An Evening with Social Justice Leader Tamika D. Mallory

Magic City Books is proud to welcome nationally recognized civil rights activist and seasoned community organizer Tamika D. Mallory for a special event to celebrate the publication of her powerful and heartfelt memoir, I Lived to Tell the Story, on Friday, May 9 at 7:00 pm.

She will be joined in conversation by Dr. Tiffany Crutcher, founder of the Terence Crutcher Foundation, Damario Solomon-Simmons, founder of Justice for Greenwood, and Tulsa's Mayor Monroe Nichols.

This ticketed event will take place at All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, 2952 S. Peoria Avenue. All tickets include one (1) copy of I Lived to Tell the Story ($28.99 value) and one (1) general admission seat at the event on May 9.

All books will be available for pickup at the event.

All tickets include a copy of the book. There is a limit of four tickets per transaction. Please provide the full name and email address of each ticket holder so that all event notifications and information can be sent to all attendees.

If you have a ticket and are unable to attend the event, you will be able to pick up your book at Magic City Books during normal business hours. The last day for ticket holders to pick up I Lived to Tell the Story by Tamika D. Mallory is Friday, June 20, 2025. We will make an effort to have signed books available for pick up but can not guarantee a signed copy.

About I Lived to Tell the Story

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 "masterful" (Marc Lamont Hill, New York Times bestselling author) response to the murders of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, 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.

Tamika D. Mallory is a trailblazing social justice leader, movement strategist, globally recognized civil rights activist, cofounder of Until Freedom and the historic Women's March, and author of I Lived to Tell the Story and State of Emergency. She served as the youngest ever executive director of the National Action Network. Her speech in the wake of the M**der of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota--entitled "State of Emergency"--was dubbed "the speech of a generation" by ABC News. Mallory is an expert in the areas of gun violence prevention, criminal justice reform, and grassroots organizing.

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