Zaakir Tameez (@ztameez) 's Twitter Profile
Zaakir Tameez

@ztameez

UVA ‘19, Yale Law School ‘24

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On Juneteenth, worth remembering: In 1860, abolitionist Charles Sumner went on the Senate floor to decry the "barbarism of slavery." NYTimes criticized it: "What useful end is served...by lashing the North into a paroxysm of hatred and indignation against an

On Juneteenth, worth remembering: In 1860, abolitionist Charles Sumner went on the Senate floor to decry the "barbarism of slavery." NYTimes criticized it: "What useful end is served...by lashing the North into a paroxysm of hatred and indignation against an
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“There are few who can stand firm like the oak tree against the storm, and now, we may be in a storm and we need oak trees who can stand firm regardless” —Zaakir Tameez joins Karen Hunter for a Juneteenth discussion. #WENisnow #WENpowerment #weWENtogether

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|NEW EPISODE| Leadership means standing firm fear or no fear, threat or no threat. Karen Hunter x Zaakir Tameez dive deep into Charles Sumner: Conscience of a Nation in a 2-part conversation you don’t want to miss. Ep. 138 & 139 |OUT NOW| #WENisnow #WENpowerment #weWENtogether

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New review in the Wall Street Journal— elevating Charles Sumner, “whom the author calls ‘the most famous civil rights leader of the nineteenth century.’”

New review in the Wall Street Journal— elevating Charles Sumner, “whom the author calls ‘the most famous civil rights leader of the nineteenth century.’”
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‘The Constitution is not mean, stingy, and pettifogging, but open-handed, liberal, and just, inclining always in favor of Freedom.’ - US Sen. Charles Sumner (1811-1874) startribune.com/charles-sumner…

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CHARLES SUMNER by Zaakir Tameez is a landmark biography of Charles Sumner, the unsung hero of the American Civil War and Reconstruction. Henry Holt & Company Macmillan Publishers Learn more in our review! bookreporter.com/reviews/charle…

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On #WeThePeoplePodcast, Zaakir Tameez details Charles Sumner’s strong belief in the 13th Amendment giving Congress the power to legislate for human rights for all citizens. Listen now: ow.ly/Y67g50W6yLb

On #WeThePeoplePodcast, <a href="/ztameez/">Zaakir Tameez</a> details Charles Sumner’s strong belief in the 13th Amendment giving Congress the power to legislate for human rights for all citizens. 

Listen now: ow.ly/Y67g50W6yLb
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Just terrible news that hits personally like a gut punch— Jim Ryan is my mentor & my first boss. This is bad, very bad.

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Thank you to Zach Neumann and Community Economic Defense Project for hosting a talk on Charles Sumner!!! He was a movement organizer, a civil rights attorney, and a courageous politician who would’ve been proud of the work that many of us are doing day in & day out today.

Thank you to <a href="/ZachNeumannCO/">Zach Neumann</a> and <a href="/CoEvictionDef/">Community Economic Defense Project</a> for hosting a talk on Charles Sumner!!! He was a movement organizer, a civil rights attorney, and a courageous politician who would’ve been proud of the work that many of us are doing day in &amp; day out today.
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Terrific conversation between Jamelle Bouie and Zaakir Tameez. And buy/read ZT's stellar biography of Charles Sumner! nytimes.com/2025/07/05/opi…

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This interview of Zaakir Tameez by b-boy bouiebaisse about Charles Sumner is nothing short of amazing. It's one of those #longreads. Bookmark it, if you don't have time right now. gift article link ↓

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I hope this flies too. What I like here, even as it was long, is a great conversation with Zaakir Tameez, who wrote a biography of Charles Summer, who did so much for the anti-slavery cause. b-boy bouiebaisse New York Times Opinion The New York Times nytimes.com/2025/07/05/opi…

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What I did not know is that more than 100 years before Brown, Charles Sumner tried to integrate the schools of Boston in a case at the Massachusetts Supreme Court... nytimes.com/2025/07/05/opi…