David W. Blight
@davidwblight1
Detroit Tigers fan for life. Historian of slavery, Civil War era, author of Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom. Won a P-Prize. Teacher first.
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The Nation
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Founded by abolitionists in 1865. Committed to progressive journalism. Subscribe: subscriptions.thenation.com.
Library of Congress
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Official account of the world’s largest library. Explore collections & plan a visit. All Library accounts: loc.gov/connect
Al Franken
@alfranken
Husband, Dad, Granddad, Democrat, Minnesotan, Author, Human Cannonball, Comedian, Head of Midwest Values PAC, Host of The Al Franken Podcast
howardfineman
@howardfineman
Husband, Dad, @RealClearPolitics; TV analyst; op-eds NYT & WashPost; author; editorial director; professor; lecturer; linkedin.com/in/howard-fine…
John Mellencamp
@johnmellencamp
John Mellencamp singer songwriter, artist from Bloomington Indiana. Outlaw Music Festival tickets on sale now
Bless You Boys
@blessyouboys
A new era in Tigers baseball is underway and this is just the beginning. facebook.com/byb.tigers blessyouboystigers.bsky.social
Goodreads
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The largest site for readers and book recommendations. Find new books, recommend books, track your reading, join book clubs, win advanced copies, and much more!
Intelligence Squared
@intelligence2
Where great minds meet.
@drhonor.bsky.social
@drhonor
I have concerns.
Fintan O'Toole
@fotoole
MRIA. Irish Times columnist, advising ed New York Review of Books, winner European Press Prize, Orwell Prize, Robert Silvers Prize. We Don't Know Ourselves
mkazin
@mkazin
History prof at Georgetown. New book on the Dems: us.macmillan.com/books/97803742…
Benjamin L. Carp 🎏
@bencarp
Historian, Brooklyn College, Graduate Center, CUNY. Leading AHA wit. "The Great New York Fire of 1776: A Lost Story of the #AmRev" 🔥
David Pepper
@davidpepper
“one of the best political-thriller writers on the scene" — latest is non-fiction (“Saving Democracy: A User’s Manual”)
Rick Perlstein
@rickperlstein
The only reason I write about politics is to attract the attention of jazz musicians. I answer every email: [email protected].
Ohio School Boards
@ohschoolboards
K-12 public education news, information, trends and tech from the Ohio School Boards Association. Also follow us at: facebook.com/OHSchoolBoards
Politics and Prose
@politicsprose
So many books, so little time. Proud independent bookstore since 1984. Follow our Children & Teens Department @KidsandProse.
History News Network
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HNN is a publishing project that puts the news in historical perspective. Powered by @bunkhistory @urichmond. Subscribe here: hnn.us/newsletter
Adam Schiff
@senadamschiff
Husband. Father. U.S. Senator for California. Fighting for an economy that works for everyone and for our democracy.
Dr. J. Michael Butler
@dr_mbutler
Kenan Distinguished Professor of History @FlaglerCollege - Civil Rights, Southern, & Cultural History. Natural Heel. Tweets don’t represent my employer!
Claire Potter
@tenuredradical
Historian, op-ed writer, reviewer, podcaster, Substacker | Book: Political Junkies (Basic Books, 2020) | Rep: Roz Foster, Frances Goldin Lit | #KamalaHarris2024
Michael Hattem
@michaelhattem
Historian | Author, "The Memory of '76" (E209 H38) and “Past and Prologue” (E209 H38) | threads: @mdhattem | Music: National Steel | Arsenal FC
Elon Musk
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Detroit Lions
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Detroit Lions Official Twitter Page 📲 TEXT us at +1 (313) 546-6700 #OnePride
Valerie Strauss
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Education journalist
Cambridge University Press - History
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Find out the latest information on history books and journals published by @CambridgeUP, conferences, prizes and more.
Vaughn Hillyard
@vaughnhillyard
NBC News, White House Correspondent | Arizonan | #goodfolk | IG: instagram.com/vaughn_hillyard
Paul McCartney
@paulmccartney
Official Paul McCartney account run by MPL | #PaulMcCartneyGotBack | #EyesOfTheStorm | Text me: +1(212)313-9547
American Historical Association
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The American Historical Association is the largest professional organization serving historians in all fields and all professions. historians.org/join
Dr. Joanne Freeman (@jbf1755 on lots o’ platforms)
@jbf1755
Award-winning historian,Yale. Early US politics/violence; A.Ham ✏️The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress & the Road to Civil War
Kai Bird
@kaibird123
Pulitzer Prize winning Biographer & Journalist. My new biography is out on June 15, 2021--The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter
Jonathan Lemire
@jonlemire
Co-host: @Morning_Joe, @MSNBC Writer: @TheAtlantic Author: "The Big Lie." Ex-@AP, @Politico. Dad, Mr @carriemelago, Red Sox [email protected]
The Last Word
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Official Twitter account for @MSNBC's The #LastWord with @Lawrence O'Donnell. Join us: facebook.com/thelastword
Brooks D. Simpson🇨🇦🇺🇦
@brooksdsimpson
Historian. Islanders/Yankees fan. Posts represent my views, not those of my employer. RT implies nothing. Trolls may be blocked/muted. Also on P/M/Th/BlueS.
Stacey Abrams
@staceyabrams
Host of #AssemblyRequired. Author of Power of Persuasion. Democracy, DEI, policy, small business & storytelling. Opinions are my own.
Lisa A. Monroe @[email protected]
@nowrisebooks
Lisa A. Monroe. Reader. Educator. Writer. Bibliophile. Book seller. Baltimore-born and raised, new address at @[email protected]
Jennifer Szalai
@jenszalai
Nonfiction book critic at The New York Times
Tera Hunter
@terawhunter
Professor of History & African American Studies. Native of Miami, FL. BOUND IN WEDLOCK: SLAVE AND FREE BLACK MARRIAGE IN THE 19th CENTURY (Harvard U Press)
Andy Lang
@andrewflang
Prof. of Civil War history @msstate. ‘A Contest of Civilizations' (finalist, Lincoln Prize) & 'In the Wake of War' (Tom Watson Brown Award). Writing on Lincoln.
Beto O'Rourke
@betoorourke
Tim Ryan
@timryan
Proud dad and husband, Ohio native, die-hard Browns fan.
Journal of Southern History
@joursouhist
The Journal of Southern History is published quarterly by @theSouthernSHA.
Ashley D. Farmer
@drashleyfarmer
Historian, Professor, Writer. Author. Next 📚: Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore (Pantheon, 25)
Jane Mayer
@janemayernyer
Staff writer at the @newyorker | Author of Dark Money | Twitter neophyte
Woodson Institute
@woodsonuva
Founded in 1981, the Institute promotes interdisciplinary & collaborative research & interpretation of the African & African-American experience globally.
Martha S. Jones
@marthasjones_
Writer | Historian | Lapsed Lawyer | Prof @johnshopkins | Birthright Citizens (2018) | The Trouble of Color (Basic Books, March 2025)
Alejandra Dubcovsky (she/her/hers)
@adubcovskyj
History Prof. Early America, Native America, (North) American South. New project on War & Gender. Human Person. Runner. Mom. Always Rushing. Tweets are my own.
James Forman, Jr.
@jformanjr
Dad. Professor. Former usher at Atlanta Fulton-County Stadium
Craig Whitlock
@craigmwhitlock
Investigative reporter for The Washington Post. #1 NYT Bestselling author of "FAT LEONARD" (2024) and "THE AFGHANISTAN PAPERS" (2021).
Jon Wiener
@jonwiener1
co-author with Mike Davis, "Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties"; Host of "Start Making Sense," bit.ly/1NUuvxf
Anna Duensing
@anaauslouisiana
historian writing a book about Black radicalism, antifascism, fascism, and white supremacy | research + education at @april_institute | she/her
Annette Gordon-Reed
@agordonreed
Univ. Prof.,Harvard. Pulitzer,Nat’l Bk Award for THOM.,On Juneteenth, 1 of NY Times 10 Best Books 2021, Mac “Genius”,SHEAR President,2018, SAH President,2022-23
Marsha Andrews
@marsha_mandrews
Former Opera Singer and 12 yrs @ the Met Opera, currently helping people sell or buy their dream home: Lic Assoc RE Broker @Compass, grammarian, Politics Junkie
Dr. Keisha N. Blain
@keishablain
✨ Award-winning Historian, Writer, and Professor | 📚 Latest Book: WITHOUT FEAR: Black Women and the Making of Human Rights (@wwnorton, 2025).
Cambridge History
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News and events from the History Faculty, University of Cambridge, UK
Hasan Kwame Jeffries
@profjeffries
Bklyn Morehouse Duke (not bball, PhD) tOSU. Author Bloody Lowndes & Understanding Teaching CvlRght. Podcast-TeachingHardHistory Audible-Great Figures CvlRghtsMv
Manisha Sinha
@profmsinha
President of the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic, latest book The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic, Draper Chair at UConn
Holly Brewer
@earlymodjustice
Historian of Justice, democracy, children, slavery, rights bit.ly/3gBg9uV @GuggFellows #twitterstorian @aslhtweets Opinions mine
The Memory Project UVA
@memprojectuva
Tweets from the Memory Project at UVA's Karsh Institute of Democracy.
TheCivilWarDoc
@thecivilwardoc1
The CivilWar and the Fight for the Soul of America! A documentary film from American historians Insta: instagram.com/thecivilwardoc gofund.me/fa492df5
George Chauncey
@georgechauncey1
DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia. Author of Gay New York 1890-1940. Love teaching, long walks with Ron, theater, dance, art, NYC.
D Waldstreicher
@dwaldstreicher
History @ CUNY Graduate Center. The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley, Farrar Straus & Giroux. More at bostonreview.net/authors/david-…
Keri Leigh Merritt
@kerileighmerrit
Writer. Historian (PhD). Labor & Inequality. Books: #AfterLife #MasterlessMen. NEW: Lillian Smith bio. Film @thecivilwardoc1. IG @kerileighmerritt
Lawrence Glickman
@larryglickman
Historian at Cornell University. Views expressed here are my own.
Carla Hayden
@libnofcongress
Official account of the 14th Librarian of Congress. Let's explore @LibraryCongress & make history together. All Library accounts: loc.gov/connect
Vice President Kamala Harris Archived
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This is an archive of a Biden administration account, maintained by the National Archives and Records Administration.
Dr. Hilary Green
@hilarygreen77
Professor, Davidson College Author of Educational Reconstruction: African American Schools in the Urban South (2016) and creator of The Hallowed Ground Project