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Each June, Chuck Yarborough gives my Mississippi Governor's School scholars an overview of Columbus' rich African American history, including a visit to the gravesites of Lowndes County Reconstruction legislators Robert Gleed and Jesse Freeman Boulden.

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“Political operatives have basically used their positions of power — political power, economic power — to demand that the institutions conform to their ideas. It’s an existential attack that higher ed is facing.” — Isaac Kamola, director, AAUP's Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom.

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We had a GREAT first day at Mississippi Governor's School! Students had conversations as national historical figures in the @zinnedproject.bsky.social's Reconstruction Mixer. Tomorrow, they start meeting the legislators!

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This is Bodie. He’s here to celebrate the start of Pride Month. Been working on this pose for weeks. 14/10 the parade starts right behind him 🌈🐾 (IG: hellobodie)

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Trump administration lawyers are arguing that the Library of Congress doesn’t belong to Congress — the latest move to erase the traditional lines that separate the branches of government.

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The Museum of African American History in Boston was recently told its $500,000 federal grant was cancelled because it no longer "serves the interest of the United States." AASLH helped share the museum's story with CNN.

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The 2025 session of the Mississippi Governor's School starts Monday, and my "Radical Courage: Black Legislators in Mississippi's Reconstruction Government" classroom is ready!

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"Understanding that the intention was to scare us, confuse us, and cause us to self-censor, my position [is a] commitment not to be scared. . . and not to self-censor. To avoid anticipatory compliance." -- Dilys Schoorman, Florida teacher educator interviewed by @csleeter.bsky.social #TeachTruth

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"If (students) can start looking into history and how they can find credible sources, if they can find their own arguments and have evidence to back that up, that makes them a more informed adult in the world," MDAH Outreach Programs Coordinator Bently Cochran said.

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This from @themarshallproject.org is infuriating. www.themarshallproject.org/2025/05/14/j... << new mission statements, shifting the division away from protecting marginalized groups and toward some of the president’s priorities, such as anti-transgender measures and preventing voter fraud >>

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Michael Shane Hale had always found belonging in books. So when he became a library clerk in prison, he set out to redesign a place where everyone can read in peace. Read his Life Inside essay ⬇️

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There's a more complete story out now for what happened at the Library of Congress today. Library staff denied access to new appointees to senior library positions without a Senate-confirmed Librarian in place. Recognizing the former #2 as in charge in the interim. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/u...

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Not just a political story. Attacks on higher ed, dismantling funding agencies, threatening scholarly publications tells us this is a 360 crisis for research in the US. Undermining the National Archives, Smithsonian, now Library of Congress tells us this is a 360 crisis for American civic culture.

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From the 2017 Mississippi Book Festival, to the grand opening of the Grant Presidential Library here at Mississippi State, to her conversation with Michelle Obama at @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social in New Orleans in 2018, every minute I got to be in the same room as Carla Hayden was a privilege.

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Per @washingtonpost.com: 'President Donald Trump on Thursday fired Carla Hayden, the Librarian of Congress — the first woman and first African American to hold the position. She was informed of the decision in a terse, two-sentence email'. #DrCarlaHayden #LibraryofCongress.

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As if I needed another reason to hate AI, it seems that my most favoritest punctuation mark, the em dash, makes people think something was written by AI—bah humbug!

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He fired Carla fucking Hayden The Librarian of Congress An amazing, badass, kind human being May he never know peace

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Brutal account of what it’s like to teach at the University of Florida right now in the NYT—extraordinary climate of fear. People afraid to say intersectional and talk about lynchings. Fake students trying to entrap Muslim faculty or just making things up altogether. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/o...

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Funny how folks like to say that humanities degrees are “useless” while the world is being actively destroyed by people not knowing about history, ethics, media literacy, or how to think critically. But sure, tell me again how STEM alone will save us.

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It was never just about schools, it was never just about libraries, and it isn't actually about the books. It's about finding a way to banish entire people, entire ideas, out of society, back into the closet or worse. www.chron.com/politics/art...

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I got approved for sabbatical for January-May 2026! I'll be furthering my research on the Against All Odds legislators (much-ado.net/legislators/), with a book being the goal. I don't know if I'm more excited or scared. 🙃

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A powerful call has just gone up on the website of the @aacu.org : “A Call for Constructive Engagement” signed by almost 200 college & university presidents (more sure to join), from community colleges to R1s! #academicsky #edusky @academic-chatter.bsky.social www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...

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Looks like I'm headed to @asalh-bhm.bsky.social in September! @jperksmith.bsky.social, Al Dorsey, Christina Thomas, and I will be talking about the ways we use primary sources to teach Mississippi civil rights history from Reconstruction to university integration, with Jasmine Holmes moderating. 🫶

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To quote a person I saw in the FB comments on this story: "I thought DEI initiatives were over."

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Over 100 university, college and scholarly society presidents published a joint statement opposing the Trump administration's treatment of higher education institutions reut.rs/42Vhp3x

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Column: The humanities are under attack by the Trump administration. To defund them is to erase the roots of American identity, and no state has more to lose, or more reason to fight back, than Mississippi. Here's how we can. mississippitoday.org/2025/04/21/t...

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You have to appreciate the amount of effort it took to copy-paste the issue I called about into an entirely unrelated form email. Why even bother? Not replying at all would have been better than this apathetic "run along now."

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“The Department has concluded that the further extension of the liquidation period for the aforementioned grants … was not justified,” U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon wrote. “You and your subrecipients have had ample time to liquidate obligations.”

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Might as well re-up this one. TL;DR: "Abrego" is correct. "Abrego Garcia" is more formal, and correct. "Garcia" is a nope. And please don't hyphenate it "Abgrego-Garcia" like that dum dum in the DHS declaration.

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Harvard will not comply. “No government — regardless of which party is in power — should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue.” — Harvard President Alan M. Garber www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

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@socialstudies.org Please help us! The Journal of the Early Republic has launched a "history tracker" to document how the Trump Admin is changing/hiding history. We need your help- if you've seen a change that has not yet made news, please write in. More info: thepanorama.shear.org/2025/04/09/t...

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I had a joke about the Ship of Theseus but it's just not the same anymore

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“The feeling is that everyone could potentially be targeted, creating an extraordinary chilling impact across the U.S.,” said Veena Dubal, AAUP General Counsel. @veenadubal.bsky.social

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I pray you’ll read my latest. We are being challenged as a nation and this is a test we must pass. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

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www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/09/m...

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Higher education required reading for today by Iveta Silova (Follow her at @isilova.bsky.social) theconversation.com/universities...

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<< Gone is “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” Maya Angelou’s transformative best-selling 1970 memoir chronicling her struggles with racism and trauma. Two copies of “Mein Kampf” by Adolf Hitler are still on the shelves. >>

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My Slate piece on the widespread NEH grant cancellations is live. So much gratitude to everyone who took the time to talk with me these past few days while fighting fires on every side. #humanities #highered #neh slate.com/news-and-pol...

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National History Day's updated statement on NEH funding cuts affecting our organization and History Day affiliate programs across the United States and the world. Please share widely among your networks and donate now at nhd.org/donate. Thank you so much for your support.

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There are now a number of incredible folks from the NEH & state humanities councils who will be looking for jobs. They are humanities leaders, strategists, thinkers. You want them on your team.

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AI Crawlers Are Harming #Wikimedia, Bringing #OpenSource Sites To Their Knees, And Putting The #OpenWeb At Risk - www.techdirt.com/2025/04/10/a... more bad stuff from #ai

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The Mississippi Humanities Council, an organization behind events and programs across the state focused on history and culture, is facing steep cuts after the Trump administration eliminated federal funding for its current and future grants.

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United States Disappeared Tracker: 1214 and growing. public.tableau.com/app/profile/...

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It's officially #TakeActionForLibraries Day! To celebrate and advocate for libraries and library funding, we want every library lover to make their voice heard today. Head to ala.org/showup to take action by calling or emailing Congress, writing a letter to your local newspaper, and more!

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Brief from the Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and more than 80 universities says arrests and deportations of student protesters create a “climate of fear” at universities across the country. This is a big deal—the first time universities have weighed in. knightcolumbia.org/documents/eh...

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First meeting of @aaslh.bsky.social's "250 by 2026" Wiki Scholars course. 😁

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