#TheMoroccanLectures
The oldest university in the world was founded in Africa: Al Qarawiyyin. An Arab woman from Tunisia was the founder. The tour guide says Al Qarawiyyin has a library of thousands of surviving manuscripts. A plethora of non-relgious subjects taught UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳.

Last student who helped integrate the University of North Carolina’s undergraduate body has died

apnews.com/article/obitua…

In two weeks, I'll be at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library in conversation with the incredible historian and Emory History professor Carl Suddler talking about my recent book, Police and the Empire City. Share and mark your calendars: Thursday June 6, 7pm.

More people were killed by U.S. law enforcement in 2023 than any other year in the past decade — and it's increasingly happening in small towns and rural areas. cbsn.ws/4anlkqx

Just wow!

Digital history.
Public history.
Civic engagement.
We raise the standards of scholarship.
Every day. Everywhere.
Annie Evans🧵+🩵☁️+🦣+📰
Cory Booker
Left of Black
New Left Urbanist
Money on the Left (@moneyontheleft.bsky.social)
Hedreich Nichols
UDADISI
American Historical Association
Organization of American Historians
ASALH

Teaching history. Every day. Everywhere.
SchomburgCenter DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center International Slavery Museum Lonnie G. Bunch III Henry Louis Gates Jr
Tim&Jim Fielder @Dieselfunk
Judith Weisenfeld

My son is now in high school. He LOVES to read because he went to the comics store with me every week. It was a special outing each Wednesday that was all about the love of literature. We always read together. Now - we still do the exact same thing. Comics = literacy.

One of my favorite pictures of Yuri Kochiyama: a publicity shot for Mountains That Take Wing: Angela Davis & Yuri Kochiyama, a film by C.A. Griffith & H.L.T. Quan (2009): bit.ly/2ykTgrQ

I’ll be on a mini tour next month talking about my new book and sharing some pictures. Hope to see yall there ❤️

my article:

Kingdoms at the forest's edge: a history of Mangbetu (ca. 1750-1895)
africanhistoryextra.com/p/kingdoms-at-…

The arches of its vaulted roofs were supported by 'long rows of pillars formed from perfectly straight treestems'
its floor was plastered with redclay 'as smooth as asphalt' and its sides were 'enclosed by a low breastwork' leaving space for light to enter
africanhistoryextra.com/p/kingdoms-at-…

Happy Bornday to my hero. Brother Malcolm. Malcolm X. El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz. Omowale. The one and only.

TOOK DOWN THE REIGNING CHAMPS.

The Timberwolves outscored the Nuggets 60-37 in the second half 😳

Minnesota also became the first team to EVER comeback while trailing by 12 or more points at halftime of a Game 7 🔥

ALL OF THIS. 🔥🔥🔥

YOUR MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES ARE HEADED TO THE WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS.

Correction: Date is Monday May 20th.
@SUBSUME 7:30-9:00 PM (Underground Atlanta) 50 lower Alabama - Atlanta, GA, 30303

Defense wins championships.

The Denver Nuggets have been eliminated from the playoffs.