Meet Penny Hess, the author of "Overturning the Culture of Violence"

Penny Hess has been an active organizer for reparations to the Black community since 1976, working under the leadership of the African People's Socialist Party (APSP) to build “white solidarity with Black Power.” As the Chair of the African People’s Solidarity Committee, Hess wrote Overturning the Culture of Violence in 2001, based on APSP Chairman Omali Yeshitela’s political theory of African Internationalism. This powerful book exposes the true history of America’s “original sin” of slavery, genocide and colonialism, and the way forward for white people who want to join humanity by standing in solidarity with African Liberation.

At a time when reactionary forces are trying to silence the rising voice of African and oppressed peoples--from the FBI’s attacks on the Uhuru Movement to the banning of Black history in schools -- this important book is more relevant today than ever before. This special night is a kick-off event for the Uhuru Solidarity Movement’s 2023 National Convention, “White People: Say NO to the FBI’s War on Black Liberation! Hands Off Uhuru!” March 11-12 in St. Louis. This year's convention theme is in response to when on July 29, 2022 the FBI executed a violent, pre-dawn military raid on the home of Chairman Omali Yeshitela, the founder and leader of the African People’s Socialist Party (APSP) and the Uhuru (“Freedom”) Movement. Included in this raid was the Uhuru Solidarity Center at 2654 Gravois, a building owned by the APSP where the Uhuru Solidarity Movement organizes white people to stand in solidarity with Black Power and join the movement for white reparations to the African community.

If you are a white person who is ready to stand up and take action for African freedom, register today for the USM National Convention! Learn more and register at https://usmconvention2023.eventbrite.com. This book reading & signing event is sponsored by Spine Bookstore & Cafe, the Uhuru Solidarity Movement and Uhuru Planet Reparations Apparel.

This event is free and seating is limited to 30.

For more information, email Mark Pannebecker at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.