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  • 2025
  • First Black Privilege Publishing/Atria Books hardcover edition.

I lived to tell the story

a memoir of love, legacy, and resilience

Tamika D. Mallory

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A powerful and heartfelt memoir of perseverance and triumph over tragedy from Tamika D. Mallory, trailblazing social justice leader and cofounder of the Women's March. In this candid and defiant memoir, a follow-up to her response to the murders of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd in State of Emergency, Tamika D. Mallory holds nothing back as she shares hers, the activist's life. From early days as daughter to Black civil rights activists in Harlem, New York, to a young Black woman's first battles against the physical and political violence she'd fight all her life, to the never-before-shared personal and professional crises launched by those forces intent on keeping her silent, this is a work of activism in motion and an unflinching story of America at the turn of the 21st century. Ultimately, I Lived to Tell the Story is a celebration of the profound truth that our hearts grow closest when we discover that the values we share are grounded in personal truths as well as high-minded aspiration.

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Title Statement I lived to tell the story: a memoir of love, legacy, and resilience / Tamika D. Mallory.
Author Mallory, Tamika D
Publication New York: Black Privilege Publishing/Atria,2025.
Edition First Black Privilege Publishing/Atria Books hardcover edition.
Extent of Item v, 290 pages ;
ISBN 9781982173494 (hardcover)
Other Number pr07647361
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary A powerful and heartfelt memoir of perseverance and triumph over tragedy from Tamika D. Mallory, trailblazing social justice leader and cofounder of the Women's March. In this candid and defiant memoir, a follow-up to her response to the murders of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd in State of Emergency, Tamika D. Mallory holds nothing back as she shares hers, the activist's life. From early days as daughter to Black civil rights activists in Harlem, New York, to a young Black woman's first battles against the physical and political violence she'd fight all her life, to the never-before-shared personal and professional crises launched by those forces intent on keeping her silent, this is a work of activism in motion and an unflinching story of America at the turn of the 21st century. Ultimately, I Lived to Tell the Story is a celebration of the profound truth that our hearts grow closest when we discover that the values we share are grounded in personal truths as well as high-minded aspiration.
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By Topic African American women civil rights workers--Biography--United States
African American women political activists--Biography--United States
Black lives matter movement
Civil rights movements--History--21st century--United States
Police brutality--United States
Racism--History--21st century--United States
Social justice--United States
Women political activists--Biography--United States
By Name Mallory, Tamika D
By Genre Biographies
Autobiographies
Personal narratives
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