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Moving listen to @dominiquejl.bsky.social describe her curatorial and collaborative process for Trace/s on @allofitwnyc.bsky.social today www.wnyc.org/story/traces...

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Hochul’s move here is profoundly racist and dehumanizing. Defining Palestinian studies as fundamentally antisemitic means defining Palestinians as something to be erased. It is genocidal. This is also an unacceptable attack on academic freedom. The governor should have no say in faculty hiring.

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Remembered that I wrote about how awful Woodrow Wilson's historic segregationist purge of Black workers from federal government jobs was last year.... www.thedailybeast.com/woodrow-wils...

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Our Literary Thursdays series brings you live conversations with amazing writers, every Thursday at 6PM. Learn More about our February guests: @juliesedivy.bsky.social, Gregory P. Downs, Preston Lauterbach, and Prithi Kanakamedala! www.queenslibrary.org/calendar?sea... #BlackHistoryMonth

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Finished last night.

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If you don't know who McCune Smith is, you should. He was one of the most significant abolitionists in US history. As well known as Frederick Douglass when he died. The first Black American to receive a medical degree. He had to go to Scotland for that cuz Columbia [Kings College] refused admittance

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Not surprised that it's community colleges that are fighting back. Community colleges serve the greatest number of people facing systemic barriers. A large percentage of community college students are the first in their family to attend college.

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Loved reading this about @nodunayo.bsky.social @thestorygraph.com 🖤 www.theguardian.com/books/2025/f...

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I think what's being done to trans people in this country is a FUCKING SCANDAL. It's absolutely an attempt at eradicating trans people from public life and ALL OF US must refuse this. Everyone. Stop being a loser mealy mouth person. This is bullshit. You should say so in all the places you inhabit.

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Who’s gonna make a new sign honoring the trans women on the ground and the Black Panthers in the Women’s House of Detention on the night of Stonewall - the revolutionaries who are somehow always getting cut out of the story

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Masters scholarships for Palestinian students at Sussex. Please disseminate? www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/re...

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Because 1m-2m people died?

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Doing a #localhistory project in NYC? RSVP to Neighborhood #OralHistory #WinterSocial returns on Tues, 2/25 - forms.gle/nDiM3b7kfWa7... Meet people from other neighborhoods doing similar work, share strategies & mingle! Co-hosted by @oralhistorycu.bsky.social, oralhistory.org, & ohmar.org

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Word of the day is ‘arsle’ (19th century): to have a distinct sense of going backwards.

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episodes.fm/1653309103/e... RWG & me & Toshio Meronek on @sadfrancisco.bsky.social

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Yes. “People are doing things. You will meet them when YOU start doing things.” Lots of information and resources in this one. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

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Getting this application out of the way before Valentines is a very romantic gesture to your future self!

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SAVE THE DATE • The Teaching & Learning Center x PS2 present Sip n Chat S25. How does your public-facing research inform your teaching (& vice versa)? Open to all students @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social — chat with your peers, grab something to eat, create community with us

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Ironically, K. Dot’s performance was labeled DEI— when it was a masterclass in CRT.

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Want to understand the 2025 halftime show? Get copies of The Graphic History of Hip Hop today. #superbowl Www.graphichistorycompany.com

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Anyone who has studied the fascism, violence and pogroms of the post-reconstruction era of America would know that white humiliation / Black progress has long been this country’s ticking time bomb. The historical parallels are 1920s Oklahoma, not 1930s Germany. But this history is often buried.

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Research universities are often the largest employers in their region. They are often the primary health care providers to communities. This funding shift will not only reduce US research leadership, it will put working people out of work and reduce healthcare access.

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I think organizers should read "Let The Record Show" for lots of reasons not least is the reminder that when taking direct action you must always push an actual CONCRETE demand. You have to have targets and you must tell those targets: WE DEMAND THAT YOU DO THIS [THIS has to be a concrete thing].

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“You’re going to need somebody who is willing to break the stranglehold of the two-party system.... What we need is someone who can coalesce the energies in this country ... into another party which can respond to the needs of the people. The Democratic Party cannot do it.” —James Baldwin, 1968

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My latest. As journalists and writers, we have a duty to use language that is accurate and describes our current reality. I’m no longer going to talk about DEI/Anti-DEI. Let’s be clear. We are facing racial purges and re-segregation. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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Extremely grateful to podcast Patreon supporters. I know there are so many places to allocate your hard-won dollars, and I so appreciate everyone who helps me keep the show going and accessible to everyone. www.patreon.com/draftingthep...

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Brooklynites is a Gotham Book Prize finalist. The book commemorates New Yorkers past who dreamed big abt better futures & worlds. Deep gratitude to the nominating committee, an honor to be included with these amazing writers 🗽📚 @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @cuny.edu apnews.com/article/goth...

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The Gotham Book Prize, given annually to recognize a new book about New York City, has released its list of finalists.

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This. Is. Amazing. Finally, an ebook alternative for Amazon, but for independent bookstores. This is amazing for readers who want to be more intentional about where you're spending your money. 📖 #BookSky

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It's February which means it's #BlackHistoryMonth & I've said before I love #BHM. This month, I'm going to share a resource with a focus on Black history that I had a hand in making every day. Starting today with my Slavery & Resistance in NYC Walking Tour: Slavery and Resistance in NYC Walking Tour

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We're less than $1500 from our goal for the Black Zine Fair. If you can help us get closer, I'd appreciate it. gogetfunding.com/support-the-...

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Happy: Black history Black present Black future Black love Black joy Black health Black healing Black people Black community Black family Black kids Black culture Black creativity Black ingenuity Black legacy Black innovation Black liberation Black resistance Black existence ...month🖤

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“Black History Month existed long before presidents endorsed it, and it will continue, even if presidents do not,” said Martha Jones, a professor of history and a presidential scholar at Johns Hopkins University.

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It’s academic interview season so I thought I’d share here what I share with my advisees about campus visits. First up—job talk, then teaching demo, meals. Pan out and pro tip—your job is leave with them thinking of you as an 🔥exciting new colleague who wants to be there.🔥

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Science, despite what you'll hear on x, is amazing www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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Congrats @dominiquejl.bsky.social @bklynlibrary.bsky.social 🫶🏾

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Trace/s examining slavery +genealogy opens today at Ctr for Brooklyn History @bklynlibrary.bsky.social www.bklynlibrary.org/exhibitions/... Congrats @dominiquejl.bsky.social, Afro-American Hist &Genealogical Soc, +CBH staff Listen to @dominiquejl.bsky.social @wnyc.org www.wnyc.org/story/a-new-...

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For the love of God, if I see one more ',grow your own food' hot take. Sure, for occasional fresh herbs or a few veggies. Nobody is growing to their entire caloric intake in an apartment or on a balcony.

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No one gave us our identities and no one can take them away. www.teenvogue.com/story/dear-t...

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Don't beat yourself up about how long you've been away from your writing practice. The important thing is to go back. Tonight, why not read the last pages you wrote?

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One of the best things you can do right now is read books. Buy them. Borrow them from the library. Gift them. Read history. Read fiction. Read science writing. Read anything that shows you the world is bigger than what fascists say it is. Read to remember why your resistance matters. 📚💙

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a visually satisfying reading list 💜📚 Special Topics in Public Scholarship @liberalstudiesgc.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @prithik.bsky.social 📚Kaitlyn Greenidge,Sady Sullivan, Maggie Schreiner,Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani, @hughryan.bsky.social •guest lect Lauraberth Lima, Walis Johnson

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Brooklynites invites us to learn more about chapters of our city’s history in which New Yorkers past organized and mobilized to build better worlds and futures. Join us today at 12pm & thank you for the invite NYS Library nyslibrary.libcal.com/event/13554364

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Happy (and not happy that it was necessary) to talk with Marcela Valdes about how we got here when it comes to birthright citizenship. Godspeed to all of us facing the prospect of this change. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/m...

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Segment of ABC7’s @hereandnowabc where Sandra Bookman interviews Andrew Berman of Village Preservation (@gvshp_nyc) and me about the Jacob Day Residence, at 50 West 13th Street, which the @nyc.landmarks recently designated. abc7ny.com/post/here-no...

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