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📚Author of We Now Belong to Ourselves
💫Founder and Keeper of the @jledproject Archives
Artist, mom, curator & researcher

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Yesterday was such a dream! I officially launched my book, We Now Belong to Ourselves at the amazing @reparations.club. Thank you @amberabundance for co-creating such a wonderful event with me. It was also Adina’s graduation yallll! It was a full day of celebration, family and friends. I’m feeling full and grateful by @arianneedmonds

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I have BIG news!! My book, We Now Belong to Ourselves, published by Oxford University Press @oxunipress will officially launch June 2nd in the US & September 1st in the UK/Europe!!!

This whole process has been a true labor of love. The book honors my great great grandfather, Jefferson Lewis Edmonds @jledproject and his role in shaping Black American citizenship and the Black press. It details his blueprint for Black liberation, sanctuary and joy. I can’t wait for all of you to read it! Stay tuned for the book launch and upcoming book talks.

✨Check out the pre-order link in my bio!✨ by @arianneedmonds

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Just a few reminders of why I do this work…

My great grandparents Virginia & Walter Edmonds with cousins & friends
Bruce’s Beach Californa
May 1911

Excerpt from my book “We Now Belong to Ourselves: J.L. Edmonds, The Black Press, and Black Citizenship in America”
June 2025

Pages from our family newspaper
The Liberator
Booker T. Washington Cover Page
January 1903

Mommy & Baby
Los Angeles
April 2025

Alice Walker
Charlie Rose PBS Interview
1998 taken in Los Angeles, California by @arianneedmonds

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I am grateful and excited to share that my book, We Now Belong to Ourselves, has been officially submitted for consideration for the 2026 Museum of African American History Stone Book Award.

It’s such an honor to have my work considered alongside so many important voices contributing to African American history and culture! I’m and excited for what’s to come! by @arianneedmonds

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👼🏾 taken in Akosombo, Volta, Ghana by @arianneedmonds

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Thank you @uscartsnow for hosting us today at the @latimesfob - what a fun time!
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Thanks so much @macfound @nupress and @meganstielstra for helping us get here! by @arianneedmonds

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🚀MY BOOK LAUNCH is happening June 5th at @reparations.club. 🚀 I cant wait to celebrate with all of you. Tickets and book sales are linked in my bio.

📣Stay tuned for my upcoming tour dates 📣

If you can’t make it no worries! Pre order We Now Belong To Ourselves with @reparations.club and use the discount code below EDMONDS10 taken in Reparations Club by @arianneedmonds

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🛎️ Event Alert: Feb. 27–28 • Details at www.blackriver.life/livingblackworlds

Sign up now to meet author Arianne Edmonds! Join her on Feb. 27 at 5:30 PM as part of Living Black Worlds, a two-day activation of African Diaspora arts, literature, music and dance.

Arianne will join a roundtable of local voices discussing her new book We Now Belong to Ourselves, which chronicles the journey of her great-grandfather J.L. Edmonds out of the South into Los Angeles after Emancipation.

A fascinating and meticulously researched true story that holds much wisdom for the present time – don’t miss it.
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#blackriverlife #blackloveAZ #blackhistorymonth #bhm #blackhistorymonthphx #phxsoul #azinformant #wenowbelongtoourselves #blackauthors #blackbooksmatter #migration #blackmigration #thegreatmigration #blackpress #blacknews #journalism #journalist #reparations #phoenixaz #losangeles taken in Phoenix Center For The Arts by @arianneedmonds

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I’m honored to be part of @PinkCornrows’ @_blackpolicylab 2025 ✨
On Wed., Dec. 10th, I’ll be in the Lab with @hillharper discussing Black legacy, Black stories and my book, We Now Belong to Ourselves as part of this year’s theme: “Black is Human, Too.”
In a moment when Black existence is under attack—from dismantled equity programs to AI systems causing harm—we’re gathering to name truth, build strategy, and co-create policy rooted in our freedom.
It’s FREE, virtual, and ASL interpretation is provided—because accessibility matters.
But you must Register: 🔗 link is in the bio🔗

#BlackIsHumanToo #BPL2025 #HackBlackFutures by @arianneedmonds

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8 months ago

We Are Civic Media is finally out! Check out my chapter, “Awakening the archives: A search for family, connection and meaning.” It was such a joy writing it.

Join us for our book launch AfterWords: An Evening of Ideas at The Underground Museum on October 25, 2025. Join authors, storytellers, artists, organizers, and others working at the intersections of technology, social justice, and culture for an engaging convening in celebration of We Are Civic Media, a brilliant book penned by USC Annenberg Innovation Lab Fellows. @annenberglab
The evening will be filled with celebration, conversation, and music as we honor the contributors who are shaping the future of civic imagination and media.
Hosted by @amberabundance & featuring music by DJ Angboo

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@amberabundance taken in The Underground Museum by @arianneedmonds

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I had such a great time in Baltimore this weekend at the @baltimorebookfestival hosted by @afrocharities! Thank you @savannahinpublic and @_yoshann for making the event so enriching and powerful. taken in Baltimore, Maryland by @arianneedmonds

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TODAY! NOV 22. 12PM.
First ten attendees get a free signed copy of Arianne Edmond’s brilliant “We Belong to Ourselves” - a familial history of how the Black press shaped Black citizenship and social justice in post-Reconstruction America. This is simultaneously family archive, previously unwritten history and a very Los Angeles story told with love and admiration.

I am *THRILLED* to host author and thinker Arianne Edmonds in dialogue with artist and organizer Kim Schoenstadt to discuss the importance of remembering our history and to celebrate the art of language.

As the very nature of expression is under attack, we will *CELEBRATE* EVERY BANNED WORD. The entire list according to @penamerica has been made into a giant scroll. Oxford Pennants remind us that WOMAN, BLACK and CLIMATE are all among the list of 350+ words this regime is afraid of. And Mykki Blanco reminds us of why we want a dyke for president.

Please join us for this special gathering to celebrate ourselves, our ancestors, and the power of the words that refuse to be silenced. We hope to see you there.

FALL OF FREEDOM at Laboratory for the Future
11-22, 12PM
Talk begins at 12:30.
Propeller Gallery, Santa Monica

@falloffreedom @kimschoenstadt @arianneedmonds @nowbehereart @art.samo taken in Santa Monica Airport by @arianneedmonds

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