Brea Baker with Jamira Burle Live at Tattered Cover Aspen Grove

Thu Jun 27 2024 at 05:30 pm to 07:30 pm UTC-06:00

Tattered Cover Aspen Grove | Littleton

Tattered Cover Book Store
Publisher/HostTattered Cover Book Store
Brea Baker with Jamira Burle Live at Tattered Cover Aspen Grove
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An acclaimed writer and activist explores the impact of land theft and violent displacement on racial wealth gaps.
About this Event

Tattered Cover is excited to welcome Brea Baker with Jamira Burle​​​​​​​ to our Aspen Grove location on June 27th, 2024 at 5:30PM!

They will be discussing Brea's new book, !

Why is less than 1% of rural land in the U.S. owned by Black people?

An acclaimed writer and activist explores the impact of land theft and violent displacement on racial wealth gaps, arguing that justice stems from the literal roots of the earth.

Registration includes a signed copy of this book and opportunity to meet the author.


If you are unable to attend the event after purchasing a ticket, you are required to pick up your copy of the book (with proof of purchase from your event registration) within 30 days after the event date. If the book is not picked up by that date, you relinquish your copy to Tattered Cover Book Store.


ABOUT THE BOOK

With heartfelt prose and unyielding honesty, Baker explores the depths of her roots and invites readers to reflect on our own.”

—Donovan X. Ramsey, author of the National Book Award for Nonfiction semi-finalist When Crack Was King
To understand the contemporary racial wealth gap, we must first unpack the historic attacks on Indigenous and Black land ownership. From the moment that colonizers set foot on Virginian soil, a centuries-long war was waged, resulting in an existential dilemma: Who owns what on stolen land? Who owns what with stolen labor? To answer these questions, we must confront one of this nation’s first sins: stealing, hoarding, and commodifying the land.
Research suggests that between 1910 and 1997, Black Americans lost about 90% of their farmland. Land theft widened the racial wealth gap, privatized natural resources, and created a permanent barrier to access that should be a birthright for Black and Indigenous communities. Rooted traces the experiences of Brea Baker’s family history of devastating land loss in Kentucky and North Carolina, identifying such violence as the root of persistent inequality in this country. Ultimately, her grandparents’ commitment to Black land ownership resulted in the Bakers Acres—a haven for the family where they are sustained by the land, surrounded by love, and wholly free.
A testament to the Black farmers who dreamed of feeding, housing, and tending to their communities, Rooted bears witness to their commitment to freedom and reciprocal care for the land. By returning equity to a dispossessed people, we can heal both the land and our nation’s soul.


ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Brea Baker has been working on the frontlines for over a decade. She believes deeply in nuanced storytelling and Black culture to drive change, and has commented on race, gender, and sexuality for Elle, Harper’s BAZAAR, Refinery29, THEM, and more. Her writing has been featured in the anthologies OUR HISTORY HAS ALWAYS BEEN CONTRABAND and NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE. A Yale alumna, Brea has been recognized as a 2017 Glamour Woman of the Year, a 2019 i-D Up and Rising, and a 2023 Creative Capital awardee. She has spoken at the United Nations' Girl Up Initiative, Yale Law School, the Youth 2 Youth Summit in Hong Kong, the Museum of City of New York, and more.

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Tattered Cover Aspen Grove, 7301 South Santa Fe Drive, Littleton, United States

Tickets

USD 30.00 to USD 45.00

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