{"product_id":"black-forward-roland-martin-9781538782316","title":"Black Forward: Marching Orders for the Fight Against Jim Crow 2.0","description":"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBlack Forward\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e is a hard-hitting investigation into what you can do to fight against the new Jim Crow. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRoland Martin argues that if we want to move forward with Black progress against white backlash, we must look back at the civil rights movement and regain some of the independence and interdependence that Blacks used to survive the first Jim Crow. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack Forward\u003c\/i\u003e builds off Martin Luther King Jr.'s final book \u003ci\u003eWhere Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community? \u003c\/i\u003ewhere King lays out the \"structured forces that can serve as the basis for building a powerful, united front\" for Black liberation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith chapters based on each of the pillars of this united front, Martin mixes unforgettable stories from his own life with his inimitable and urgent brand of blistering truthtelling as he lays out marching orders for: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlack churches\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlack businesses\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlack media\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlack educational organizations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlack neighborhoods\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eAfter reading this book we don't get to sit out another election. We stop spending blindly and start supporting Black business, build Black institutions, and boycott those that do not align with our ideologies. No more rage without strategy. No more waiting on Washington--it's time to turn our communities into our battlefield and make change where we stand. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack Forward\u003c\/i\u003e maps out a plan for hope starting with your own house, your own block, and your own neighborhood and reaching toward a renewal of Black civic life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Roland Martin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1538782316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781538782316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Legacy Lit\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/02\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Roland Martin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48807370621183,"sku":"9781538782316","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/black-forward-roland-martin-9781538782316","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}