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Breaking Brown is a political program created by political commentator and co-founder of the ADOS (American Descendant of Slaves) movement, Yvette Carnell. Breaking Brown espouses on the political events of today while giving a political education with Reparations for Slavery, Jim Crow, Redlining, and the Drug War to ADOS as the end goal.

Breaking Brown comes on Mondays and Wednesdays.


Dixie's Daughters: The United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Preservation of Confederate Culture
by Karen L. Cox is the current book club read!

Please DO NOT put books on this list that are not recommended by Yvette Carnell. Any books breaking this rule will be removed.

Previous Book Club Reads:
1. Denmark Vesey: The Buried Story of America's Largest Slave Rebellion and the Man Who Led It by David M. Robertson

2. American Slavery, American Freedom by Edmund S. Morgan

3. When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America by Ira Katznelson

4. How the Irish Became White by Noel Ignatiev

5. Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? by Martin Luther King Jr.

6. They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South by Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers

7. The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap by Mehrsa Baradaran

8. Immigration and the Remaking of Black America by Tod G. Hamilton

9. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

10. The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism by Edward E. Baptist

11. Making Hispanics: How Activists, Bureaucrats, and Media Constructed a New American Book by G. Cristina Mora
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message 1: by Chanell (new)

Chanell Wilson Thank you for this Breaking Brown Family


message 2: by Addy (new)

Addy Chanell wrote: "Thank you for this Breaking Brown Family"
You're welcome!


message 3: by Robin (new)

Robin Massengale This is awesome! I am marking my purchases now!


message 4: by Iziah (new)

Iziah Nixon Perfect, thank you to the contributors of this list!


message 5: by Kevin (new)

Kevin M. Love Breaking Brown, ToneTalks and the Black Athenians (Funky Academic). Thank you for the list. I have a bunch of them on my bookshelf.


message 6: by Addy (new)

Addy Kevin wrote: "Love Breaking Brown, ToneTalks and the Black Athenians (Funky Academic). Thank you for the list. I have a bunch of them on my bookshelf."

Iziah wrote: "Perfect, thank you to the contributors of this list!"

You're welcome!


message 7: by Charlene (new)

Charlene Brown This is such an amazing list! Awesome job pulling this together for the masses.


message 8: by Addy (new)

Addy Charlene wrote: "This is such an amazing list! Awesome job pulling this together for the masses."

Thank you!


message 9: by Addy (new)

Addy Can anyone tell me when the following books were mentioned on the show?

American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America by Colin Woodard

The 1910 Slocum Massacre: An Act of Genocide in East Texas
by E.R. Bills


^^^If I don't get a answer for either of these books in 2 weeks by anyone, I'll be removing them.


message 10: by Vincent (new)

Vincent Solid list, though how is Amos Wilsons, the Blueprint for Black Power not on this here?


message 11: by Addy (last edited Oct 04, 2018 07:14AM) (new)

Addy Vincent wrote: "Solid list, though how is Amos Wilsons, the Blueprint for Black Power not on this here?"

Thanks. If Mr. Wilson's book was mentioned by Yvette for recommended reading, feel free to place it on the list.


message 12: by Addy (new)

Addy American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America by Colin Woodard

The 1910 Slocum Massacre: An Act of Genocide in East Texas
by E.R. Bills

^^^Removed. Because I've yet to see a video where Yvette mentions these books.


message 13: by Rosa (last edited Oct 24, 2018 08:55PM) (new)

Rosa On tonight's show (10-24-2018), Yvette mentioned the book, "Reconstruction Updated Edition: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877 (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)" by Eric Foner. She also mentioned that she has finally gotten "Barracoon" by Zora Neale Hurston.


message 14: by Chanel (new)

Chanel Hello Everyone!

On the Monday, January 16, 2019 show entitled, "Trump's AG Pick Wrote the Book on Mass Incarceration; Kamala Asked Him About Ports" a caller mentioned the following book, "The United-Independent Compensatory Code/System/Concept Textbook: A Compensatory Counter-Racist Code" by Neely Fuller.

Thanks!


message 15: by Chanel (last edited Jan 24, 2019 07:08AM) (new)

Chanel Hello Everyone!

On the Wednesday, January 24, 2019 entitled, "Rev. Al Sharpton Is Ready to be Kingmaker for 2020 Elections" show, one caller mentioned the following book, "The American Slave Coast: A History of the Slave-Breeding Industry Paperback" by Ned Sublette.

And another caller recommended, "The End of Work: The Decline of the Global Labor Force and the Dawn of the Post-Market Era Paperback" by Jeremy Rifkin.

Thank you!


message 16: by Addy (new)

Addy Recommended Documentaries: The Century of the Self is a 2002 British television documentary series by filmmaker Adam Curtis.


message 17: by Chanel (last edited Feb 21, 2019 12:17PM) (new)

Chanel Hello #ADOS Family,

On the February 20 show's "Diversity or Justice: Pick One. No Fence Straddling," Yvette mentioned Ona Judge who was enslaved by First Lady President Martha Washington.

While she did not reference the below book, I've read it and if you are interested in Ona Judge's story, the below book is a good reference:

"Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave Ona Judge" by Erica Armstrong Dunbar.


message 18: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart Hi Addy, it looks like someone changed the title of your list. Do you want it changed back to the original?


message 19: by Addy (last edited Mar 15, 2019 04:55AM) (new)

Addy Rainbowheart wrote: "Hi Addy, it looks like someone changed the title of your list. Do you want it changed back to the original?"
Nah, I got it. >:(

Thanks you though.


message 20: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart No problem! :)


message 22: by Addy (new)

Addy How White Folks Got So Rich: The Untold Story of American White Supremacy (The Architecture of White Supremacy Book 1) by Reclamation Project

^^^This book has been removed because while it was recommended by a caller, it was not recommended by Ms. Carnell. Only books recommended by Ms. Carnell may be on this list.

Thanks.


message 23: by Harlow (new)

Harlow Thanks!!


message 24: by Miss Cleopatra (new)

Miss Cleopatra Bell Thank You so much and keep reading


message 25: by Miss Cleopatra (new)

Miss Cleopatra Bell Praise God and Thank You Yvette, Tone, and ADOS Family keep rising
Yvette Carnell’s Bookclub Selections and Videos
https://www.facebook.com/notes/ados-a...


message 26: by Miss Cleopatra (last edited Mar 07, 2021 05:27AM) (new)

Miss Cleopatra Bell please add the share link so we can share this list and others


message 27: by Addy (new)

Addy archangelcleo wrote: "please add a link so we can share this list...thanks"
Hope this helps: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...


message 28: by Miss Cleopatra (new)

Miss Cleopatra Bell I meant the share button


message 29: by Addy (new)

Addy archangelcleo wrote: "I meant the share button"
No, I'm sorry, I don't seem to have a share button for this list.


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