History Book Festival Featured Author Tanisha C. Ford
SDARJ is pleased to be a Community partner for the History Book Festival in Lewes. Tanisha C. Ford will present her book, “Our Secret Society,” at a free author event on Saturday, September 28, at 10:30 am in the Large Meeting Room at Lewes Public Library.
About the book
Our Secret Society: Mollie Moon and the Glamour, Money, and Power Behind the Civil Rights Movement
Amistad, 2024
Our Secret Society illuminates an aspect of the civil rights struggle that is often overlooked: the powerhouse fundraising effort that supported the movement. No one knew this world better or ruled over it with more authority than the formidable Mollie Moon, the stylish founder of the National Urban League Guild, who helped raise millions to fund grassroots activists battling for economic justice and racial equality. Born in Jim Crow Mississippi, Moon became one of the most influential philanthropists of her time.
This event is presented in partnership with Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice (SDARJ).
About the author
Tanisha C. Ford is a cultural critic and professor of history at the Graduate Center at the City University of New York. She has written for the New York Times, the Atlantic, Time, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, and other publications. Our Secret Society won the 2024 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Biography/Autobiography.
