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I was invited to tonight’s @potus speech from Independence Hall. Couldn’t attend because I was traveling today. Watching now!
“The threat to American Democracy is real… That’s why tonight I’m calling all Americans to come together to save democracy!” President Joe Biden
“The threat to American Democracy is real… That’s why tonight I’m calling all Americans to come together to save democracy!” President Joe Biden
“There is no place for political violence in America! None!” @potus
Legislative leaders are warning and calling for violence in the street. We, the people, must reject the politics of violence! - @potus (paraphrase)
1/ I recently spoke on the intersections of race/gender oppression in US. The very first RACE Law in the nation’s foundational history was passed in VA 1662. It was also the very first GENDER-based law and the first CITIZENSHIP law passed on this soil. 
2/ That 1662 law created race-based slavery, by locating citizenship in the womb of the mother. Citizens could not be enslaved. So, if your mother was enslaved, she wasn’t a citizen and you were not a citizen. So, you could be enslaved. Plus, they outlawed interracial marriage.
3/ The 1662 law was in full force for 200+ years until passage of 13th and 14th Amendments, which ended race-based citizenship and outlawed slavery. Interracial marriage wasn’t legalized until the Loving v. Virginia (1967) Supreme Court ruling 305 years after VA’s 1662 race law.
Guess what came yesterday!
I opened the box on my kitchen table next to my family wall, where pictures of ancestors and beloved family remind me who I am every day.
30 yrs of research
4 yrs of writing
#fortunebook @BrazosPress #truthtelling #reparations #belovedcommunity
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I opened the box on my kitchen table next to my family wall, where pictures of ancestors and beloved family remind me who I am every day.
30 yrs of research
4 yrs of writing
#fortunebook @BrazosPress #truthtelling #reparations #belovedcommunity
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Fortune: How Race Broke My Family And The World—And How To Repair It All is a gift to the generations before and the generations to come.
#fortunebook FortuneBook.us
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#fortunebook FortuneBook.us
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I gave first copy to my mother, Sharon Lawrence Harper, an incredible writer in her own right. She’s been my partner in this family research journey and is the one who discovered our likely connection to Fortune Game/Magee.
#FortuneBook @BrazosPress FortuneBook.us
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#FortuneBook @BrazosPress FortuneBook.us
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#Drumroll Today I revealed the cover of my next book, Fortune: How Race Broke My Family And The World—And How To Repair It All!!! (forthcoming @BrazosPress Feb 8, 2022)
Pre-order now: lisasharonharper.com/fortune/
Join Advance Team here! bit.ly/FortuneAdvance…
#FortuneBook 1/
Pre-order now: lisasharonharper.com/fortune/
Join Advance Team here! bit.ly/FortuneAdvance…
#FortuneBook 1/
30 Years of Research
10 Generations
1 Family
An American Story
How Race Broke The World
And How To Repair It All
#FortuneBook 2/
10 Generations
1 Family
An American Story
How Race Broke The World
And How To Repair It All
#FortuneBook 2/
The roots of race
The degradation
The resistance and rebellion
The rising
1 family
10 generations
1682 to right now
#FortuneBook 3/
The degradation
The resistance and rebellion
The rising
1 family
10 generations
1682 to right now
#FortuneBook 3/
