There really is a story to be told about how the backlash to Reconstruction and to Brown tells you everything we need to know about the once and future differences between white and Black citizenship. nytimes.com/2022/10/30/us/…

“Between 20001 2010, Chicago lost 25% of its Black residents. All of the city's population loss is concentrated in the South and West Sides.”

What is space space environmentalist? 🛰️

Moriba Jah shares what he does as an astrodynamicist working on space environmentalist: bit.ly/3gN6zXX

Breaking News: Brazil has ousted President Jair Bolsonaro, rebuking the far-right incumbent and electing Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a former leftist leader known as Lula. nyti.ms/3gXinql

So do you guys know that The University of Alabama, is trying to get a general education core approved that eliminates the need for students to take a single history course, a single literature course, and also eliminates foreign languages. Madness.

How to build an academic writing habit (to write a lot and publish a lot):

Brazil media is officially declaring Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva the 39th President of Brazil.

Democracy lives to fight another day. 🇧🇷

BREAKING: Brazil's electoral authority says leftist former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has won the presidential election, defeating far-right incumbent conservative President Jair Bolsonaro. apnews.com/article/jair-b…

As we celebrate the first public commemoration of the Colored Conventions movement we want to thank Mellon Foundation and NEH Digital Humanities for supporting our vision. Check out the digital exhibit that accompanies these murals! coloredconventions.org/mural-arts/

This country will throw food away rather than feed the poor. And the architects of this policy will go to church on Sunday, smugly self-righteous in their belief they're doing 'the lord's work'

As staff/NTT I rarely feel included in scholarly spaces. But #CCPSymposium lifted me up as a scholar with its thoughtful design, Dr. Alexander's Leslie Alexander generous response to my paper, and the audience's comments in the zoom chat. Thank you, Dr. Alexander and Colored Conventions!

We will begin reviewing applications for our TWO postdoctoral scholar positions in African American history and the history of the Civil War era on November 1st!

To learn more: richardscenter.la.psu.edu/fellowships/po…

Job descriptions and application information👇

The Colored Conventions

Were

A

Prophetic

Movement

—Alicia E. Johnson at the #CCPSymposium

'Colored Convention petitions complicate historical and accepted understandings of the petition. Examining these petitions links to a genealogy of direct political action that emerge from the conventions movement and beyond.' Loved being involved in this project!

Want to learn more about Black Women in the Colored Conventions? Check out our growing dataset!

omeka.coloredconventions.org/women

We've collected 150+ mentions of women in the records of the Colored Conventions. Browse it now -- and send us more to include! #CCPSymposium

Don't miss our new collection of CCP Petitions! ⤵️
omeka.coloredconventions.org/petitions

A new and growing mini-collection of petitions in the Colored Conventions, co-curated by Courtney Murray + Moyra Williams Schauffler + Jim Casey #CCPSymposium

The Department of History at the University of California, Santa Barbara invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professorship in twentieth-century African American history history.ucsb.edu/2022/10/28/ass…

Lyft is offering free rides to the polls to vote on Election Day, November 8.

Tell everyone!