University of Illinois Press
Joined May 2014
- Tweets1.7K
- Following260
- Followers1.3K
- Likes1.7K
Journal of Civil and Human Rights retweeted
In a new doc, The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks, the civil rights icon’s life story is told in full, examining how her own activism has too often been overlooked. “We do know that she felt sidelined at times,” says co-director @redrubes14.
Journal of Civil and Human Rights retweeted
Thank you to @KeishaBlain, @BrownUniversity, for bringing together scholars, activists, policymakers, and artists to honor the life and work of Fannie Lou Hamer on the 105th anniversary of her birth at @FordFoundation and delve into today’s civil and human rights issues.
Journal of Civil and Human Rights retweeted
Dr. Emory J. Tolbert @HowardU @HowardUHistory @HowardGradSch Professor and former Chair of the Department of History
December 26, 1946
October 4, 2022
May his memory be a blessing.
Journal of Civil and Human Rights retweeted
A highlight of my life.
This Post is from an account that no longer exists. Learn more
Journal of Civil and Human Rights retweeted
Did you know #WomensHistoryMonth has roots at Sonoma State University?
Its national recognition can be traced back to a class project at @SSU_1961 in the early 1970s led by pioneering alumnae including Molly Murphy MacGregor. nationalgeographic.com/histo…
Journal of Civil and Human Rights retweeted
Talking Black History Month/Racial Fragility and Censorship with @donlemon @DonLemonTonight @TheLBJSchool @LBJ_GPAC @UT_HistDept @BlackStudiesUT @UTMEC @UT_DDCE @HSweattCenter @HenryLouisGates
Journal of Civil and Human Rights retweeted
microsyllabus from @YalileJasmine on the history of campus policing is up now - Prof Suriel put together a dynamic group of works and media addressing the history of cops on campus including movements to get them off radicalhistoryreview.org/abu…
Journal of Civil and Human Rights retweeted
If you need footnotes you can consult my article: “Radical Nonviolence, Interracial Utopias and the Congress of Racial Equality in the early Civil Rights Movement,” in The Journal of Civil and Human Rights, 4, 2 (Fall/Winter 2018): 31-61. @CivilHumanRight
Journal of Civil and Human Rights retweeted
Join editors @todd_moye and @professormaxk and other CRBB contributors for a @TxStHistAssoc Texas Talk on Tuesday, Nov. 16. Registration info here:
ow.ly/9vUu50GNX9p
Journal of Civil and Human Rights retweeted
So excited to share the news that The Rebellious Life of Mrs Rosa Parks is being turned into a documentary by the great directors @JHamilton71 & @redrubes14 and executive produced by @soledadobrien for Peacock: deadline.com/2021/11/rosa-pa…
Journal of Civil and Human Rights retweeted
Looking forward to this today! If you're a #FirstGen student, college can be as foreign a place as Mars. Thankful for the prayers and mentoring that got me thru! @AmherstCollege #FLI
Journal of Civil and Human Rights retweeted
OVER FORTY (YES, FORTY) JOBS: The California State University (CSU) system is making extensive hires in Ethnic Studies, including Asian American + Pacific Islander Studies, Black + AfAm Studies, Latinx + Chicanx Studies, and Native + Indigenous Studies.
docs.google.com/document/d/1…
Journal of Civil and Human Rights retweeted
Congratulations to Prof. Robert Chase on receiving American Society of Criminology @ASCRM41 Best Book Award in Critical Criminology and Social Justice for "We Are Not Slaves: State Violence, Coerced Labor, and Prisoners' Rights in Postwar America" (@UNC_Press)!
Journal of Civil and Human Rights retweeted
via @NYTimes “The Sword and the Shield” paperback arrives on October 5, my birthday, with a new preface and discussion questions for teachers/students. @csrdut @TheLBJSchool @HenryLouisGates @UT_HistDept @NotEvenPast nytimes.com/2021/10/01/books…
Journal of Civil and Human Rights retweeted
Professor of @PrincetonAAS @KeeangaYamahtta has been named a 2021 #MacFellow by @macfound for her work analyzing the political and economic forces underlying racial inequality and the role of social movements in transforming society.
Congratulations! bit.ly/3AR9TGr
Journal of Civil and Human Rights retweeted
So excited to be working with @briandistelberg on this! Can’t wait to share this project with the world next year. @BasicBooks @LaraHeimert @KeishaBlain @Iam360WISE @csrdut @TheLBJSchool @elisewho @HaitianRoundtbl @UT_HistDept @BlackStudiesUT
ALT Deal announcement, in text, of forthcoming book, The Third Reconstruction: America’s Struggle for Racial Justice in the Twenty-First-Century, by University of Texas historian Peniel Joseph for Basic Books.
Journal of Civil and Human Rights retweeted
My piece out in TIME today online, and in print & on newsstands this week on prison conditions 50 years after the Attica uprising. time.com/6094884/attica-anni…
Journal of Civil and Human Rights retweeted
Overhead photograph of March on Washington as Martin Luther King speaks, Lincoln Memorial, today 1963: #AP
Journal of Civil and Human Rights retweeted
For those who have HBO Max, they just debuted on their app "Eyes on the Prize: Hallowed Ground," a retrospective on the landmark documentary series and what it means today.
#twitterstorians