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The writer and activist James Baldwin was born on this day in 1924. 'Walking in the dark: James Baldwin, my father, and me' by Douglas Field is a moving exploration of the life and work of the celebrated American author, publishing this November. #OnThisDay #JamesBaldwin

To offer a counter to the dickheads setting fire to libraries and looting Shoezones, here's a thread of good people doing good things.

Where there is hate, there will always be HOPE

‘There are two versions of the end of the British Empire. The first posits it as an orderly disbanding. The second claims that the end of empire was in fact extremely violent, but that knowledge of this violence was successfully suppressed.’ Christienna Fryar: lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/…

BERA Emerald Books Emerald Quality Education Dr Omolabake Fakunle @AOlssonRost Congratulations Teacher Development Trust Chartered College of Teaching Rebecca Loader @ShammiRae BERA Race, Ethnicity and Education Network Afro_Brit The Educator R Harris Department for Education Catherine McKinnell MP Department of Education, University of Oxford King's College London @DARPLwales Centre for Race, Education and Decoloniality Prof Louise Taylor, PhD and more colleagues. Right on time #curriculumreview

Join us in London on Thursday 12th September for an exclusive one-day event to discuss decolonisation and inclusivity in creative writing pedagogy and publishing w/ MA Black British Literature (2015-2024) Angelique Golding Sunny Singh Leone Ross FRSL @DianaEvansOP Book by 1/9/24: city.ac.uk/news-and-event…

Hi Edutwitter - @richkhistory and I are running this webinar series this autumn with Historical Assoc… All about teaching disciplinary thinking (‘second order concepts’) in history…. Please do share with history folk - first webinar free for HA members history.org.uk/secondary/cate…

Are you involved in #historyteacher #TeacherEducation working with an #ITT #ITE #PGCE #SCITT beginning history teacher this year? Please point them towards this FREE Historical Assoc webinar exploring how they can thrive during their training! history.org.uk/events/calenda… #Mentors

History Teachers Education Network #historyteacher #sociologyteacher BRIT Humanities need a new teacher due to last minute posting in UAE. Ideally with Sociology teaching experience but happy to discuss with anyone interested. It’s a fantastic creative place to work. Email is [email protected]

Thank you Geographical Association Steve Brace for valuing my contribution to #geographyeducation. I would like to extend my gratitude to all those who kindly read my blog and benefitted from it in some way. Decolonising Geography and Salaam Geographia ga-blog.org/2024/09/02/geo…

I cannot wait to talk to the novelist, Okechukwu Nzelu Okechukwu Nzelu, about my award-winning 2013 novel Mr Loverman, broadcast on the BBC this autumn as an 8-part drama adaptation, at this GuardianLive event on September 26th. I absolutely love the adaptation!

Really proud to have been published in the new Historical Assoc Teaching History. The article set out a series of principles for a holistic approach when diversifying and decolonising local history. A massive thank you to @KatharineBurn and Arthur Chapman @arthurjchapman.bksy.social for the editorial support!

Explore #OurMigrationStory, which documents the often overlooked stories of generations of migrants who came to and shaped Britain - from the experiences of West African seafarers in 1880s Liverpool to Britain's Black Power movement in the 1960s and 1970s. ourmigrationstory.org.uk

Immensely proud to be the keynote at the Engaging Schools in Archives conference organised by The Learning Arc. We have so many amazing archives in the NE which can enrich the narratives of the past that we share with our students. The National Archives Andrew Payne

Happy to announce I've founded a new prize for UK writers - the RSL Scriptorium Awards - which offers my pension-investment cottage on the Kent coast to writers for free for up to a month each. Applications open Spring 2025. A jury will choose the writers & I will have zero

Final call for sign ups for our #historyteacher #historyeducation #SIG this Wednesday. I've had a preview of the film made by the Hong Experience Project & it's so powerful AND Ollie Barnes ' workshop looks 🔥🔥🔥 Don't miss it & regret it!