Caroline Grego
@carolineegrego.bsky.social
Environmentally minded historian of, from, and back in the South. Assistant professor, author of Hurricane Jim Crow.
The memorial/the mill — I visited Honea Path yesterday, to see the marker to the strikers killed at Chiquola Mill in 1934 and the mill’s ruins.
September 13, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The memorial/the mill — I visited Honea Path yesterday, to see the marker to the strikers killed at Chiquola Mill in 1934 and the mill’s ruins.
Go buy my book for less than $17! uncpress.org/978146967135...
August 26, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Go buy my book for less than $17! uncpress.org/978146967135...
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Don't panic, but the clock is ticking on our flash sale ⏳
Don't miss your chance to get all the books you've been eyeing for 50% off!
👉 uncpress.org/new-web...
Don't miss your chance to get all the books you've been eyeing for 50% off!
👉 uncpress.org/new-web...
August 26, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Don't panic, but the clock is ticking on our flash sale ⏳
Don't miss your chance to get all the books you've been eyeing for 50% off!
👉 uncpress.org/new-web...
Don't miss your chance to get all the books you've been eyeing for 50% off!
👉 uncpress.org/new-web...
What kind of time-traveling shit poster went back to 1920s South Carolina to name a bull “Sarcastic Hero Lad”?
August 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
What kind of time-traveling shit poster went back to 1920s South Carolina to name a bull “Sarcastic Hero Lad”?
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‘Higher Ed Alone Cannot Save Democracy’
More than a year into his presidency of the @aaup.org—including nearly seven months of Trump’s targeting of universities—Todd Wolfson is calling for a “multisector” fight that’s not just reactive. bit.ly/3JkyDQJ
#EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky
More than a year into his presidency of the @aaup.org—including nearly seven months of Trump’s targeting of universities—Todd Wolfson is calling for a “multisector” fight that’s not just reactive. bit.ly/3JkyDQJ
#EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky
August 19, 2025 at 3:50 PM
‘Higher Ed Alone Cannot Save Democracy’
More than a year into his presidency of the @aaup.org—including nearly seven months of Trump’s targeting of universities—Todd Wolfson is calling for a “multisector” fight that’s not just reactive. bit.ly/3JkyDQJ
#EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky
More than a year into his presidency of the @aaup.org—including nearly seven months of Trump’s targeting of universities—Todd Wolfson is calling for a “multisector” fight that’s not just reactive. bit.ly/3JkyDQJ
#EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky
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Du Bois on what these assholes were really like
July 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Du Bois on what these assholes were really like
South Carolina summer (blazing heat and humidity not pictured)
July 15, 2025 at 2:44 PM
South Carolina summer (blazing heat and humidity not pictured)
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Here's a companion piece I wrote explicating the archive undergirding my research. It centers a remarkable woman, Priscilla, and her ill-fated effort to manifest a fairer world for her daughter.
Most enslaved people never had their day in court, but that does not mean they lacked legal knowledge.
Most enslaved people never had their day in court, but that does not mean they lacked legal knowledge.
June 30, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Here's a companion piece I wrote explicating the archive undergirding my research. It centers a remarkable woman, Priscilla, and her ill-fated effort to manifest a fairer world for her daughter.
Most enslaved people never had their day in court, but that does not mean they lacked legal knowledge.
Most enslaved people never had their day in court, but that does not mean they lacked legal knowledge.
Was not expecting this 1934 report from FDR’s National Resources Board to go quite so hard
June 23, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Was not expecting this 1934 report from FDR’s National Resources Board to go quite so hard
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Iconic anti-war poster, originally by US printmaker Lorraine Schneider, 1966
#ReframingWomenPrintmakers
#ReframingWomenPrintmakers
June 22, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Iconic anti-war poster, originally by US printmaker Lorraine Schneider, 1966
#ReframingWomenPrintmakers
#ReframingWomenPrintmakers
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They say in Harlan County
There are no neutrals there
You'll either be a union man
Or a thug for J. H. Blair
Which side are you on?
There are no neutrals there
You'll either be a union man
Or a thug for J. H. Blair
Which side are you on?
June 9, 2025 at 4:37 AM
They say in Harlan County
There are no neutrals there
You'll either be a union man
Or a thug for J. H. Blair
Which side are you on?
There are no neutrals there
You'll either be a union man
Or a thug for J. H. Blair
Which side are you on?
The best part of summer in the South
June 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The best part of summer in the South
I’ll be giving a book talk tomorrow at USC-Lancaster — and there’s a link if you want to attend virtually: bit.ly/4hUpnPr?fbcl...
May 22, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I’ll be giving a book talk tomorrow at USC-Lancaster — and there’s a link if you want to attend virtually: bit.ly/4hUpnPr?fbcl...
A request! I'm assembling my tenure portfolio this summer, and if you've ever assigned any of my work to a class, could you DM me?
May 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
A request! I'm assembling my tenure portfolio this summer, and if you've ever assigned any of my work to a class, could you DM me?
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One of the most astute historians of Charlotte, Tom Hanchett (aka @historysouth.org), has a new book, looking at affordable housing (or lack thereof) in Charlotte. UNCC prof and champion for local writers, Mark West, writes about it: pages.charlotte.edu/mark-west/bl...
Storied Charlotte – Storied Charlotte
pages.charlotte.edu
May 18, 2025 at 2:06 AM
One of the most astute historians of Charlotte, Tom Hanchett (aka @historysouth.org), has a new book, looking at affordable housing (or lack thereof) in Charlotte. UNCC prof and champion for local writers, Mark West, writes about it: pages.charlotte.edu/mark-west/bl...
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Though they don't seem to be talking about it publicly, it's worth screaming from the rooftops that university presses have also lost NEH grants. NEH has a program to fund creating OA editions of books born of NEH funded research. Publishers apply directly for those grants, not scholars.
May 2, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Though they don't seem to be talking about it publicly, it's worth screaming from the rooftops that university presses have also lost NEH grants. NEH has a program to fund creating OA editions of books born of NEH funded research. Publishers apply directly for those grants, not scholars.
"Solidarity is the only answer." -- Robin D. G. Kelley on the lessons of Hammer and Hoe, in a 2013 interview from the American Quarterly. jstor.org/stable/41809...
May 1, 2025 at 12:47 PM
"Solidarity is the only answer." -- Robin D. G. Kelley on the lessons of Hammer and Hoe, in a 2013 interview from the American Quarterly. jstor.org/stable/41809...
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To celebrate Mayday, Haymarket Books is having a huge sale on books about class war. Check it out, can’t recommend Haymarket enough!
May 1, 2025 at 12:37 PM
To celebrate Mayday, Haymarket Books is having a huge sale on books about class war. Check it out, can’t recommend Haymarket enough!
From the August 30, 1930 edition of the Southern Worker (digitized here www.marxists.org/history/usa/...). Happy May Day!
May 1, 2025 at 12:42 PM
From the August 30, 1930 edition of the Southern Worker (digitized here www.marxists.org/history/usa/...). Happy May Day!
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It's here! The new Labor is a special issue assessing the 'Golden Age' of Social Democracy. We redesigned the journal for the first time in 20 years, and we explore rediscovered labor painter Phillip Tipperman, whose work graces our cover. @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social @lawcha.bsky.social
April 14, 2025 at 7:59 PM
It's here! The new Labor is a special issue assessing the 'Golden Age' of Social Democracy. We redesigned the journal for the first time in 20 years, and we explore rediscovered labor painter Phillip Tipperman, whose work graces our cover. @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social @lawcha.bsky.social
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Spotted in the wild (Drayton Hall, SC): @carolineegrego.bsky.social Hurricane Jim Crow
April 13, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Spotted in the wild (Drayton Hall, SC): @carolineegrego.bsky.social Hurricane Jim Crow
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Students at UMass Amherst, UMass Boston, Harvard, Univ. of Michigan, UCLA, Arizona State, Cornell, Univ. of Oregon, Univ. of Texas, North Carolina State, Univ. of Colorado, Univ. of Minnesota, Minnesota State and more have all had visas revoked with NO DUE PROCESS (links below)
April 7, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Students at UMass Amherst, UMass Boston, Harvard, Univ. of Michigan, UCLA, Arizona State, Cornell, Univ. of Oregon, Univ. of Texas, North Carolina State, Univ. of Colorado, Univ. of Minnesota, Minnesota State and more have all had visas revoked with NO DUE PROCESS (links below)
I promise I did actually attend the OAH itself. But I also walked around Chicago a lot.
April 6, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I promise I did actually attend the OAH itself. But I also walked around Chicago a lot.
Got to pilgrimage to the Haymarket memorial during the OAH — the statue isn’t the most inspiring in its design, but the plaques on it are.
April 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Got to pilgrimage to the Haymarket memorial during the OAH — the statue isn’t the most inspiring in its design, but the plaques on it are.
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It's not *likely* illegal. It's *highly* illegal.
🚨 SCOOP 🚨
DHS is asking IRS to locate **7 MILLION** suspected undocumented immigrants using confidential tax records.
It’s a massive escalation by DHS to use the tax system for mass deportation.
IRS officials are aghast, say it’s likely illegal.
DHS is asking IRS to locate **7 MILLION** suspected undocumented immigrants using confidential tax records.
It’s a massive escalation by DHS to use the tax system for mass deportation.
IRS officials are aghast, say it’s likely illegal.
DHS officials ask IRS to use tax data to locate up to 7 million immigrants
The agencies have still not reached an agreement on sharing information. But immigration officials now say they’re seeking records on millions of people suspected of being in the United States without...
www.washingtonpost.com
April 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
It's not *likely* illegal. It's *highly* illegal.