Happy 102nd Birthday to Mrs. Rachel Robinson, wife of the late MLB great Jackie Robinson

“Black people have seen this America before. We have endured throughout history’s progress and regress, watching the arc of justice bend with the changing winds.” nytimes.com/2025/04/07/opi…

Dissertation season is among us! Such an intense but rewarding time of year.

Wilberforce University seeks applicants for an Assistant Professor of African American/ U.S. History position. wilberforce.edu/job/assistant-…

Omg love the tradition of Black girls being obsessed with Mae Jamison is still going. I LOVED her as a kid too!

It’s officially my favourite week of the year🤍

On this day in 1873, a mob of hundreds of armed white men attacked the Grant Parish courthouse in Colfax, Louisiana, killing an estimated 150 Black people, many of whom were trying to flee. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…

At church I overheard a lady saying she needed more palm leaves for her family members who were home. We do not play about getting our palms and funeral programs 😆✝️❤️🙏🏾 Andddd if you don’t have one in your car this week you’re not living right! Happy Holy Week!

Antonio Austin, a doctoral candidate in History Department , has successfully defended his dissertation titled “…A White Man Can Do What He Pleases with a Colored Man or Woman…”: Black North Carolinians’ Experience with the Law from 1790 - 1860.” Congrats Dr. Austin!

Cheryl Hawkins, a doctoral candidate in History Department successfully defended her dissertation titled “The Enduring Legacy of Parker-Gray: A Twentieth History of the African American Community in Alexandria, Virginia, and Their Struggle for Public Education.”Congrats Dr. Hawkins!

Three dissertation defenses down and a few more to go! So proud of our oh so amazing Bison. And major shouts out to the hard working advisor’s!

A love letter to our Katrina babies for the ESSENCE May/June 2025 ESSENCE Festival issue. On stands April 26 ❤️

👉🏾The African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS) is now accepting submissions for the 2026 C.L.R. James Research Fellowship to support research towards the completion of a dissertation or publication of a book. Deadline: November 1, 2025. aaihs.org/accepting-subm…

❤️❤️ Congratulations Dr. Araujo!

Payback is a mother. Season 7 of #TheChi starts streaming MAY 16 on the #ParamountPlus with SHOWTIME plan.

I've been asked several times, "Tammy, next time you do a black history trip, I want to go." SO HERE IT IS! Join me June 13-16, 2025, for a weekend of honoring and remembering the ancestors of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Contact [email protected] for travel information.

Kendra Woodfolk Anthony, has successfully defended her dissertation with distinction, entitled: “Attending the Crossing: The Spirituality of African American Midwives 1877 - 1955” Congratulations to Dr. Anthony on this milestone! History Department

bell hooks wrote, “Sometimes people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power — not because they don’t see it, but because they see it and they don’t want it to exist.”