationships with her family, interviewing those who knew her, and
A decade-long labor of love, of unearthing an archive said to be lost, building relationships with her family, interviewing those who knew her, and
November 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Get this book! Go to the talks! You’ll be so glad you did because this is terrific work!
New Orleans! I’ll be at Baldwin & Company launching Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore in conversation with Shennette Garrett-Scott today at 6pm.
More info and RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/ashley-far...
More info and RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/ashley-far...
Ashley Farmer Author Talk and Book Signing
Join us at Baldwin & Co to learn about and celebrate the biography of trailblazer Audley Moore - mother of modern Black Nationalism.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:47 PM
New Orleans! I’ll be at Baldwin & Company launching Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore in conversation with Shennette Garrett-Scott today at 6pm.
More info and RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/ashley-far...
More info and RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/ashley-far...
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“She tasked the Universal Association of Ethiopian Women, her organizing home which until then had largely been advocating for Black men on death row, with researching historical claims to reparations for Black Americans.”
In books: From her roots in southern Louisiana to her years pounding the pavement in Harlem as an organizer for the Communist Party to her reignition of the modern reparations movement, Audley “Queen Mother” Moore’s story offers potent lessons for today’s organizers.
The ‘Queen Mother’ of the Reparations Movement Gets Her Due
A UT-Austin historian tells the under-told story of Audley Moore, “one of the most important activists and theorists of the twentieth century.”
www.texasobserver.org
November 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
“She tasked the Universal Association of Ethiopian Women, her organizing home which until then had largely been advocating for Black men on death row, with researching historical claims to reparations for Black Americans.”
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In books: From her roots in southern Louisiana to her years pounding the pavement in Harlem as an organizer for the Communist Party to her reignition of the modern reparations movement, Audley “Queen Mother” Moore’s story offers potent lessons for today’s organizers.
The ‘Queen Mother’ of the Reparations Movement Gets Her Due
A UT-Austin historian tells the under-told story of Audley Moore, “one of the most important activists and theorists of the twentieth century.”
www.texasobserver.org
November 5, 2025 at 4:31 PM
In books: From her roots in southern Louisiana to her years pounding the pavement in Harlem as an organizer for the Communist Party to her reignition of the modern reparations movement, Audley “Queen Mother” Moore’s story offers potent lessons for today’s organizers.
Chicago! See you tonight at Women and Children First bookstore to launch Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore
More info and RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/book-event...
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Book Event: Queen Mother by Dr. Ashley D. Farmer
Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore
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November 5, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Chicago! See you tonight at Women and Children First bookstore to launch Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore
More info and RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/book-event...
More info and RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/book-event...
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Get this beautiful book and let it move you as it is moving me. And if you're in one of these cities, go check out the brilliant @drashleydfarmer.bsky.social in person.
Queen Mother is available in hardcover, ebook, and audiobook.
Learn more, order, and tour RSVP: ashleydfarmer.com
Learn more, order, and tour RSVP: ashleydfarmer.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Get this beautiful book and let it move you as it is moving me. And if you're in one of these cities, go check out the brilliant @drashleydfarmer.bsky.social in person.
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Chicago! @drashleydfarmer.bsky.social will be here tomorrow Wed 11/5 to talk about her new book on Queen Mother Audley Moore at Women & Children First Bookstore! www.eventbrite.com/e/book-event...
November 5, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Chicago! @drashleydfarmer.bsky.social will be here tomorrow Wed 11/5 to talk about her new book on Queen Mother Audley Moore at Women & Children First Bookstore! www.eventbrite.com/e/book-event...
Pub day 👑 Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore is officially here! @pantheonbooks.bsky.social
A decade-long labor of love, of unearthing an archive said to be lost, building relationships with her family, interviewing those who knew her, and
A decade-long labor of love, of unearthing an archive said to be lost, building relationships with her family, interviewing those who knew her, and
November 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Pub day 👑 Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore is officially here! @pantheonbooks.bsky.social
A decade-long labor of love, of unearthing an archive said to be lost, building relationships with her family, interviewing those who knew her, and
A decade-long labor of love, of unearthing an archive said to be lost, building relationships with her family, interviewing those who knew her, and
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I spoke with @drashleydfarmer.bsky.social about her FANTASTIC new book "Queen Mother: Black Nationalism. Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore" for @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
Ashley D. Farmer, "Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore" (Pantheon, 2025) - New Books Network
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November 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I spoke with @drashleydfarmer.bsky.social about her FANTASTIC new book "Queen Mother: Black Nationalism. Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore" for @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
“Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore reminds readers that the value of the struggle is not in achieving landmark victories, but in continuing to move doggedly forward in the face of all adversity.”
— Starred review from @ala-booklist.bsky.social
— Starred review from @ala-booklist.bsky.social
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November 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
“Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore reminds readers that the value of the struggle is not in achieving landmark victories, but in continuing to move doggedly forward in the face of all adversity.”
— Starred review from @ala-booklist.bsky.social
— Starred review from @ala-booklist.bsky.social
Austin, Texas — Monday, November 3:
Queen Mother book launch at Book People in conversation with Ashanté Reese.
Co-presented by Torch Literary Arts.
RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/bookpeople...
Queen Mother book launch at Book People in conversation with Ashanté Reese.
Co-presented by Torch Literary Arts.
RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/bookpeople...
BookPeople and Torch Literary Arts Present: Ashley D. Farmer - Queen Mother
BookPeople and Torch Literary Arts welcome Ashley D. Farmer in conversation with Dr. Ashanté Reese to celebrate the release of Queen Mother.
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November 2, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Austin, Texas — Monday, November 3:
Queen Mother book launch at Book People in conversation with Ashanté Reese.
Co-presented by Torch Literary Arts.
RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/bookpeople...
Queen Mother book launch at Book People in conversation with Ashanté Reese.
Co-presented by Torch Literary Arts.
RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/bookpeople...
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btw, she just did an interview on the New Books Network that you'd probably find amazingly interesting.
If you dont know Queen Mother Audley Moore who spent the majority of the 20th century involved in Black Liberation
Listen:
pca.st/podcast/709e...
If you dont know Queen Mother Audley Moore who spent the majority of the 20th century involved in Black Liberation
Listen:
pca.st/podcast/709e...
October 29, 2025 at 1:48 PM
btw, she just did an interview on the New Books Network that you'd probably find amazingly interesting.
If you dont know Queen Mother Audley Moore who spent the majority of the 20th century involved in Black Liberation
Listen:
pca.st/podcast/709e...
If you dont know Queen Mother Audley Moore who spent the majority of the 20th century involved in Black Liberation
Listen:
pca.st/podcast/709e...
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For those asking how to support, here’s how: www.greenbootsgardens.com/get-involved
The government shutdown has put SNAP benefits at risk for millions of Americans. Travis Peters, an urban farmer in Detroit, is giving out free produce tomorrow
'If it's getting tight, my food is free. Don’t even sweat that'
'If it's getting tight, my food is free. Don’t even sweat that'
As SNAP benefits come under threat, a Detroit farmer is stepping up to help fill the void
The federal shutdown has put SNAP benefits at risk for millions of Americans. Urban farmers like Travis Peters are stepping up to ensure their communities can eat.
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October 28, 2025 at 2:28 AM
For those asking how to support, here’s how: www.greenbootsgardens.com/get-involved
Mother of the Revolution: How Audley Moore Influenced a Generation of Black Activists
ASHLEY D. FARMER ON THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF THE WOMAN WHO SPEARHEADED THE FIGHT FOR REPARATIONS
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ASHLEY D. FARMER ON THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF THE WOMAN WHO SPEARHEADED THE FIGHT FOR REPARATIONS
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Mother of the Revolution: How Audley Moore Influenced a Generation of Black Activists
Queen Mother Audley Moore’s modest Philadelphia home was where some of the country’s most famous Black nationalist leaders, like Malcolm X and members of RAM (Revolutionary Action Movement, a milit…
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October 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Mother of the Revolution: How Audley Moore Influenced a Generation of Black Activists
ASHLEY D. FARMER ON THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF THE WOMAN WHO SPEARHEADED THE FIGHT FOR REPARATIONS
lithub.com/mother-of-th...
ASHLEY D. FARMER ON THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF THE WOMAN WHO SPEARHEADED THE FIGHT FOR REPARATIONS
lithub.com/mother-of-th...
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. @chanda.blacksky.app, author of THE EDGE OF SPACE-TIME, has been honored with the 2025 UCSC Distinguished Graduate Alumni Award!
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UCSC 2025 Distinguished Graduate Alumni Award: Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
YouTube video by UC Santa Cruz
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October 27, 2025 at 2:36 PM
. @chanda.blacksky.app, author of THE EDGE OF SPACE-TIME, has been honored with the 2025 UCSC Distinguished Graduate Alumni Award!
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“Love to you for all you’ve done for us.”
On the anniversary of Rosa Parks’s passing, I’m reflecting on a beautiful letter she received in 1957 from Queen Mother Moore — written just after Moore’s speaking tour as president of the Universal Association of Ethiopian Women.
On the anniversary of Rosa Parks’s passing, I’m reflecting on a beautiful letter she received in 1957 from Queen Mother Moore — written just after Moore’s speaking tour as president of the Universal Association of Ethiopian Women.
October 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
“Love to you for all you’ve done for us.”
On the anniversary of Rosa Parks’s passing, I’m reflecting on a beautiful letter she received in 1957 from Queen Mother Moore — written just after Moore’s speaking tour as president of the Universal Association of Ethiopian Women.
On the anniversary of Rosa Parks’s passing, I’m reflecting on a beautiful letter she received in 1957 from Queen Mother Moore — written just after Moore’s speaking tour as president of the Universal Association of Ethiopian Women.
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We're excited to announce the finalists for our Black Women's History Series Incubator 🎉
These finalists will receive feedback on their WIP's from series editors Ashley D. Farmer, Talitha L. LeFlouria, and Daina Ramey Berry 👏
These finalists will receive feedback on their WIP's from series editors Ashley D. Farmer, Talitha L. LeFlouria, and Daina Ramey Berry 👏
October 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
We're excited to announce the finalists for our Black Women's History Series Incubator 🎉
These finalists will receive feedback on their WIP's from series editors Ashley D. Farmer, Talitha L. LeFlouria, and Daina Ramey Berry 👏
These finalists will receive feedback on their WIP's from series editors Ashley D. Farmer, Talitha L. LeFlouria, and Daina Ramey Berry 👏