
Matt Delmont
@mattdelmont
Distinguished Professor of History @Dartmouth & Author of "Half American: African Americans Fighting WWII at Home and Abroad" @VikingBooks bit.ly/3D9jTNk
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Thank you to Southern Miss African American Military History Museum Dale Center for hosting me for the 2nd Annual Clyde Kennard Lecture. More on events here: usm.edu/black-studies/… More on veteran and civil rights activist Clyde Kennard here: zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/clyd…





Today, in conversation with Adam Goodman Cecilia Menjivar @cecimenjivar.bsky.social and ieva jusionyte Dartmouth Arts and Sciences and on Livestream. lalacs.dartmouth.edu/news/2024/12/w… Matt Delmont Desirée J. Garcia Jorge Cuéllar Alexander Aviña Kially Ruiz

Wow! Publishers Weekly recommends 8 books that should be on your radar in 2025, including KING OF THE NORTH (coming out March 25). They call it a "stunning revisionist account of King's life and politics." ow.ly/sGnW50UFqhO


Congrats to Calvin Schermerhorn on the new book "The Plunder of Black America" from Yale University Press! yalebooks.yale.edu/book/978030025…


Enjoyed getting an early look at this new translation of Josephine Baker's memoir "Fearless and Free" from Dutton Books and TinyRepBooks


Happy book birthday— The Plunder of Black America: How the Racial Wealth Gap Was Made is published today by Yale University Press a 400-year history of Black families’ striving against inequality #racialwealthgap #BlackHistoryMonth yalebooks.yale.edu/book/978030025…


For the 1st time, I wrote about my family history. My cousin & I told the story of a newly-translated epic poem by our great grandfather detailing the 1909 Adana massacres. “God cried”: Charles’ “destan” on the 110th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide: armenianweekly.com/2025/02/27/god…


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 🧵:


Congrats to Jeanne Theoharis on the publication of "King of the North" from The New Press! I had a chance to read an early copy and it is an important new book. thenewpress.com/books/king-of-…

New from Jeanne Theoharis, related to her new book "King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Life of Struggle Outside the South" theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…


I had so much fun talking all things KING OF THE NORTH with Dave Zirin for The Nation podcast: thenation.com/podcast/archiv…

Congrats to Dr. Peniel E. Joseph 🇭🇹🇺🇸 on the excellent new book "Freedom Season" from Basic Books!


Thank You Brother Matt Delmont for the support and inspiration!