FreedomFighters @FreedomFights19
We trace the lives & geographies of Freedom Fighters in Early North America. Philadelphia, PA Joined April 2021-
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A beautiful, moving piece by my colleague Marisa J. Fuentes celebrating the life and work of our esteemed & distinguished colleague Deborah Gray White at Rutgers History nj.com/opinion/2022/0…
Stories of archivists’ hostility and their undermining of Black women’s projects still stun. Strategies? Pass as a genealogist says @DainaRameyBerry, befriend a worker says @drCooperOwens. Never believe an archivist who tells you nothing is there. Thank you for this gathering.
I remember well experiencing this. Walking into a very prominent slavery archive, in #NOLA, with my advisor @DainaRameyBerry & the archivist telling her that “they had nothing there on slavery or the enslaved.” She then handed my advisor Walter Johnson’s book for her to read.
I remember well experiencing this. Walking into a very prominent slavery archive, in #NOLA, with my advisor @DainaRameyBerry & the archivist telling her that “they had nothing there on slavery or the enslaved.” She then handed my advisor Walter Johnson’s book for her to read.
Check out this excellent piece on the many fights #JudithJackson endeavored to claim freedom, from Norfolk to Nova Scotia, by my brilliant friend @CulturedModesty !!👇🏾👇🏾 colonialwilliamsburg.org/learn/deep-div…
Stories hide in a forgotten letter in an old gaveta, stories often get lost somewhere on the way, sometime during the move. Some letters are never sent, some stories are forgotten. In 1979, Frank Espada set out to record the stories of the Puerto Rican Diaspora as part of...🧵
I had the honor to join descendants of Silvia Hector for a private viewing of her #FreedomPapers at the @BriscoeCenter! Her papers are unique & one of the few like them for #Texas, IF not the only ones I’ve ever found for a woman held in Texas —& in the Briscoe collections. 1/8
Great essay on #Philadelphia #Black Shining Prince, Octavius Valentine Catto! Another keeper from @Philadelphian91 for @BlkPerspectives #BlackHistoryMonth aaihs.org/philadelphias-…
Some of the in-person exhibit I co-curated, Bound & Determined: Chloe Cooley, Enslavement, and the Fight for Freedom is now available as a virtual exhibit!
Some of the in-person exhibit I co-curated, Bound & Determined: Chloe Cooley, Enslavement, and the Fight for Freedom is now available as a virtual exhibit!
Today @BlackPerspectives María Esther Hammock writes "To understand the significance of this Black American woman and her business in Mexico, we must situate her presence and her transnational mobility in the context of the Black Diaspora..." Read more: loom.ly/zlfbZoM
Today @BlkPerspectives María Esther Hammock writes "To understand the significance of this Black American woman and her business in Mexico, we must situate her presence and her transnational mobility in the context of the Black Diaspora..." Read more: loom.ly/zlfbZoM
If are, or visit, #ATX (between now & the end of June 2024) check out the #FreedomPapers exhibit @BriscoeCenter !! It centers the life of a #BlackWoman #FreedomFighter, Silvia Hector Webber, her life & legacy! #BlackHistoryMonth @UT_HistDept @wfpptx_org briscoecenter.org/exhibitions/fr…
Proud to announce Webber Family Preservation Project in collaboration with the Briscoe Center @ UT-Austin present the free exhibit "Freedom Papers" featuring the rare freedom papers of Silvia Hector-Webber. @LeslieT85967893 @LorienTinuviel @joshkoskoff #Webber
"Too often, the Black abolitionist movement gets boiled down to Douglass and Tubman—and while their lives were long and their contributions innumerable, there are dozens of other Black abolitionists who" should also "be household names." @kcarterjackson thenation.com/article/societ…
@PennHistory @Wikipedia I've learned that students find doing this work important and exciting! I took inspiration to implement these #biographies assignments in my courses from my amazing doctoral advisor @DainaRameyBerry. ☺️#WhatsInYourSyllabus
@PennHistory @Wikipedia My student, after the course ended, submitted it to Wikipedia and it has been published. Elijah Anderson: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah_An…
This!! 🔥🔥🔥 This fall, students in my #HIST3080 #BlackWomen in #SlaveryAndFreedom course are researching & writing #Biographies on #BlackWomen for their major final projects. #WhatsInYourSyllabus #BlackBiographies #ImportantWork @osuhistorydept
This!! 🔥🔥🔥 This fall, students in my #HIST3080 #BlackWomen in #SlaveryAndFreedom course are researching & writing #Biographies on #BlackWomen for their major final projects. #WhatsInYourSyllabus #BlackBiographies #ImportantWork @osuhistorydept
My latest for @thenation. "We need more Black biographies." Let's do a call out. Who's biography would you like to read?? I'll start: Lewis Hayden.
My latest for @thenation. "We need more Black biographies." Let's do a call out. Who's biography would you like to read?? I'll start: Lewis Hayden.
CFP: 10th Caribbean Without Borders Graduate Conference | Caribbean Language, Literature, Identity, and Digital Intersectionalities | March 14-15, 2024 | University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras | Deadline: November 7, 2023 | Submit here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
Guys! Big Announcement! I am STOKED to debut the cover of my upcoming book, "We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance." Out in 2024, I'm hype! @BasicBooks @Wellesley @thisdaypod You can pre-order here: hachettebookgroup.com/titles/kellie-…
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This is going to be incredible! Celebrating the legendary Dr. Deborah Gray White and her path-breaking scholarship and career! Don't miss it. 💫💫💫
PLEASE CIRCULATE: We invite you to a symposium on March 21 and 22, 2024, celebrating the path-breaking work and career of Rutgers University's Board of Governors Distinguished Professor Deborah Gray White! RSVP HERE: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
Stories of archivists’ hostility and their undermining of Black women’s projects still stun. Strategies? Pass as a genealogist says @DainaRameyBerry, befriend a worker says @drCooperOwens. Never believe an archivist who tells you nothing is there. Thank you for this gathering.
I remember well experiencing this. Walking into a very prominent slavery archive, in #NOLA, with my advisor @DainaRameyBerry & the archivist telling her that “they had nothing there on slavery or the enslaved.” She then handed my advisor Walter Johnson’s book for her to read.
Stories of archivists’ hostility and their undermining of Black women’s projects still stun. Strategies? Pass as a genealogist says @DainaRameyBerry, befriend a worker says @drCooperOwens. Never believe an archivist who tells you nothing is there. Thank you for this gathering.
Check out this excellent piece on the many fights #JudithJackson endeavored to claim freedom, from Norfolk to Nova Scotia, by my brilliant friend @CulturedModesty !!👇🏾👇🏾 colonialwilliamsburg.org/learn/deep-div…
Stories hide in a forgotten letter in an old gaveta, stories often get lost somewhere on the way, sometime during the move. Some letters are never sent, some stories are forgotten. In 1979, Frank Espada set out to record the stories of the Puerto Rican Diaspora as part of...🧵
I had the honor to join descendants of Silvia Hector for a private viewing of her #FreedomPapers at the @BriscoeCenter! Her papers are unique & one of the few like them for #Texas, IF not the only ones I’ve ever found for a woman held in Texas —& in the Briscoe collections. 1/8
Great essay on #Philadelphia #Black Shining Prince, Octavius Valentine Catto! Another keeper from @Philadelphian91 for @BlkPerspectives #BlackHistoryMonth aaihs.org/philadelphias-…
Some of the in-person exhibit I co-curated, Bound & Determined: Chloe Cooley, Enslavement, and the Fight for Freedom is now available as a virtual exhibit!
Head on over to our Google Arts & Culture page to check out our latest exhibition, Chloe Cooley and the Fight for Freedom! artsandculture.google.com/story/ugUhjyLb…
Today @BlackPerspectives María Esther Hammock writes "To understand the significance of this Black American woman and her business in Mexico, we must situate her presence and her transnational mobility in the context of the Black Diaspora..." Read more: loom.ly/zlfbZoM
Today @BlkPerspectives María Esther Hammock writes "To understand the significance of this Black American woman and her business in Mexico, we must situate her presence and her transnational mobility in the context of the Black Diaspora..." Read more: loom.ly/zlfbZoM
Day 10. Today, we remember Dick and Edith, both of whom were enslaved. We also remember Esther, Dudley, and Nancy Jane, three grandchildren of Edith, who were doomed to slavery due to the technical language of Edith’s enslaver’s will.
If are, or visit, #ATX (between now & the end of June 2024) check out the #FreedomPapers exhibit @BriscoeCenter !! It centers the life of a #BlackWoman #FreedomFighter, Silvia Hector Webber, her life & legacy! #BlackHistoryMonth @UT_HistDept @wfpptx_org briscoecenter.org/exhibitions/fr…
Proud to announce Webber Family Preservation Project in collaboration with the Briscoe Center @ UT-Austin present the free exhibit "Freedom Papers" featuring the rare freedom papers of Silvia Hector-Webber. @LeslieT85967893 @LorienTinuviel @joshkoskoff #Webber
"Too often, the Black abolitionist movement gets boiled down to Douglass and Tubman—and while their lives were long and their contributions innumerable, there are dozens of other Black abolitionists who" should also "be household names." @kcarterjackson thenation.com/article/societ…
@PennHistory @Wikipedia I've learned that students find doing this work important and exciting! I took inspiration to implement these #biographies assignments in my courses from my amazing doctoral advisor @DainaRameyBerry. ☺️#WhatsInYourSyllabus
@PennHistory @Wikipedia My student, after the course ended, submitted it to Wikipedia and it has been published. Elijah Anderson: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah_An…
This!! 🔥🔥🔥 This fall, students in my #HIST3080 #BlackWomen in #SlaveryAndFreedom course are researching & writing #Biographies on #BlackWomen for their major final projects. #WhatsInYourSyllabus #BlackBiographies #ImportantWork @osuhistorydept
My latest for @thenation. "We need more Black biographies." Let's do a call out. Who's biography would you like to read?? I'll start: Lewis Hayden.
My latest for @thenation. "We need more Black biographies." Let's do a call out. Who's biography would you like to read?? I'll start: Lewis Hayden.
"Too often, the Black abolitionist movement gets boiled down to Douglass and Tubman—and while their lives were long and their contributions innumerable, there are dozens of other Black abolitionists who" should also "be household names." @kcarterjackson thenation.com/article/societ…
CFP: 10th Caribbean Without Borders Graduate Conference | Caribbean Language, Literature, Identity, and Digital Intersectionalities | March 14-15, 2024 | University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras | Deadline: November 7, 2023 | Submit here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
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