Annette Gordon-Reed
@agordonreed.bsky.social
Carl M. Loeb University Professor, Harvard, Author of, among other books, Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings:An American Controversy,The Hemingses of Monticello,, Vernon Can Read: A Memoir with Vernon Jordan, On Juneteenth
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On November 10, 1898, a shocking coup was executed in Wilmington, North Carolina, as white mobs led by former Confederate Col. Alfred Moore Waddell overthrew the city’s elected biracial government and massacred 60 or more Black people.
The Wilmington Massacre of 1898
A shocking coup was executed Wilmington, North Carolina.
eji.org
November 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
On November 10, 1898, a shocking coup was executed in Wilmington, North Carolina, as white mobs led by former Confederate Col. Alfred Moore Waddell overthrew the city’s elected biracial government and massacred 60 or more Black people.
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Big thanks to WSRE for a great visit to Pensacola to talk about the Gulf Coast in the American Revolution youtu.be/8cnngurIx08
Conversations with Jeff Weeks | Kathleen DuVal
YouTube video by WSRE PBS (Pensacola, FL)
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November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Big thanks to WSRE for a great visit to Pensacola to talk about the Gulf Coast in the American Revolution youtu.be/8cnngurIx08
OK, this is kind of a picture of me and the Boss together…
November 10, 2025 at 1:47 AM
OK, this is kind of a picture of me and the Boss together…
This is about right…
November 10, 2025 at 1:24 AM
This is about right…
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We've got a cover. Coming your way next June!
November 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
We've got a cover. Coming your way next June!
That’s a great looking cover!
November 9, 2025 at 6:42 PM
That’s a great looking cover!
Edinburgh on Thursday. Sunny, temperate weather, Frederick Douglass, @frankcogliano.bsky.social , and me.
November 8, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Edinburgh on Thursday. Sunny, temperate weather, Frederick Douglass, @frankcogliano.bsky.social , and me.
Thoughtful and well-done piece.
Bruce Springsteen’s Father, Through the Mansions of Fear, Through the Mansions of Pain www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/o...
Bruce Springsteen’s Father, Through the Mansions of Fear, Through the Mansions of Pain www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/o...
Opinion | Bruce Springsteen’s Father, Through the Mansions of Fear, Through the Mansions of Pain
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Thoughtful and well-done piece.
Bruce Springsteen’s Father, Through the Mansions of Fear, Through the Mansions of Pain www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/o...
Bruce Springsteen’s Father, Through the Mansions of Fear, Through the Mansions of Pain www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/o...
Is that a real headline?
Nothing latent about it. Overt as hell.
me: no, really, latent misogyny & sexism is still a really big problem! even in elite spaces!
them: wanna post a lil misogyny & sexism in the paper of record?
but seriously - there are still big problems with professional men feeling entitled to harass, demean, & (negatively) stereotype women!
them: wanna post a lil misogyny & sexism in the paper of record?
but seriously - there are still big problems with professional men feeling entitled to harass, demean, & (negatively) stereotype women!
November 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Is that a real headline?
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The Studio Museum of Harlem is at the top of the list of independent cultural institutions we must support. This week the museum offered a preview of the opening of its extraordinary new building on 125th Street. Director Thelma Golden is a leader without parallel. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/a...
Planting a Flag, and a Flagship, for Black Art
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The Studio Museum of Harlem is at the top of the list of independent cultural institutions we must support. This week the museum offered a preview of the opening of its extraordinary new building on 125th Street. Director Thelma Golden is a leader without parallel. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/a...
The panel and my co-panelists, Patrick Griffin, Meg Roberts, & Lige Gould.
November 7, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The panel and my co-panelists, Patrick Griffin, Meg Roberts, & Lige Gould.
1) A very complicated story. Kosciuszko had four wills, one that disclaimed the will that he had made TJ the executor of. There’s a lot to this situation, but the upshot is that TJ (75) didn’t want to be (couldn’t afford to be)involved in litigation.
One Jefferson story I never see discussed: righteous Polish revolutionary and American independence hero Tadeusz Kościuszko became best friends with J during the war. When he left the US he left $$$ with J to be used to liberate and educate slaves, but J straight up never spent it :(
November 7, 2025 at 1:06 PM
1) A very complicated story. Kosciuszko had four wills, one that disclaimed the will that he had made TJ the executor of. There’s a lot to this situation, but the upshot is that TJ (75) didn’t want to be (couldn’t afford to be)involved in litigation.
Here’s something I never expected: to be in the pages of Vogue.
November 7, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Here’s something I never expected: to be in the pages of Vogue.
Of course they are. It’s the perfect opportunity.
November 6, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Of course they are. It’s the perfect opportunity.
What!!??
Once upon a time, American soldiers handed out food to Germans because *they* had followed a fascist madman into national ruin.
How times change.
How times change.
NEW: The US Army website for its bases in Bavaria, Germany told its soldiers and employees that it might need to obtain free food from the German government during the US government shutdown.
The Army later altered publication to remove a list of food banks, but we have the original text here:
The Army later altered publication to remove a list of food banks, but we have the original text here:
November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
What!!??
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 5: Vito Marcantonio
There are many who dismiss our vision for New York as impossible. To them, I say we need look only to our past for proof of how we can shape the future.
Tomorrow is Election Day. And this is the final Until It's Done of our campaign.
There are many who dismiss our vision for New York as impossible. To them, I say we need look only to our past for proof of how we can shape the future.
Tomorrow is Election Day. And this is the final Until It's Done of our campaign.
November 4, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Bruce Springsteen at the NYPL Library Lions dinner tonight singing my favorite of his songs, Thunder Road. I met him but resisted the temptation to ask to take a picture with him. Regret?
November 4, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Bruce Springsteen at the NYPL Library Lions dinner tonight singing my favorite of his songs, Thunder Road. I met him but resisted the temptation to ask to take a picture with him. Regret?
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I’m so excited and honored for this upcoming talk & events at Oxford, some with an amazing lineup of other Arctic folks!
And on Thursday @brdemuth.bsky.social will be giving our inaugural flagship lecture! Wed and Thurs are currently sold out, but there are always no-shows, so please sign up for the waitlist!
torch.ox.ac.uk/event/arctic...
torch.ox.ac.uk/event/arctic...
Bathsheba Demuth
torch.ox.ac.uk
November 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I’m so excited and honored for this upcoming talk & events at Oxford, some with an amazing lineup of other Arctic folks!
Arrests in Louvre Heist Show Power of DNA Databases in Solving Crimes www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/w...
Arrests in Louvre Heist Show Power of DNA Databases in Solving Crimes
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Arrests in Louvre Heist Show Power of DNA Databases in Solving Crimes www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/w...
Love Barnes & Noble. At one time they were seen as a villain. But they really made my first book when a number of independent bookstores did not support it. Plus, I liked Len Riggio.
November 2, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Love Barnes & Noble. At one time they were seen as a villain. But they really made my first book when a number of independent bookstores did not support it. Plus, I liked Len Riggio.
Gorgeous day for the New York City Marathon. Lots of people out to cheer people on.
November 2, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Gorgeous day for the New York City Marathon. Lots of people out to cheer people on.