West coast, see you next week: Nov 20 • Los Angeles @ Reparations Club at 7pm in conversation with Robin D. G. Kelley Nov 23 • Oakland @ Marcus Books at 1pm More info and RSVP: www.ashleydfarmer.com/events

Washington, DC: see you tonight, Nov 13 at @busboysandpoets.bsky.social 14th & V street at 6pm to celebrate Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore www.eventbrite.com/e/queen-moth...

Thank you for recommending Queen Mother @karlajstrand.com @msmagazine.com !

Philadelphia, see you tonight! A few seats still available for the second seating.

“New book resurrects legacy of reparations pioneer Audley ‘Queen Mother’ Moore” Historian Ashley Farmer spotlights the forgotten activist who reshaped Black radical thought. Thank you @uatl.bsky.social www.uatl.com/news/2025/11...

Landed. See you tonight, New York!

This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months" China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.

Reading Audley Moore's story has me thinking again of the responsibility we have to our children in times like this. @drashleydfarmer.bsky.social This is priceless reading. Order here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/745621...

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...

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.

OutKast is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: “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. 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 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...

Congratulations Ashley!!! My pre-ordered copy arrived this week and I am EAGER to read this. So excited!

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!

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...

“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.

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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 lithub.com/mother-of-th...

. @chanda.blacksky.app, author of THE EDGE OF SPACE-TIME, has been honored with the 2025 UCSC Distinguished Graduate Alumni Award! youtu.be/0nOm12n6_dQ?...

“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.

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 👏

🚨 My university just announced it's closing its Women & Gender Studies and Comparative Race & Ethnic Studies departments, merging them into English. The official reason? "Low enrollment." But our meeting with the provost tells a very different story about what's really happening here. 🧵

AUSTIN, CHICAGO, NEW ORLEANS, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA, DC, ATLANTA, LOS ANGELES and OAKLAND: The Queen Mother Audley Moore tour is coming! RSVP to a book event near you today: www.ashleydfarmer.com/events

And my pitch for why the public library is more important than ever as an institution in the U.S. - open.substack.com/pub/prisoncu...

Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore by @drashleydfarmer.bsky.social www.amazon.com/Queen-Mother...

#tdih 30th Anniversary of the Million Man March One of Queen Mother Moore’s final public appearances, at 97 years old, was at the historic Million Man March held in Washington D.C. on October 16, 1995.

Questlove’s documentary about Earth, Wind & Fire set to arrive in 2026 thegrio.com/2025/10/13/q...

D'Angelo has died after a battle with pancreatic cancer, his former manager says. He was 51

I’m sure it’s just a coincidence that all these data centers are going into communities that have been historically targeted for exploitation and have the least amount of civic power wielded by the people living there. wordinblack.com/2025/09/alab...

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here. Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

RSVP here: www.ashleydfarmer.com/events

Announcing the QUEEN MOTHER book tour, celebrating the life and legacy of Audley Moore—trailblazer, activist, and mother of modern Black Nationalism.⁣ ⁣ RSVP and more information: ashleydfarmer.com/events Pre-order today: lnkd.in/g9_gC2UA @pantheonbooks.bsky.social

“An excellent, comprehensive study of an unjustly forgotten civil rights legend.” — Library Journal Another Queen Mother received another starred review! 🌟 I am grateful to all reviewers who are taking the time to read my biography of Audley Moore. 🙏🏾💙 www.libraryjournal.com/story/queen-...

A Rush to Save Ancient Artifacts in Gaza Highlights All That Has Been Lost A bombing delay enabled rescue of some objects, but archaeologists fear the wider loss of antiquities from the many cultures living there over thousands of years. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/w...

For folks pissed off at Disney-ABC for firing Jimmy Kimmel I do believe we can put pressure and win which we need any win right now. We have friends everywhere pass it around! bit.ly/boycottdisne...

chng.it/v648fZ9tKW Solidarity with colleagues at Texas A&M.

NEW: A lawyer for former Texas A&M Professor Melissa McCoul, who was fired over a lesson related to gender identity, said her client "has appealed her termination and is exploring further legal action." For @nbcnews.com: www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-...

Texas A&M University System orders audit of all courses after gender identity lesson goes viral Details: bit.ly/42jauQZ