Next stop: Bombyx Center for Arts and Equity in Florence, MA, This Thursday October 22 at 7 PM, talking all things Original City, Original Sin.

Would love to see you there. Link in bio for details.

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Today is my third publication day in 24,041 days on this planet. Original City, Original Sin is officially out, 16 years in the making. I wrote about the whole journey on Civil Writer today.

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Today's the day! Original City, Original Sin: King, the Klan, and the Fight for Civil Rights in St. Augustine, Florida by Marty Dobrow is officially out.

Congrats, Marty. Excited for people to finally read this one.

Grab your copy today.

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Home turf. I'll be launching Original City, Original Sin at Springfield College Homecoming on Friday October 17 at 9:30 AM.

There's something special about getting to celebrate this book right where I teach. Link in bio for details.

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A telegram Malcolm X sent Dr. King on June 29, 1964, warning about the treatment of activists in St. Augustine, offering to send armed groups to help. No record King ever responded. That silence is its own kind of history.

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A couch full of dolls, handmade by Barbara Vickers, a native St. Augustinian who spearheaded the foot soldiers monument facing the city's slave market. Taken in 2015, in her home on a street now named for Dr. Robert Hailing.

Out October 15. Grab your copy, link in comments.
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The National Museum of African American History and Culture turns 10 today. Its display on 1963-64 covers Birmingham, the March on Washington, Freedom Summer. St. Augustine isn't mentioned once. New post on Civil Writer.

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Kicking things off early! I'll be at the Fifth Maine Museum on Peaks Island, Maine, on Wednesday September 23 at 6 PM for a pre-launch event ahead of Original City, Original Sin hitting shelves

Can't wait to share this one. Link in bio for details

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Today marks 63 years since Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley were killed in the Birmingham church bombing. I wrote about that day on Civil Writer. Also out today: ep. 2 of Three by Fifteen.

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Kris Rhim, my former student, one of Philly's finest, has always gotten it: sports and social justice are tangled up together. He's built a career I genuinely admire. Watching that happen is the whole reason I teach.

Out Oct 15. Link in comments.
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People still stop me on the street to talk about my mom. She taught fourth grade for decades, and strangers still tell me she was the best teacher they ever had. That thread runs through Original City, Original Sin.

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