Prof. Barbara D. Savage has won the 2024 Darlene Clark Hine Award from OAH, 'Recognizing the best book in African American women’s and gender history.' She won the award for her book 'Merze Tate: The Global Odyssey of a Black Woman Scholar.' Savage #award #book #history

The only sensible thing to do with Trump's 'Gettysburg, Wow' speech in Pennsylvania was to make a one-minute documentary film of it. These are all his real words. I added some 'bing bongs' at the start. 'Never fight uphill, me boys! Never fight uphill.' #FunWithPhotoshop

It looks like the Indiana University Bloomington faculty hit the 800+ attendance number they needed to go ahead today with the proposed no-confidence vote in the President and Provost.

Learn about how to layer media experiences in the production of graphic history. #GH3
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Excited to announce that our children’s book (for ages 4-8), *Fearless Benjamin*, about radical abolitionist Benjamin Lay, written by Michelle Markel and yours truly, with art by the gifted Sarah Bachman, is forthcoming next year from PM Press. Here is a sample of the art.

You’ve heard of gallery walks—now get ready for Google Slides competitions. 👀

Marcus Luther shares one of his favorite classroom routines for boosting collaboration and engagement: edut.to/43LT9jk

Had a wonderful time today talking (and looking 👀 at some old) educational comics and dropping off 20 different Civics For All Comics Group comics with Karen Green (she/hers) 💉 💉 💉 💉 💉 🦠 💉 😷 for Columbia University’s Comics and Cartoons collection! Thank you for the visit, Karen!!!

Duende is sometimes translated as magic but it is darker than that. Garcia Lorca said 'Duende is a power that climbs up inside of you, from the soles of the feet.'

My offering for TopTweetTuesday: a lament for my favorite poet. Much gratitude to Black Bough Poetry / Barddoniaeth Y Gangen Ddu and james mcconachie1.bsky.social for hosting the day. #PoetryCommunity #Duende #Lorca

Art by Emily Tarleton

Once a Refuge From Segregation, Juke Joints Still Inspire Black Joy
For Black folks in the South, the juke joint is a world of escapism through drinks and dance. bit.ly/3TGVBCP

To my friends in education, take a deep breath and focus on joy wherever you have it.

The next month will pass.

Why would law enforcement need to be 'reimbursed' for youth crime? According to Sen. Brent Taylor, levying fines against parents for their child's crime is a financial incentive for Memphis Police Department whose current fiscal budget is $280 million. bit.ly/49CbBfs

NEWS: The @LibnofCongress has announced the annual selection of 25 recordings to be inducted into the National Recording Registry, chosen for their cultural, historic or aesthetic importance to preserve the nation’s recorded sound heritage. #NatRecRegistry newsroom.loc.gov/news/national-…

Anyone around Abu Dhabi is welcome to attend my talk, “Slavery and the Esoteric in the Indian Ocean,” at NYU Abu Dhabi. Thursday, April 18th, between 11:30-12:30pm:

Walter Greason Livia Chan, M.Ed Rita Wirtz Hedreich Nichols Craig Shapiro Melisa Hayes Leanora Benton D.Ed. DrAmyMP Nicole Biscotti, M.Ed. 🧡 Celeste Endo Kecia McDonald (she/her) Carolyn Foote 𝔼𝕣𝕚𝕜𝕒 𝕊𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕤𝕥𝕣ö𝕞 #FETC #ISTE #SXSW Sarah Thomas, PhD RACHELLE DENÉ POTH |ThriveinEDU #ARVR #AI #AIinEDU Evo Hannan - SUSTAINABILITY WEEK, 22-26 April 📚 Richreadalot (same on Insta)❤🌊 #kindnessripple Vernon Wright • Speaker | Author | Leader | Debate mark hines Jennifer D. Klein John Miller Josh Tovar Charles Williams Sheldon L. Eakins, Ph.D. Julie Schmidt Hasson Sean M. Arnold Lainie Rowell ✨Tisha Richmond✨ Elisabeth Bostwick Thank you, Walter! I feel that way about you. I really loved your visit here. Meant the world to me. Love your book 'The Graphic History of HipHop'

Long-term affordability for renters and an increase in non-market housing is an important step in poverty reduction. We looked at some facts surrounding social housing and upcoming federal budget in our latest blog.

Check it out here: enoughforall.ca/articles/socia…

Greetings Dieselfunkateers! It's #PortfolioDay Tim Fielder, NYC Visual Afrofuturist Graphic Novelist of Tim&Jim Fielder @Dieselfunk #MattysRocket HarperCollins Amistad #INFINITUManAfrofuturistTale @GraphicHistoryCo #The GraphicHistoryofHipHop #WEBDuBois #The Comet Smithsonian NMAAHC @CarnegieHall

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Order your copies of the Graphic History of Hip Hop today! #GH3

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