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Released on the one-year anniversary of the Capitol Hill Insurrection, I Too Am America: On Loving and Leading Black Men & Boys is equal parts memoir and historical telling of the Black Male Achievement movement, exploring the paradox of promise and peril facing today’s Black men and boys.

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I Too Am America is a special book written by special men. Shawn graciously shares his lessons of leadership, love, and sacrifice for the world to see and learn from, and we all should be truly grateful. Nick Chiles also lends his time and talent, and his amazing experiences to the pages of this incredible book. This book should be read, analyzed, and copied to make our world a better place.”

 

- Wes Moore, NY Times bestselling author, Philanthropist

Our country is facing a reckoning on race relations. The 2020 murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and others ignited a racial justice and social change wave analogous to how Emmett Till's murder catalyzed the Civil Rights Movement 65 years ago.

Research from the Opportunity Agenda reveals that stories of our lived experiences, more so than data and numbers, is what evokes the empathy that changes hearts and minds.

As the nation grapples with the fierce urgency of empathy, I Too Am America provides readers with insights, inspiration that humanizes the stories of Black men and boys, while offering strategic recommendations on how we move from racial reckoning to racial resolution.

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about shawn

Shawn Dove is a founder, CEO, author, speaker and so much more.

Shawn is committed to inspiring, encouraging and building the capacity of leaders, particularly, but not exclusively emerging Black leaders striving to ensure social impact.

Over the years Shawn has been blessed to receive many awards including Ebony Magazine’s Power 100 award (2015), Black Enterprise’s Modern Man of the Year (2017), and the Face to Africa #30BlackStars (2019).

Beyond work, Shawn enjoys spending time in his DoveNest with his amazing wife and family, reading, and eating some good shellfish!

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Author

Shawn is the author of I Too Am America — a book that is equal parts memoir, a story about the Black Male Achievement movement and a manifesto of where we go from here with the movement of Black Male Achievement.  

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speaker

Shawn is an internationally recognized TEDx speaker, who has graced 1,000s of stages over the past 30 years on the topic of Black Male Achievement.

leader

As a leader of leaders, Shawn has helped to groom and develop 1,000s of leaders in cities all around the United States.