University Distinguished Professor and Dean of The MSU Graduate School Pero Dagbovie discusses his new book, "Forever in the Path: The Black Experience at Michigan State University" with WKAR from MSU. The full interview: spr.ly/6014I9cZC #MSUHistory #MSUSocialScience

Thursday, March 6 | 6:30 PM | Online: Scholars Orisanmi Burton, Donna Murch, Mary Frances Phillips, Charles W. McKinney, and Francoise N. Hamlin will discuss the histories behind the contemporary abolitionist movement. @Schomburg_CBFS #SchomburgCenter ow.ly/eN4c50V3vCu

My advisor just dropped a new article. She is going to come out with a new book in August entitled: Tell Her Story: Eleanor Bumpurs & the Police Killing That Galvanized New York City

A recent Executive Order would gut the only federal agency dedicated to America’s museums. The IMLS makes up only 0.0046% of the federal budget. Americans do not want this: 96% of Americans want elected officials to support museums. Take action now: congressweb.com/aam/95/

I wrote on courage in the civil rights movement and what we haven’t understood about it —and the power of accumulating actions.

KING OF THE NORTH comes out today from The New Press! De-Southernizing Martin Luther King changes so many of the ways we have come to see him, the movement and the US during the civil rights era and provides so many lessons for what we face today. A 🧵:

.Jeanne Theoharis, CBFS co-founder and author of King of the North, discusses 10 things you should know about #MLK, Jr.'s work in northern states to end racism and segregation for Teen Vogue. #Kudos #SchomburgCenter #BlackHistory #CBFS ow.ly/JB4Q50VuORj

Great session! Thank you Sonya Bonczek UNC Press, Cecelia Cancellaro, and the other #editors for a great session -- "Book Marketing" & Publishing panel. #OAH2025 #publishing #writers #historians

There’s a myth that the media supported the civil rights movement. While many reporters courageously reported in the South, these same newspapers helped protect segregation at home & cast local activists & MLK as troublemakers when they challenged northern racism & police abuse

The media (like the NYT) is struggling to call racism racism. This has a history. While many news orgs seriously covered parts of the Southern civil rights movement, they demonized the Northern movement & MLK's support of it—and justified N. segregation time.com/7271258/newspa…

Book Blurbs for "Tell Her Story" are in! #NYC #1980s #Blackwomen #History Beacon Press beacon.org/Tell-Her-Story…

This is tomorrow -- really looking forward to chatting with Heather Lewis about "Para Power" for the Gotham Center for New York City History at 6:30pm. Free and online, if you have time on a Thursday night! eventbrite.com/e/para-power-e…

My HS is staying open! 🎉