Amy Earhart
@aearhart.bsky.social
Literary scholar/digital humanities/Black studies, sheep herder, owner of big fluffy Pyrenees who guard said sheep. Descended from a long line of dissenters-Quakers, Mennonites, Bretherns. Current project is uncovering the Millican Massacres of 1868 (tx).
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i think jesse jackson was one of the most important american political figures of the post-war era and i think that his 1984 and 1988 campaigns for the democratic nomination still have a great deal to teach about forging a path to a more egalitarian world. RIP.
February 17, 2026 at 1:36 PM
i think jesse jackson was one of the most important american political figures of the post-war era and i think that his 1984 and 1988 campaigns for the democratic nomination still have a great deal to teach about forging a path to a more egalitarian world. RIP.
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thinking about the conversation I had with Jesse Jackson in 2019:
"The truth of slavery—that Africans subsidized America’s wealth—that truth will not go away. It’s buried right now, but as each generation becomes much more serious, it will be grappled with." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
"The truth of slavery—that Africans subsidized America’s wealth—that truth will not go away. It’s buried right now, but as each generation becomes much more serious, it will be grappled with." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
![Jesse Jackson: Well, first of all, we had been freed without being made equal. There’s historical continuity between blacks being amassed in prison after 246 years of legal slavery. When there was a contest about it [in Dred Scott v. Sandford], the Supreme Court ruled that blacks had no rights. [After emancipation and the Civil War] those who had been slave masters became segregation masters. They took our freedom away from us; they began to lock up blacks by the thousands to do prison labor, farm labor—the whole range. They just put us back in slavery.
We finally, in 1954, broke the backbone—legally—of that system [with the Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education decision], but we were never—there was never repair for damage done. Two hundred and forty-six years of slavery, then legal Jim Crow and [nearly] 5,000 lynchings without a conviction. And even today, discrimination by extension of that system has not completely ended.
So we had been fighting for repair. We fought against the barbarism for our freedom; now we’re fighting for our equality. We are the foundation of American society—not the bottom, the foundation. When the Declaration of Independence came, we had been enslaved for 157 years. We made cotton king. We are due a different kind of recognition.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4vkwol5raj4hnslvsqvmpiqw/bafkreic4dao7rhh7274jfmz3jjnb6s3ak5c2ag75h4jha7mgli3r3fqbey@jpeg)
February 17, 2026 at 12:54 PM
thinking about the conversation I had with Jesse Jackson in 2019:
"The truth of slavery—that Africans subsidized America’s wealth—that truth will not go away. It’s buried right now, but as each generation becomes much more serious, it will be grappled with." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
"The truth of slavery—that Africans subsidized America’s wealth—that truth will not go away. It’s buried right now, but as each generation becomes much more serious, it will be grappled with." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
February 17, 2026 at 11:41 AM
I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
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Jesse Jackson’s - Wattstax Music Festival Opening Speech (1972)
YouTube video by Nightloop
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February 17, 2026 at 12:33 PM
No lambs today, which is great because this is the day the shearer arrives! It’s going to be 80 this week, and I am sure they will be more comfortable. I’m always impressed with S & K shearing. Seth is super careful with our flock.
February 16, 2026 at 6:34 PM
No lambs today, which is great because this is the day the shearer arrives! It’s going to be 80 this week, and I am sure they will be more comfortable. I’m always impressed with S & K shearing. Seth is super careful with our flock.
Grateful to the amazing social workers at my uncle’s group home. He fell and ended up in the hospital, but they’ve sorted everything. He’s so happy in his placement, volunteering at the local art studio a few days a week. His life is much richer than it had been before he was placed-Almost 40 years
February 16, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Grateful to the amazing social workers at my uncle’s group home. He fell and ended up in the hospital, but they’ve sorted everything. He’s so happy in his placement, volunteering at the local art studio a few days a week. His life is much richer than it had been before he was placed-Almost 40 years
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Had my first book event of 2026 this year and, for the first time, got to see something I made for sale with other books! Douglass Day at UAlbany was lovely, and getting to take archives shop with pals in the university archives was the icing on the cake (pictured the actual DDay cake, iced)
February 15, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Had my first book event of 2026 this year and, for the first time, got to see something I made for sale with other books! Douglass Day at UAlbany was lovely, and getting to take archives shop with pals in the university archives was the icing on the cake (pictured the actual DDay cake, iced)
And a healthy single ewe lamb. I’m cleaning stalls, tagging and giving shots today. Only another 10 ewes to go- and the shearer comes tomorrow. You book months in advance so we will just find a way to get through it. It’s going to be 80 this week so we don’t want to delay.
February 15, 2026 at 8:41 PM
And a healthy single ewe lamb. I’m cleaning stalls, tagging and giving shots today. Only another 10 ewes to go- and the shearer comes tomorrow. You book months in advance so we will just find a way to get through it. It’s going to be 80 this week so we don’t want to delay.
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Legendary founder of NPR programming Bill Siemering is enjoying Zoom visiting with students so much that he's asked me to put a second call out. No honorarium necessary. Any takers?
Bill Siemering, founding program director of NPR, author of its mission statement, has asked me to inquire if any profs might be interested in a Zoom class visit? No honorarium necessary. Bill founded All Things Considered, Fresh Air, won a MacArthur, etc.
A Founding Father of NPR Worries About Its Fate
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Legendary founder of NPR programming Bill Siemering is enjoying Zoom visiting with students so much that he's asked me to put a second call out. No honorarium necessary. Any takers?
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When I taught at LSU, I got some gasps when I said plantation weddings were like getting married at a Nazi concentration camp, and I got nods from a lot of other students who understood it. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Plantation weddings and pre-civil war fashion: the film that critiques the historical fantasy of Natchez
A documentary about Mississippi examines competing forces: the nostalgic celebration of the old south and the refusal to sanitize the brutal history of enslavement
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2026 at 11:00 PM
When I taught at LSU, I got some gasps when I said plantation weddings were like getting married at a Nazi concentration camp, and I got nods from a lot of other students who understood it. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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i can’t stop laughing
February 15, 2026 at 12:05 AM
i can’t stop laughing
Frederick Douglass was roundly ignored in Maryland k-12 curriculum in the 70s. What I remember is lots of Benjamin Banneker, also a great Marylander. But I don’t have any memory of Douglass who was perhaps too - self directed? Militant? Or something to include. Only in graduate school did I read him
February 14, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Frederick Douglass was roundly ignored in Maryland k-12 curriculum in the 70s. What I remember is lots of Benjamin Banneker, also a great Marylander. But I don’t have any memory of Douglass who was perhaps too - self directed? Militant? Or something to include. Only in graduate school did I read him
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Yesssss! Where my Irish studies people at? We love to see it.
February 14, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Yesssss! Where my Irish studies people at? We love to see it.
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Yes it’s Valentine’s Day. But it’s also the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass who was born in 1818 on a plantation in Talbot County, Maryland. He escaped from slavery & rose to become the most eloquent and forceful voice for the abolition of slavery & for Black voting rights in the U.S.
February 14, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Yes it’s Valentine’s Day. But it’s also the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass who was born in 1818 on a plantation in Talbot County, Maryland. He escaped from slavery & rose to become the most eloquent and forceful voice for the abolition of slavery & for Black voting rights in the U.S.
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Friends!
The New School has cancelled one of its most popular graduate courses, Global Soccer and World Politics.
We want to host this course for @resistanceschool.bsky.social ahead of the 2026 World Cup.
Interested? Fill the interest form here!
www.resistancestudiesseries.com/worldcupwait...
The New School has cancelled one of its most popular graduate courses, Global Soccer and World Politics.
We want to host this course for @resistanceschool.bsky.social ahead of the 2026 World Cup.
Interested? Fill the interest form here!
www.resistancestudiesseries.com/worldcupwait...
World Cup Waitlist — RESISTANCE STUDIES SERIES
www.resistancestudiesseries.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Friends!
The New School has cancelled one of its most popular graduate courses, Global Soccer and World Politics.
We want to host this course for @resistanceschool.bsky.social ahead of the 2026 World Cup.
Interested? Fill the interest form here!
www.resistancestudiesseries.com/worldcupwait...
The New School has cancelled one of its most popular graduate courses, Global Soccer and World Politics.
We want to host this course for @resistanceschool.bsky.social ahead of the 2026 World Cup.
Interested? Fill the interest form here!
www.resistancestudiesseries.com/worldcupwait...
#Douglassday2026 is here! I’m buying my class kolaches to fuel our transcription.
February 13, 2026 at 2:18 PM
#Douglassday2026 is here! I’m buying my class kolaches to fuel our transcription.
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There are 70,000 people in DHS concentration camps. 3000 are children. Close the camps. Being our neighbors home.
February 13, 2026 at 12:50 AM
There are 70,000 people in DHS concentration camps. 3000 are children. Close the camps. Being our neighbors home.
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I cannot stress enough how much these kinds of notes mean to teachers.
Or anyone, really. If someone has made a positive impact on your life, reach out and let them know. It'll make their week.
Or anyone, really. If someone has made a positive impact on your life, reach out and let them know. It'll make their week.
Sometimes a former student emails and reminds you that you don't suck at your job.
February 13, 2026 at 1:39 AM
I cannot stress enough how much these kinds of notes mean to teachers.
Or anyone, really. If someone has made a positive impact on your life, reach out and let them know. It'll make their week.
Or anyone, really. If someone has made a positive impact on your life, reach out and let them know. It'll make their week.
Additional video and inages of the site of the Millican massacre. www.kbtx.com/2026/02/12/m...
The Millican Massacre: When violence shook a small Texas town
Driving through Millican today, you’d never know it made national headlines 158 years ago. And as tensions rose after the Civil War, violence broke out.
www.kbtx.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:44 AM
Additional video and inages of the site of the Millican massacre. www.kbtx.com/2026/02/12/m...
I’m pleased that our local tv station has posted a story on the Millican massacre. It’s a story that we all should know. www.kbtx.com/2026/02/12/m...
The Millican Massacre: When violence shook a small Texas town
Driving through Millican today, you’d never know it made national headlines 158 years ago. And as tensions rose after the Civil War, violence broke out.
www.kbtx.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:34 PM
I’m pleased that our local tv station has posted a story on the Millican massacre. It’s a story that we all should know. www.kbtx.com/2026/02/12/m...
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Monks bring ‘Walk for Peace’ to Maryland’s state capital
Monks bring ‘Walk for Peace’ to Maryland’s state capital
Before a crowd of more than a thousand of Marylanders who braved the cold in Annapolis, the Venerable Bhikkhu Pannakara shared a message of peace and mindfulness.
buff.ly
February 12, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Monks bring ‘Walk for Peace’ to Maryland’s state capital
Systematically destroying some of the best programs in the country. I feel so badly for my colleagues at ut.
This is AWFUL. Univ of Texas is consolidating 4 depts into 1: African and African Diaspora Studies and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, American Studies, and Mexican American and Latino Studies will become "a Social and Cultural Analysis department." www.texastribune.org/2026/02/12/t...
UT-Austin to merge race, ethnic and gender study programs
More than 800 students are pursuing degrees in the affected departments, which include African, Latino and gender studies.
www.texastribune.org
February 12, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Systematically destroying some of the best programs in the country. I feel so badly for my colleagues at ut.
Another set of twins this morning. The mom was a bottle lamb, but she’s a great mother. The little spotted crooked ear girl is so unusual looking!
February 12, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Another set of twins this morning. The mom was a bottle lamb, but she’s a great mother. The little spotted crooked ear girl is so unusual looking!
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This whole thread (from a didn’t-used-to-be-immigration lawyer in Minnesota) is worth reading, but I’m specifically sharing the posts surrounding the one for my many health folks.
This is what the resistance against ICE is fighting to save people from.
This is what the resistance against ICE is fighting to save people from.
I had a pregnant client who was experiencing abdominal cramping for three days and was deprived of medical care. When we interceded, she was punished.
A first grader snatched two days after surgery denied wound care.
A client who developed a large painful cyst but was ignored.
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A first grader snatched two days after surgery denied wound care.
A client who developed a large painful cyst but was ignored.
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February 12, 2026 at 2:42 AM
This whole thread (from a didn’t-used-to-be-immigration lawyer in Minnesota) is worth reading, but I’m specifically sharing the posts surrounding the one for my many health folks.
This is what the resistance against ICE is fighting to save people from.
This is what the resistance against ICE is fighting to save people from.
New lambs a little earlier than I predicted means a quick check of supplies. Yes Amazon I do want to order castration bands. No I don’t need subscribe and save for this.
February 11, 2026 at 9:35 PM
New lambs a little earlier than I predicted means a quick check of supplies. Yes Amazon I do want to order castration bands. No I don’t need subscribe and save for this.