Fascinating 🧵. An unusual instance of $$ making a Black woman legally white.

Tonight we had the honor to join PetersburgNPS in commemorating the lives of the enslaved community at City Point alongside Museum Curator Emmanuel Dabney and the music and dance of Akoma de Gado. Thanks to all who attended.

Appreciate the gracious spirit of @bethallisonbarr’s tweet, something rare on this platform. Though The Gospel Coalition’s apology doesn’t appear to state what they are asking forgiveness for. That lack of explicitness wouldn’t fly in my house.

Of all the monuments for the GOP to pick as representing “we”…is this a genuine Sankofa moment? Jefferson: arguably the most blatantly racist of the early presidents & his story shows the centrality of Black people and slavery in “where we come from”

the best thing I’ve read via twitter this year by quite some distance. Thanks Dr. Molly Jones-Lewis and John Fea

In the depths of World War 2, the Russians were running seriously low on manpower. Faced with the possibility of losing the War, the Russians decided to start recruiting Muppets to fight for them a short historical thread 🧵 /1

Why critical thinking matters. Musk & many others prefer we don’t think critically but instead just react.

Why just doing keyword searches on digitial databases often isn't enough. How a Grad Student Uncovered the Largest Known Slave Auction in the U.S. propublica.org/article/how-gr…

⁦Gettysburg NMP⁩ battle walk with outstanding Ranger John Hoptak, who tells the stories and lives of African Americans before, during and after battle with deep research, reverence & respect

Before you begin your thinkpiece, the Supreme Court DID NOT strike down Affirmative Action Admission preferences for legacies, donors, employee families and special recommendations are still allowed The Court struck down Affirmative Action For everyone except WHITE PEOPLE

Ranger Rachael Nicholas masterfully weaving together the histories of monuments Gettysburg NMP battle walk in June. Love how she ended at Warfield house, the Black family farm whose house is just as much a monument as the other more grandiose ones.

Pete Carmichael from ⁦Civil War Institute⁩ was just fantastic today ⁦Gettysburg NMP⁩ battle walk: got us to “look behind the lines” & see enslaved Black men & the humanity they knew they had despite Confederate soldiers forcing them to labor for an army of enslavers

Little Round Top being closed Gettysburg NMP has its advantages. Like biking the road up and down Big Round Top on the busiest day of year with zero traffic.

When I was a little kid I learned that in some towns in the South it was common for white men to walk into black people’s homes without knocking. I remember being with my grandmother at her friend’s house,and an insurance salesman just walked in as if he had rights to the place.

Another Gettysburg Remembrance Day parade reminding folks what’s not being remembered

Battlewalk outstandingly taught by Ranger Dan Welch about Gen George Green on Culp’s Hill ⁦⁦Gettysburg NMP⁩ just ended. Made me want to learn more; that’s what great teachers do

Very much looking forward to conducting a “reverse Pickett’s charge battlewalk with ⁦Gettysburg NMP⁩ Ranger Chris Gwinn tomorrow. Join us at 10am, starting at Gen. Meade’s statue.

After long social media hiatus (just no time for it), gonna give it another shot Doubt I’ve been missed, but will be @scottbarackhancock.bsky.social

Same sign, same Remembrance Day parade, same #Gettysburg , different year.

Journal of the Civil War Era's special issue, with the theme “What Is To Be Done? Historians of Crisis in a Time of Crisis” is free for the month. These essays are not your great-great grandma’s kind of history writing. Give it a read at muse.jhu.edu/issue/56406