Mon livre en français en 2026

COMING SOON to 300 million French-language speakers globally, Civil Rights Baby in French.

“I was captivated from the very first page.”

—Tina Mari Rucker, Chicago-based artist and filmmaker

Photo by Lucie Cervantes

Every day I contemplate what I can do to help people treat each other better. I’m Nita Wiggins, a Paris-based university lecturer, public speaker, writing instructor, award-winning TV journalist, and author.

Readers of Civil Rights Baby: My Story of Race, Sports, and Breaking Barriers in American Journalism tell me my memoir opens their eyes to solutions that might work in their struggles.

Readers are saying …

“The events in Nita’s story relate directly with what most of us women experience.”

—Solome Ssenkubuge, Kampala City, Uganda

“I really appreciate the stories of brave women who managed to change their lives. That shows us that we can fulfill our dreams, not being afraid to have big ones.”

—Perrine Scheer, Wiggins’ former student at ESJ Paris

Civil Rights Baby “spurred captivating conversations in my book club.”

—Christina Howell, Founder of Memoir Mentors (Munich, Germany)

Photo: Discussing Civil Rights Baby with Malaysian publishers at Frankfurter Buchmesse / Frankfurt Book Fair, 2019.

Selecting for your book club or seeking a skilled speaker?

Civil Rights Baby shows my life as symbolic of striving and aspirational people from varying walks of life. May I present my story to your group?

Readers say my memoir can guide them to 1) stay on track with their pursuits and 2) soar over obstacles. Let’s plan an event for the people you serve.

Click to order Civil Rights Baby in print and eBook versions. Bulk orders possible.

In Paris, France, visit The Red Wheelbarrow book shop to purchase your copy.

In Augusta, Georgia, visit The Book Tavern for your physical copy.

Looking to write your book or come back more prepared than ever in a stop-and-start career? If so, let’s work together toward your next success.

I doubled my TV salary two times within five years by becoming strategic.

I want you to benefit from my what I lived and my hard-earned wisdom.

I coin the term economic lynching in 2014 because of a major interruption in my career.

It’s the orchestrated choking off of a person’s career advancement, using hierarchical control and designating someone for the “noose.” Like a physical lynching, there’s a rigid insistence on ending the aspirations of the “other.”