The life and activism of Mollie Moon, also known as the Grand Dame of Harlem, has inspired history professor Tanisha Ford to explore Moon in her latest book “Our Secret Society: Mollie Moon and the Glamour, Money, and Power behind the Civil Rights Movement” (2023).
Ford, was one of three panelists at the virtual conversation on “Black Women’s Work Towards Economic Self-determination,” as well as fundraising and economic support of the Black Freedom struggle organized by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, at the New York Public Library (NYPL) on Dec. 7.
Co-curators Jeanne Theoharis and Robyn Spencer-Antoine moderated the event with panelists Ford, Shennette Garrett Scott and Crystal Moten.
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