“…this work will be striking for readers…”—The BookLife Prize

Readers like you, the writing industry, and educators praise Civil Rights Baby

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“Civil Rights Baby—A ‘must-read’ that will help people find where their strengths lie.” —LaToya Gibson, founder and CEO of Texas Tutors

“Wiggins’s story should appeal to a wide audience, including but not limited to women color.”—Sha-Shana Crichton, lawyer and literary agent, published in Poets & Writers, Sept/Oct 2022

“Nita’s writing could change lives.”—Hermann Djoumessi, ADMP podcaster and Big Data Consultant, Paris, France

Wiggins writes of media flaws, police intimidation, and pro athletes’ support for her. Her route might help you make changes.

(PARIS, France) Civil Rights Baby presents disturbing, behind-the-scenes episodes of in-group favoritism and out-group marginalization in the TV news business, as witnessed by Nita Wiggins. She writes in order to bring out fairer treatment of people on and off camera, increased empathy in reporting, and overall improvement in the industry that she loved as early as age 6.

She reveals unchecked colleague sabotage and intimidation targeted at her by bosses during parts of her 21-year career. The biases violate not only Civil Rights law, but also journalistic principles of integrity and honesty. The Georgia native crisscrossed the country as a sports and news reporter/anchor at ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox affiliate stations and worked in cities such as Dallas-Fort Worth, Seattle, Memphis, and Huntington, West Virginia.

The true tales are worthy of an on-screen presentation, and yes, she is currently adapting the book to the screen.

Wiggins released a new edition in October 2021 because of shifts in civil rights issues. She updates topics she previously addressed, such as:

policing and the murder conviction of longtime officer Derek Michael Chauvin
blocked advancements and the firings of media and film executives because of Me Too
Oklahoma’s past and the heroic Congressional testimonies of three, one hundred-plus-year-old survivors of the Tulsa/Greenwood Race Massacre
abuse of athletes by the NCAA and the name-licensing-image change (NIL) that allows them to now earn money while playing for their schools’ sports teams

“Civil Rights Baby spurred captivating conversations in my book club.” —Christina Howell, Founder of Memoir Mentors (Munich)

The (Jimmy) Carter Center presidential archive welcomed *Civil Rights Baby* in 2022.

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ONE-LINER: A TV sports journalist shares the personal and professional toll from her non-traditional career choice. Paperback ISBN: 978-1-7375805-0-8

Ebook ISBN: 978-1-7375805-1-5

introduction to Civil Rights Baby

nita’s Poets & Writers Interview