Ashley D. Farmer
@drashleydfarmer.bsky.social
Historian, Professor, Writer. Author. Next 📚: Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore (Pantheon, 25)
ashleydfarmer.com
ashleydfarmer.com
Pinned
Pub day 👑 Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore is officially here! @pantheonbooks.bsky.social
A decade-long labor of love, of unearthing an archive said to be lost, building relationships with her family, interviewing those who knew her, and
A decade-long labor of love, of unearthing an archive said to be lost, building relationships with her family, interviewing those who knew her, and
Reposted by Ashley D. Farmer
Rootwork w/ Thandisizwe( @tchimurenga.bsky.social )Chimurenga "Queen Mother Moore: Mother of Black Nationalism ft. Dr. Ashley( @drashleydfarmer.bsky.social )Farmer" #BlackLiberationMedia www.youtube.com/watch?v=ve6k...
Queen Mother Moore: Mother of Black Nationalism
YouTube video by Black Liberation Media
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Rootwork w/ Thandisizwe( @tchimurenga.bsky.social )Chimurenga "Queen Mother Moore: Mother of Black Nationalism ft. Dr. Ashley( @drashleydfarmer.bsky.social )Farmer" #BlackLiberationMedia www.youtube.com/watch?v=ve6k...
Reposted by Ashley D. Farmer
New episode! Queen Mother Audley Moore was one of the most respected, most influential, and longest-lasting influences on the US Black Nationalist movement during the majority of the 20th century. So why have most of us never even heard her name? #WomensHistory #WomenInHistory
THE BLACK NATIONALIST Queen Mother Audley Moore — What'shername
Queen Mother Audley Moore was one of the most respected, most influential, longest-lasting influences on the US Black Nationalist movement, the Pan-African movement, the movement for Reparations, and ...
whatshernamepodcast.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:46 PM
New episode! Queen Mother Audley Moore was one of the most respected, most influential, and longest-lasting influences on the US Black Nationalist movement during the majority of the 20th century. So why have most of us never even heard her name? #WomensHistory #WomenInHistory
Reposted by Ashley D. Farmer
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
www.whatimreading.net
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Reposted by Ashley D. Farmer
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
OAKLAND!
See you tomorrow at the nation’s oldest independent Black-owned bookstore, Marcus Books, to celebrate Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore
Sunday, November 23 - 1:00pm
More info and RSVP: www.ashleydfarmer.com/events
See you tomorrow at the nation’s oldest independent Black-owned bookstore, Marcus Books, to celebrate Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore
Sunday, November 23 - 1:00pm
More info and RSVP: www.ashleydfarmer.com/events
Events — ASHLEY D. FARMER
www.ashleydfarmer.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:48 PM
OAKLAND!
See you tomorrow at the nation’s oldest independent Black-owned bookstore, Marcus Books, to celebrate Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore
Sunday, November 23 - 1:00pm
More info and RSVP: www.ashleydfarmer.com/events
See you tomorrow at the nation’s oldest independent Black-owned bookstore, Marcus Books, to celebrate Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore
Sunday, November 23 - 1:00pm
More info and RSVP: www.ashleydfarmer.com/events
This is today, Los Angeles 👇🏾
Los Angeles! See you tomorrow, Nov 20 @ Reparations Club
Book launch: Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore, Ashley D. Farmer in conversation with Robin D. G. Kelley
RSVP required: www.eventbrite.com/e/book-event...
Book launch: Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore, Ashley D. Farmer in conversation with Robin D. G. Kelley
RSVP required: www.eventbrite.com/e/book-event...
BOOK EVENT: Queen Mother w/ Ashley D. Farmer & Robin D. G. Kelley
Join Rep Club for a discussion on 'Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the untold story of Audley Moore, with Ashley D. Farmer
www.eventbrite.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:18 PM
This is today, Los Angeles 👇🏾
Reposted by Ashley D. Farmer
Congratulations to MAH editorial board member, @drashleydfarmer.bsky.social, on her new book, "Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore." Read for a narrative history of 20th-century Black radicalism told through the life of one trailblazing woman.
November 19, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Congratulations to MAH editorial board member, @drashleydfarmer.bsky.social, on her new book, "Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore." Read for a narrative history of 20th-century Black radicalism told through the life of one trailblazing woman.
Los Angeles! See you tomorrow, Nov 20 @ Reparations Club
Book launch: Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore, Ashley D. Farmer in conversation with Robin D. G. Kelley
RSVP required: www.eventbrite.com/e/book-event...
Book launch: Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore, Ashley D. Farmer in conversation with Robin D. G. Kelley
RSVP required: www.eventbrite.com/e/book-event...
BOOK EVENT: Queen Mother w/ Ashley D. Farmer & Robin D. G. Kelley
Join Rep Club for a discussion on 'Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the untold story of Audley Moore, with Ashley D. Farmer
www.eventbrite.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Los Angeles! See you tomorrow, Nov 20 @ Reparations Club
Book launch: Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore, Ashley D. Farmer in conversation with Robin D. G. Kelley
RSVP required: www.eventbrite.com/e/book-event...
Book launch: Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore, Ashley D. Farmer in conversation with Robin D. G. Kelley
RSVP required: www.eventbrite.com/e/book-event...
Reposted by Ashley D. Farmer
Meet a surprisingly influential woman you’ve likely never heard of. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/q... @pantheonbooks.bsky.social @drashleydfarmer.bsky.social @timhirschelburns.bsky.social #booksky
Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore | Washington Independent Review of Books
The Independent is an important voice in the community of readers and writers dedicated to book reviews and writing about the world of books.
www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Meet a surprisingly influential woman you’ve likely never heard of. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/q... @pantheonbooks.bsky.social @drashleydfarmer.bsky.social @timhirschelburns.bsky.social #booksky
Reposted by Ashley D. Farmer
An important woman talking about an important woman at an important library!
Atlanta, see you tonight! Nov 17
Queen Mother: Ashley D. Farmer in Conversation with Akinyele Omowale Umoja, who knew Queen Mother personally!
@ Auburn Avenue Research Library, co-organized by Charis Books and More, at 6:30pm
www.eventbrite.com/e/queen-moth...
Queen Mother: Ashley D. Farmer in Conversation with Akinyele Omowale Umoja, who knew Queen Mother personally!
@ Auburn Avenue Research Library, co-organized by Charis Books and More, at 6:30pm
www.eventbrite.com/e/queen-moth...
Queen Mother: Ashley D. Farmer in Conversation with Akinyele Omowale Umoja
Dr. Farmer and Dr. Umoja on Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore.
www.eventbrite.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
An important woman talking about an important woman at an important library!
Atlanta, see you tonight! Nov 17
Queen Mother: Ashley D. Farmer in Conversation with Akinyele Omowale Umoja, who knew Queen Mother personally!
@ Auburn Avenue Research Library, co-organized by Charis Books and More, at 6:30pm
www.eventbrite.com/e/queen-moth...
Queen Mother: Ashley D. Farmer in Conversation with Akinyele Omowale Umoja, who knew Queen Mother personally!
@ Auburn Avenue Research Library, co-organized by Charis Books and More, at 6:30pm
www.eventbrite.com/e/queen-moth...
Queen Mother: Ashley D. Farmer in Conversation with Akinyele Omowale Umoja
Dr. Farmer and Dr. Umoja on Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore.
www.eventbrite.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Atlanta, see you tonight! Nov 17
Queen Mother: Ashley D. Farmer in Conversation with Akinyele Omowale Umoja, who knew Queen Mother personally!
@ Auburn Avenue Research Library, co-organized by Charis Books and More, at 6:30pm
www.eventbrite.com/e/queen-moth...
Queen Mother: Ashley D. Farmer in Conversation with Akinyele Omowale Umoja, who knew Queen Mother personally!
@ Auburn Avenue Research Library, co-organized by Charis Books and More, at 6:30pm
www.eventbrite.com/e/queen-moth...
West coast, see you next week:
Nov 20 • Los Angeles @ Reparations Club at 7pm in conversation with Robin D. G. Kelley
Nov 23 • Oakland @ Marcus Books at 1pm
More info and RSVP: www.ashleydfarmer.com/events
Nov 20 • Los Angeles @ Reparations Club at 7pm in conversation with Robin D. G. Kelley
Nov 23 • Oakland @ Marcus Books at 1pm
More info and RSVP: www.ashleydfarmer.com/events
Events — ASHLEY D. FARMER
www.ashleydfarmer.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:42 PM
West coast, see you next week:
Nov 20 • Los Angeles @ Reparations Club at 7pm in conversation with Robin D. G. Kelley
Nov 23 • Oakland @ Marcus Books at 1pm
More info and RSVP: www.ashleydfarmer.com/events
Nov 20 • Los Angeles @ Reparations Club at 7pm in conversation with Robin D. G. Kelley
Nov 23 • Oakland @ Marcus Books at 1pm
More info and RSVP: www.ashleydfarmer.com/events
Washington, DC: see you tonight, Nov 13 at @busboysandpoets.bsky.social 14th & V street at 6pm to celebrate Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore
www.eventbrite.com/e/queen-moth...
www.eventbrite.com/e/queen-moth...
QUEEN MOTHER | A Busboys and Poets Books Presentation
Join us for a conversation about Black nationalism, reparations, and the untold story of Audley Moore with an award-winning historian
www.eventbrite.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Washington, DC: see you tonight, Nov 13 at @busboysandpoets.bsky.social 14th & V street at 6pm to celebrate Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore
www.eventbrite.com/e/queen-moth...
www.eventbrite.com/e/queen-moth...
Thank you for recommending Queen Mother @karlajstrand.com @msmagazine.com !
The feminists are heading to NWSA in Puerto Rico this month! We're reading books by these folks (and more):
@lumchanmfa.bsky.social @michellemirabella.bsky.social @drashleydfarmer.bsky.social @justjessp.bsky.social @eshanisurya.bsky.social @ayanagray.bsky.social
msmagazine.com/2025/11/01/b...
@lumchanmfa.bsky.social @michellemirabella.bsky.social @drashleydfarmer.bsky.social @justjessp.bsky.social @eshanisurya.bsky.social @ayanagray.bsky.social
msmagazine.com/2025/11/01/b...
November 2025 Reads for the Rest of Us
The best feminist books written by women, Black, brown, AAPI, LGBTQ, Native, disabled, trans, nonbinary writers in November 2025.
msmagazine.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Thank you for recommending Queen Mother @karlajstrand.com @msmagazine.com !
Philadelphia, see you tonight! A few seats still available for the second seating.
Philly! Due to popular demand, there will be a second seating celebrating Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore 👑
The first one sold out FAST! So grab your tickets now to guarantee your spot.
📍November 12 at 8:45pm
www.eventbrite.com/e/harrietts-...
The first one sold out FAST! So grab your tickets now to guarantee your spot.
📍November 12 at 8:45pm
www.eventbrite.com/e/harrietts-...
Harriett’s presents Authors @ Amina’s w/ Dr. Ashley Farmer
Authors @ Amina’s invites us to connect and learn about Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore
www.eventbrite.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Philadelphia, see you tonight! A few seats still available for the second seating.
“New book resurrects legacy of reparations pioneer Audley ‘Queen Mother’ Moore”
Historian Ashley Farmer spotlights the forgotten activist who reshaped Black radical thought.
Thank you @uatl.bsky.social
www.uatl.com/news/2025/11...
Historian Ashley Farmer spotlights the forgotten activist who reshaped Black radical thought.
Thank you @uatl.bsky.social
www.uatl.com/news/2025/11...
New book resurrects legacy of reparations pioneer Audley ‘Queen Mother’ Moore
Historian Farmer was astonished that Moore, who'd lived nearly a century and participated in every major Black freedom struggle of the 20th century, had no serious biography.
www.uatl.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
“New book resurrects legacy of reparations pioneer Audley ‘Queen Mother’ Moore”
Historian Ashley Farmer spotlights the forgotten activist who reshaped Black radical thought.
Thank you @uatl.bsky.social
www.uatl.com/news/2025/11...
Historian Ashley Farmer spotlights the forgotten activist who reshaped Black radical thought.
Thank you @uatl.bsky.social
www.uatl.com/news/2025/11...
Landed. See you tonight, New York!
New York, see you tomorrow, Nov 11 at 7pm at Recirculation, a project of Word Up:
Ashley D. Farmer's Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore with Tamara Payne
More info and RSVP: withfriends.co/event/269122...
Ashley D. Farmer's Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore with Tamara Payne
More info and RSVP: withfriends.co/event/269122...
11/11 - Ashley D. Farmer's QUEEN MOTHER: BLACK NATIONALISM, REPARATIONS, AND THE UNTOLD STORY OF AUDLEY MOORE with Tamara Payne by Word Up Community Bookshop / Librería Comunitaria
Get tickets and support Word Up Community Bookshop / Librería Comunitaria by becoming a member
withfriends.co
November 11, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Landed. See you tonight, New York!
Reposted by Ashley D. Farmer
This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 AM
This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
Reposted by Ashley D. Farmer
Reading Audley Moore's story has me thinking again of the responsibility we have to our children in times like this.
@drashleydfarmer.bsky.social
This is priceless reading. Order here:
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/745621...
@drashleydfarmer.bsky.social
This is priceless reading. Order here:
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/745621...
November 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Reading Audley Moore's story has me thinking again of the responsibility we have to our children in times like this.
@drashleydfarmer.bsky.social
This is priceless reading. Order here:
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/745621...
@drashleydfarmer.bsky.social
This is priceless reading. Order here:
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/745621...
New York, see you tomorrow, Nov 11 at 7pm at Recirculation, a project of Word Up:
Ashley D. Farmer's Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore with Tamara Payne
More info and RSVP: withfriends.co/event/269122...
Ashley D. Farmer's Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore with Tamara Payne
More info and RSVP: withfriends.co/event/269122...
11/11 - Ashley D. Farmer's QUEEN MOTHER: BLACK NATIONALISM, REPARATIONS, AND THE UNTOLD STORY OF AUDLEY MOORE with Tamara Payne by Word Up Community Bookshop / Librería Comunitaria
Get tickets and support Word Up Community Bookshop / Librería Comunitaria by becoming a member
withfriends.co
November 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
New York, see you tomorrow, Nov 11 at 7pm at Recirculation, a project of Word Up:
Ashley D. Farmer's Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore with Tamara Payne
More info and RSVP: withfriends.co/event/269122...
Ashley D. Farmer's Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore with Tamara Payne
More info and RSVP: withfriends.co/event/269122...
Reposted by Ashley D. Farmer
Few people care about this, I know. It's just another way that Black people are USED to grow the prison industrial complex by claiming that we do mainly want more cops. No nuance ever. Just more cops.
Phillip Lewis, a 72-year-old cancer patient, said he was woken up and marched outside his home in his robe and underwear before federal officers even checked his ID.
He was not, it turned out, the man they were looking for.
By @wendicthomas.bsky.social & @kathsburgess.bsky.social
He was not, it turned out, the man they were looking for.
By @wendicthomas.bsky.social & @kathsburgess.bsky.social
“I Don’t Feel Safe”: Black Memphis Residents Report Harassment by Trump’s Police Task Force
A pastor was pulled over for looking lost. A 72-year-old was marched out in his bathrobe due to mistaken identity. Memphis’ mayor welcomed the federal law enforcement surge, but some residents say the...
www.propublica.org
November 9, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Few people care about this, I know. It's just another way that Black people are USED to grow the prison industrial complex by claiming that we do mainly want more cops. No nuance ever. Just more cops.
Reposted by Ashley D. Farmer
OutKast is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame:
“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”
“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”
November 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
OutKast is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame:
“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”
“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”
Austin, see you tomorrow 11/9 at the @texasbookfest.bsky.social I’ll be in conversation with Rita Omkha, moderated by Bedour Alagraa in the C-SPAN2 Tent at 3:15pm.
You can also watch it on Book TV.
texasbookfestival.org/schedule/the...
You can also watch it on Book TV.
texasbookfestival.org/schedule/the...
The Weight of History: Confronting America’s Racial Reckoning – Texas Book Festival
texasbookfestival.org
November 9, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Austin, see you tomorrow 11/9 at the @texasbookfest.bsky.social I’ll be in conversation with Rita Omkha, moderated by Bedour Alagraa in the C-SPAN2 Tent at 3:15pm.
You can also watch it on Book TV.
texasbookfestival.org/schedule/the...
You can also watch it on Book TV.
texasbookfestival.org/schedule/the...
Philly! Due to popular demand, there will be a second seating celebrating Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore 👑
The first one sold out FAST! So grab your tickets now to guarantee your spot.
📍November 12 at 8:45pm
www.eventbrite.com/e/harrietts-...
The first one sold out FAST! So grab your tickets now to guarantee your spot.
📍November 12 at 8:45pm
www.eventbrite.com/e/harrietts-...
Harriett’s presents Authors @ Amina’s w/ Dr. Ashley Farmer
Authors @ Amina’s invites us to connect and learn about Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore
www.eventbrite.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Philly! Due to popular demand, there will be a second seating celebrating Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore 👑
The first one sold out FAST! So grab your tickets now to guarantee your spot.
📍November 12 at 8:45pm
www.eventbrite.com/e/harrietts-...
The first one sold out FAST! So grab your tickets now to guarantee your spot.
📍November 12 at 8:45pm
www.eventbrite.com/e/harrietts-...
Via @pantheonbooks.bsky.social
Enter for your chance to win a hardcover copy of QUEEN MOTHER by Ashley D. Farmer, award-winning historian of Black radical politics.
Enter now! Giveaway ends 11/24: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
Enter for your chance to win a hardcover copy of QUEEN MOTHER by Ashley D. Farmer, award-winning historian of Black radical politics.
Enter now! Giveaway ends 11/24: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
Book giveaway for Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore by Ashley D. Farmer Nov 03-Nov 24, 2025
Enter to win one of 50 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Nov 03-Nov 24, 2025. Enter for your chance to win a finished copy!
www.goodreads.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Via @pantheonbooks.bsky.social
Enter for your chance to win a hardcover copy of QUEEN MOTHER by Ashley D. Farmer, award-winning historian of Black radical politics.
Enter now! Giveaway ends 11/24: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
Enter for your chance to win a hardcover copy of QUEEN MOTHER by Ashley D. Farmer, award-winning historian of Black radical politics.
Enter now! Giveaway ends 11/24: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...