About this Event
MahoganyBooks is excited to host Attorney Damario Solomon-Simmons as we celebrate the launch of his debut book, . Journey with Damario as he fights for justice and hope, represenseting three centenarians: the last survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre.
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ABOUT THE BOOK: Redeem A Nation
We all feel it, the teetering toward a place in America from which there is no return. The battle to remain hopeful in spite of injustice after injustice. In this powerful story of one lawyer's fight for his community, both justice and hope are redeemed.
The Greenwood neighborhood of North Tulsa was once a promised land for African Americans, deemed "Black Wall Street." But on May 31, 1921, the deadliest race massacre in U.S. history sent Greenwood up in flames. At the time, Lessie Randle was just a child running to safety as bullets ricocheted around her. Almost a century later, lawyer Damario Solomon-Simmons knocks on her door asking if she'd be willing to run toward justice this time.
In Redeem a Nation, we follow Solomon-Simmons's fight for justice, from the courtrooms of Tulsa to our nation's capital, representing three centenarians: the last survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre. Documenting a race against the calendar and the courts, Redeem a Nation grapples with the truth about corruption and disenfranchisement in America through this historic legal case for reparations and the deeply moving stories of survivors and descendants of the Massacre.
Yet this isn't just a story of Tulsa. The community is a microcosm of the continued harm America inflicts through racial violence and economic injustice. The damage of generational poverty and loss of opportunity isn't some relic of the past. It is happening right now. Redeem a Nation offers a way forward for communities across the nation through systemic change and community love. The Time is now to resist, repair, and redeem a land once promised.
"You think we can win?" Randle asked that day. This story is Solomon-Simmons's answer.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Damario Solomon-Simmons, Esq., M.Ed. graduated with honors from the University of Oklahoma and became the first African American to receive the Joel Jankowsky Award for most outstanding law graduate. He has been a practicing civil rights attorney for almost 20 years and currently is the Managing Partner of Solomon-Simmons Law, the co-founder and Executive Director of the Justice for Greenwood Foundation, and co-founder of the MVP Foundation. He has been featured on CNN, The View, Good Morning America, ABC News, ESPN, The New York Times, and more. He lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma with his beloved wife.
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--Let's have an amazing evening,
Derrick, Ramunda & The MahoganyBooks Team
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
MahoganyBooks - National Harbor, 121 American Way, Oxon Hill, United States
USD 37.05
