THE UNITED STATES GOVERNED BY SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND DESPOTS, a mid-19th century slave narrative authored by John Swanson Jacobs, was discussed on Late Night Live with the book's editor Jonathan D.S. Schroeder. Listen here: ab.co/3Vn2NVH #book #americanhistory #podcast

98 Days until election. Abigail Adams to John Adams 3/31/1776: Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands. Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could. Portrait from LOC

97 Days: The Constitution is something more than a piece of yellowed paper to be shut off in a glass case in the archives, but living document, a working instrument for freedom. Charlotta Bass--1st Black woman to run for VP and pioneering journalist. tinyurl.com/ChBass

96 Days until the election. Some music. Library of Congress. 1916

Registered? 95 days to go.

Today, starting at 2pm ET on CSPAN 2, it's the 2024 Roosevelt Reading Festival. Featuring a range of authors talking about Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, the World War II years, New Deal efforts to document folk music, and Jazz Age New York. Hosted by FDR Library.

Hey look who is on CSPAN! My keynote address at the Roosevelt Reading Festival is now preserved for the ages. Pegasus Books FDR Library

First Lady Grace Goodhue Coolidge votes by mail in 1924. Library of Congress. Happy weekend. (Especially for you Dr. Raymond Williams) #voting rights@rtwilliams16) #votingrights #votebymail

90 days until the election. Another Nebraskan--William J. Bryan. ". . . the principles of Democracy are as everlasting as the hills . . ." 1896.

89 days. Elections matter. #vote #RegisterNow

80 days until the election. Great list here.

The Crossroads Project Director Judith Weisenfeld contributed a Storymap, "Harlem is Heaven: The Kingdom of Father Divine in 1940 Harlem" as a companion to her 2016 book, *New World A-Coming: Black Religion and Racial Identity during the Great Migration.* crossroads-spirithouse.org/weisenfeld

If you’re teaching about Father Divine and the Peace Mission, check out my new Storymap that includes a map of almost 1000 members in 1940 Harlem and scores of Peace Mission businesses.

"My advice to little girls everywhere: Dream with ambition and know there are no limits to what you can be." - VP Kamala Harris

sad to see another legacy news organization disappear: WCBS 880 radio in NYC. Thanks to Tom Jones Poynter for sharing anchor Wayne Cabot's final words: "With each closing newspaper, radio newsroom, TV newsroom, magazine, now even digital news operations, the country we love is

FDR with the sculptor of Mt. Rushmore, Gutzon Borglum on August 30, 1936. FDR said "I had no conception until 10 minutes ago not only of its magnitude, but of its permanent beauty and permanent importance." Presidential Wisdom FDR Library NPS Hyde Park

📚This is the autobiography of John S. Jacobs, the brother of Harriet Jacobs (Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, 1861). Kudos to Jonathan D.S. Schroeder, the remarkable scholar who rediscovered this significant text! #history #slavery

The new Yolanda Lopez exhibit at The Cheech is pretty phenomenal ♥️

Liz Cheney endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris at Duke University The News & Observer

"This republic was not established by cowards; and cowards will not preserve it.” Elmer Davis: Defender of American Liberties rayboomhower.blogspot.com/2019/07/elmer-…