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Bakari Sellers' My Vanishing Country is exactly the book we need right now. The issues he raises are deeply personal and important to me. In his captivating memoir, Sellers not only brings a personal touch to the resilient people in places like his hometown Denmark, South Carolina, but he also rings the alarm about dangerous policies being enacted across the state and the devastating impact that they are having on people's everyday lives. -- Hillary Rodham Clinton, the first woman in U.S. history to become the presidential nominee of a major political party. My Vanishing Country is both a timely and timeless book that sheds a light on the unseen and gives a voice to the many who are unheard. -- Tyler Perry Bakari lays out a blueprint for anyone thinking just because their life starts on a dirt road in the rural south, it must end on a dirt road in the rural south. If you want to know what a black man can achieve in this country with faith in a higher power and a strong family structure, then this is the memoir you need. -- Charlamagne Tha God, author of <em>Black Privilege </em>and <em>Shook One</em> My Vanishing Country solidifies Bakari Sellers as a major voice for his generation. He has taken the torch from his father Cleveland Sellers and soared. His brutally honest look at the systemic racism that continues to hold back the black working class is revelatory. His ownership of being Black, Country, and Proud is refreshing. -- Angela Rye, CNN Commentator and CEO of IMPACT Strategies Bakari Sellers' My Vanishing Country is urgent and essential reading brimming with compassion and courage. -- Van Jones, CNN Political Analyst A strong voice for social justice emerges in an engaging memoir. -- <em>Kirkus Reviews</em> Family trauma-even inherited trauma-can take a tremendous toll on children. But as Bakari Sellers makes plain in My Vanishing Country, family trauma can also be a source of strength. -- <em>BookPage</em>

"“Bakari Sellers’ My Vanishing Country is exactly the book we need right now. The issues he raises are deeply personal and important to me. In his captivating memoir, Sellers not only brings a personal touch to the resilient people in places like his hometown Denmark, South Carolina, but he also rings the alarm about dangerous policies being enacted across the state and the devastating impact that they are having on people’s everyday lives.” — Hillary Rodham Clinton, the first woman in U.S. history to become the presidential nominee of a major political party. ""My Vanishing Country is both a timely and timeless book that sheds a light on the unseen and gives a voice to the many who are unheard."" — Tyler Perry “Bakari lays out a blueprint for anyone thinking just because their life starts on a dirt road in the rural south, it must end on a dirt road in the rural south. If you want to know what a black man can achieve in this country with faith in a higher power and a strong family structure, then this is the memoir you need.” — Charlamagne Tha God, author of Black Privilege and Shook One “My Vanishing Country solidifies Bakari Sellers as a major voice for his generation. He has taken the torch from his father Cleveland Sellers and soared. His brutally honest look at the systemic racism that continues to hold back the black working class is revelatory. His ownership of being Black, Country, and Proud is refreshing.” — Angela Rye, CNN Commentator and CEO of IMPACT Strategies “Bakari Sellers’ My Vanishing Country is urgent and essential reading brimming with compassion and courage.”  — Van Jones, CNN Political Analyst “A strong voice for social justice emerges in an engaging memoir.” — Kirkus Reviews “Family trauma—even inherited trauma—can take a tremendous toll on children. But as Bakari Sellers makes plain in My Vanishing Country, family trauma can also be a source of strength.” — BookPage"

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Bakari Sellers is a CNN political analyst and was the youngest-ever member of the South Carolina state legislature. Recently named to TIME's ""40 Under 40"" List, he is also a practising attorney fighting to give a voice for the voiceless.

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