The Harriet's Daughters Study Groups and Book Clubs are monthly virtual meetings led by the African National Women's Organization, where Black women, femmes, and those in solidarity come together to discuss books and other literature that center on African liberation themes. We invite you to join, regardless of whether you have read the book or not. It's always a great discussion.
July 2026 Selection: The Myth and Propaganda of Black Buying Power by Jared A. Ball
While corporate media sells us "lean-in" capitalism and beauty spending as empowerment, we insist on returning to a radical tradition that prioritizes political sovereignty over shopping. We are reading Ball’s work through an African Internationalist lens—rejecting neo-colonial integration and demanding global solidarity.
"Freedom was the call, but instead, they got a bank." — Jared A. Ball
For generations, we have been told a story: that our path to liberation lies in our collective "buying power"—the over $1.6 trillion we are said to control. But what if this celebrated figure is not a measure of our strength, but a carefully constructed myth designed to pacify our protests and steer us away from genuine political power?
Join us for a critical, African Internationalist-led discussion of Dr. Jared A. Ball's searing polemic, The Myth and Propaganda of Black Buying Power: Media, Race, Economics. Led by revolutionary African Internationalist Women's Organization thinkers and organizers, we will move beyond the propaganda to interrogate the function of consumerism within racial capitalism, and how the Uhuru Movement, led by the African People Socialist Party (APSP), is building dual and contending POWER.
A PDF of the book is included in the confirmation. HDBC virtual discussions are held on the Microsoft Teams platform.