Our next SNCC and Grassroots Organizing: Building A More Perfect Union discussion series will be on April 26th and 27th at the Howard University Howard University School of Social Work Auditorium!

Join the live stream on April 26th here➡️ buff.ly/3Qb2M5h

Ah, this meter might need a little adjusting, friends. DT's comment has been part of his larger policy *actions* that profoundly punished women by taking their reproductive freedom in Dobbs, which he continues to claim credit for. Regardless of what he 'walked back' verbally..

Reading this op-ed series by Maite McPherson #MiracleAdedeji and Rebecca Fairchild in today's The Chronicle I see a future. It is stunning. #bodyautonomy #freedom #justice dukechronicle.com/article/2024/0…

Good on Gov. Mabus trying for clarity. Reeves is standing up for feral whiteness, with his doggish whistle in the trump era

In 1960 Diane Nash asked Nashville Mayor West “do you believe it is wrong to discriminate against a person based solely on the color of their skin?” The rest is history.

Thx dajah patterson and @_shannonsanders for giving Ms Nash her flowers Councilwoman Zulfat Suara @freddiefornashville

We commemorate the 30th anniversary of the first democratic elections in South Africa with an online forum. Check out our first essay of the roundtable. Amanda Joyce Hall 🔥🔥

Pleased to share this review of Laura Helton's new book in Los Angeles Review of Books. This is wildly necessary book, spotlighting foundational figures in Black archives
lareviewofbooks.org/article/black-…

Legendary Spoken Word Poet Abiodun Oyewole of The Last Poets, joined Left of Black discusses the Black Arts Movement, his inspirations and longevity, and his latest recording Gratitude

#NationalPoetryMonth
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Civil rights icon Diane Nash honored at steps where she confronted mayor on segregation tennessean.com/story/news/loc…

Did you publish a book or article between June 1, 2023, and May 31, 2024 concerning Black women’s history in the United States and the African Diaspora? If so, please submit your work for consideration to the 2024 Letitia Woods Brown Book and Article Prize committee!

Friends, please keep shining a light on Columbia & Yale and the criminalization of students there. But where is the outrage when this happens at @cuny & Brooklyn College-when working class students of color are criminalized instead of Ivy League students?thenation.com/article/societ…

✨🎧Check out this interview I did with Alicia Menendez for Latina to Latina about all things #makingthelatinosouth .

Thinking about the perils of having “college/academic culture” discussions always and forever framed by the events unfolding at the most exclusive, elite spaces in higher education.

The Southeastern US Coastal Plain is a world of wetlands. It's also home to Lumbee & other Indigenous peoples who still occupy their ancestral homelands. My new book, ON THE SWAMP, is part love song to these beautiful & threatened landscapes.
uncpress.org/book/978146967… #EarthDay2024

Today, we remember and celebrate the life of Dorie Ladner, a courageous civil rights activist whose work with SNCC paved the way for change. Her spirit, strength, and dedication to justice inspire us all. Let's continue her fight for equality and honor her legacy. 🕊️

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Happening tomorrow!
Register here: buff.ly/3TjAGa7

We hope to see you there!!

If you’re aware that a group is engaging in a propaganda campaign, you as a journalist have an ethical responsibility not to legitimize it. It is not a secret what’s happening with “DEI.” They’ve used the same playbook with “woke” and “CRT” and yet journalists keep doing this.

My book is available for pre-order now, and I want to share some of my arguments and findings from it. 🧵

Organizing Your Own: The White Fight for Black Power in Detroit
nyupress.org/9781479814145/…

Thanks for bringing this fantastic model to higher ed, #laurenhenschel . Critical visual literacy and critical visual production at its best.