Katie Mitchell

1 appearance on the record.

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The record, in short

What the tape says about how Katie argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.

Their most notable supported claim

Assertion Supported
Katie Mitchell: Good Books launched in May 2019 via Instagram DMs
“So it started in my parents' house, selling books through Instagram DM. And when I look back, Good Books started May, 2019”
Katie Mitchell May 13, 2021 ▶ 3:32 Meet The HIBT Fellows: Katie Mitchell & Celena Gill

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Everything Katie Mitchell said on How I Built This that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Opinion
Mitchell: Customers choose Good Books over Amazon because of personal storytelling
“Anyone can get a book from any other place. You can go to Amazon, you can go to thrift stores, Barnes & Noble. There's places people can get books, but people shop with Me and my mom because of our story and because of our passion and what we bring to the spac…”
Katie Mitchell May 13, 2021 ▶ 7:51 Meet The HIBT Fellows: Katie Mitchell & Celena Gill
Opinion
Katie Mitchell: Mainstream retail often treats Black consumers as second-class
“I think a lot of the times black consumers are seen as second class consumers and You know, if you find something for yourself, then you do. If you don't, oh well, we have millions other people to buy our products”
Katie Mitchell May 13, 2021 ▶ 9:45 Meet The HIBT Fellows: Katie Mitchell & Celena Gill
Disclosure
Katie Mitchell: Fiction reading helped navigate personal mental health struggles
“Really good fiction does that for me, and before I shared a little bit about my struggle with mental health issues, that's really what got me through it, reading books that had nothing to do with mental health issues, where people were just going on adventures…”
Katie Mitchell May 13, 2021 ▶ 2:59 Meet The HIBT Fellows: Katie Mitchell & Celena Gill
Disclosure
Katie Mitchell: Good Books was designed as a mobile Black bookstore
“We knew that we wanted it to be all Black books. We knew that we wanted it to be mobile and be able to bring Literature and prose to the people.”
Katie Mitchell May 13, 2021 ▶ 4:27 Meet The HIBT Fellows: Katie Mitchell & Celena Gill
Disclosure
Katie Mitchell: Good Books is launching Atlanta's first mobile Black bookmobile
“We are creating Atlanta's first mobile Black Bookmobile, so when outside is open and it's safe to do so, we'll be driving around the city and bringing books to people that way, so you can kind of think of it as a food truck for books or a bookstore in a tiny h…”
Katie Mitchell May 13, 2021 ▶ 5:22 Meet The HIBT Fellows: Katie Mitchell & Celena Gill
Assertion Partly supported
Mitchell: Good Books Donates Titles to Incarcerated People and Students
“We partner with groups in Atlanta and Chicago. That give books to incarcerated people and also give books for free to students.”
Katie Mitchell May 13, 2021 ▶ 6:50 Meet The HIBT Fellows: Katie Mitchell & Celena Gill
Assertion Supported
Katie Mitchell: Good Books launched in May 2019 via Instagram DMs
“So it started in my parents' house, selling books through Instagram DM. And when I look back, Good Books started May, 2019”
Katie Mitchell May 13, 2021 ▶ 3:32 Meet The HIBT Fellows: Katie Mitchell & Celena Gill

Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
Meet The HIBT Fellows: Katie Mitchell & Celena Gill May 13, 2021 6m
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