I’m Jazmyne Baylor, a Research & Instruction Librarian at Western Carolina University. I’m researching African American libraries and reading spaces in Appalachia during the segregation era. For more information, email Jazmyne Baylor at [email protected]

My statement on alleged comments made by Mark Robinson:

New: Washington's Yakama Nation received both the grant and a $100 million federal loan. Held up by a series of bureaucratic hurdles, the funding could expire before the government lets the tribal nation touch a dime. propub.li/3BkSgnr

Despite admissions of serious prosecutorial misconduct, including improper handling of evidence, #MarcellusWilliams is still facing execution in four days. His last chance is for Governor Mike Parson to intervene. Call, tweet, and e-mail Gov. Parson now and urge him to stop the execution

Tuesday, Senator John Kennedy told the only Muslim American witness during a committee hearing to “hide [her] head in a bag.” It is incumbent upon all of us to call out hate speech whenever we see it. My op-ed in the The Guardian ⬇️ theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

The Georgia Attorney General's office says last-minute rule changes proposed by a Georgia State Election Board (with a majority of members who've demonstrated they *don't* know very much about election administration) are likely illegal/invalid. #gapol scribd.com/document/77121…

Tennessee State University interim president Ronald Johnson just announced the school is in an urgent financial situation. He is implementing and hiring freeze and spending freeze on non-essential costs. “These measures are difficult but necessary," he said. Story to come.

Jerry Mitchell makes the case for Medgar Evers to represent the state of Mississippi at the U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall. Read more: buff.ly/3MV87vy

🚨All eyes need to be on Georgia y’all. MAGA extremists are working overtime to undermine election integrity just 3 weeks out from the start of early voting. These new rules are going to cause so much chaos.

Just hour before Freddie Owens' execution, the friend whose testimony helped convict him admits he lied. Owens faces lethal injection for a 1997 murder, but his co-defendant now claims Owens wasn’t there. This revelation demands a reevaluation of the case! brnw.ch/21wMWVT

Rutherford County Board of Education located just outside of Nashville voted to ban Toni Morrison’s Beloved and Yaa Gyasi’s Homecoming. #madness chalkbeat.org/tennessee/2024…

BREAKING: Texas Neo-Nazi Arrested and Charged with Making Threats to Kill Nashville District Attorney Glenn Funk 1/

"Stevie Wonder has announced a fall tour that he has dubbed “Sing Your Song! As We Fix Our Nation’s Broken Heart,” a 10-date, pre-Election Day trek that takes the music legend to battleground states in October." rollingstone.com/music/music-ne…

National Conference of Black Political Scientists's Statement Condemning Anti-Haitian Rhetoric.

The lies spread about Haitians in Springfield, Ohio by Trump and Vance are racist and xenophobic. Full stop. We must stand united against efforts to dehumanize immigrants and people of color.

My new favorite mural. #nashville #streetart #mural

My book "White Property, Black Trespass" has been out for a month! If you haven't picked up a copy yet, it's still 30% off NYU Press w code NYUAU30 at checkout. bit.ly/whitepropertyb… I have had some great conversations about the book already + will be having more soon. 👇

Texas has purged about 500K eligable voters from voter rolls Nebraska potentially changing its Electoral count to winner take all so they all go Red Georgia is requiring 5-6M votes be counted by hand Red states have closed more than 10,000 polling locations in Black/Latino

This is a total austerity program at TSU reflecting the interests the Comptroller General. A recent assessment revealed an "urgent" financial situation, TSU Interim President Ronald A. Johnson said. tennessean.com/story/news/edu…

Today the Georgia election board illegally voted to change the ballot counting process to become more cumbersome. However at the same time a coalition of groups, pro-democracy orgs and activists held a press conference on the steps inside the Georgia State Capitol. This is a