Out now: Ashby, Halle-Mackenzie, and Jessica Marie Johnson. “Injury and Value: Black Mothering in Slavery and Its Afterlife.” History of the Present 14, no. 1 (April 1, 2024): 138–55. doi.org/10.1215/215997….

“his research analysts could now wake up two hours later than usual, because A.I. can read overnight economic data and create a written draft of analysis to work from.” nytimes.com/2024/04/10/bus…

The best days of historical work are coming soon. Organization of American Historians

Volume 48 of Social Science History SSHA is now published, containing my Presidential Address “Reverberations of Empire,” a book forum on Steinmetz’s “The Colonial Origins of Modern Social Thought” & other delicious reads. cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Food Inc. 2, out now, showcases how the odds are stacked against Americans. Together we can build a fair and just food system for all.

As Colorado becomes just the second state in the country to ban use of the term “excited delirium” on police and autopsy reports… following our yearlong investigation…

I want to take a moment to explain the motivation behind our work.

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Faith Ringgold’s 1971 protest in front of the old Whitney Museum w/ the Black Emergency Cultural Coalition was a pushback against the institution’s questionable practices. 46 yrs later, her work inspired by being called a ni**er at that protest would be displayed @ the Whitney 🙃

Speaking of archival collections, here’s Karin Wulf for American Historical Association’ #AHAPerspectives on shouting & silence in the archives:
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Speaking of preserving histories, here’s MLDwrites for Rebellious Magazine on descendants of Civil Rights activists fighting historical erasure in DC:
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Adding another excellent review of Franklin, Joseph M. Adelman for Slate:
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My whole life people swore I was related to Jackie GLEASON. Please remember my last name is GREASON (GRAY' son).

Tomorrow marks the 128th Boston Marathon, but why wait? Today’s test of endurance is my 173rd #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing, podcast eps, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Share widely please, add more below, & enjoy! #twitterstorians

Absolutely boiling livid to find out the University of Wyoming has capitulated to right wing extremists and canceled our annual Black 14 Summer Institute for high school students. Instead of being firm and enduring the storm, we choose at every corner to capitulate.

Tlingit weaving by Anna Brown Ehlers of the Tlingit Chilkat tribe, Pacific Northwest Coast #WomensArt

RIP Faith Ringgold (1930-2024), who leaves an incredible legacy after a life dedicated to art &activism. In story quilts such as the French Collection, she used textile art to intervene in narratives of art history & modernism, rewriting the canon to centre the Black female gaze

Amazing Simulation of a #Baby Being Born 🤱👶🏻

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Hana Dev Khanna 💙 #TechForGood 💙 Anand Narang Fabrizio Bustamante Eveline Ruehlin Eric Gaubert Dr. Khulood Almani | د.خلود المانع Diane Kaneza #MWC24 Dr. Monika Sonu I Founder Healthinnovationtoolbox Tony Moroney Sergio_Raguso 🌐 Alberto E. Machado #CES2024 #SMMW24 #MWC24 Dr. Marcell Vollmer 🇺🇦 #StaySafe #CES2024 #MWC24 Antonio Vieira Santos…

1. In Sydney, a mother & child were stabbed by a mentally ill white man, Joel Cauchi

2. When a brave security guard, Faraz Tahir, a Muslim refugee, stepped in to save them, Cauchi killed him

3. Top British media figures blamed the deaths on Muslims

4. Their tweets are still up

Six former Mississippi law enforcement officers who pled guilty to state and federal charges for torturing two Black men were sentenced Wednesday in state court.

The state convictions will run at the same time as the federal sentences, which range from about 10 to 40 years.

Using slave burial DNA to link descendent communities will be groundbreaking.

I think often of the desperation of formerly enslaved ppl placing ads to find mothers, fathers, children, & other family.

Finally, the spirits will get their wish & be rested.
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This is why we want to do Midwest Futures in American Studies Journal. Climate change and the question of water access will be an essential conversation for future issues of migration, housing, & survival. The Midwest is already the center of such questions.

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