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Dana A. Williams
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African American literature prof, dean of the Graduate School @Howard U. Soul-Story. Get Free or Die Trying.
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I have discovered that lots of people who are not professional humanists are eager to help fund a lawsuit against the administration by professional humanists. Join us. Every $10 makes a difference. Tell your friends who want to do something.
May 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Celebrating both Harriet Tubman as ancestor and Tiya Miles as writer this #BHM ✊🏽 moment. Grateful for her witness tonight at Metropolitan AME, in the tradition of the Bethel Literary and Historical Society.
February 19, 2025 at 12:36 AM
In this age of misinformation and disinformation and shut outs of major news organs of national reputation, today’s #BHM ✊🏽 spotlight is the collective Black Press and its living children, The Afro and the Washington Informer. afro.com
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February 17, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Looking forward to getting into this edited volume by the incomparable Stephen Henderson. Check it out: www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/B/Blac...

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Black Saturation
Committed to developing frameworks for defining and evaluating Black poetry, literary scholar Stephen E. Henderson (1925–1997) examined the question: What makes a poem Black? In his critical approach,...
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February 16, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Thinking of home (the North American South) and the sacrifices of Medgar and Myrlie Evers…. Cowards shot him in his driveway. The movement toward and against cowards persists. ✊🏽#BHM
February 15, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Today”s ✊🏽 #BHM moment celebrates the father/son duo that always shows love for Black life and traditions: Amiri and Ras Baraka. #BornForThis
February 14, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Celebrating the life of Dr Jerry Ward on this day in Black History. ✊🏽BHM

Shout out to the @clascholars.bsky.social fam for a wonderful tribute to Dr Ward as we begin to mourn his transition. mississippiencyclopedia.org/entries/jerr...
February 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Today’s #BHM ✊🏽spotlight is the Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College. Dr Brenda Greene has been doing the slow, steady work of building for years. Love that for us! centerforblackliterature.org
Center for Black Literature
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February 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Join us on Feb. 14th, Frederick Douglass’s chosen bday, for a day of collective love for Black history! You can join thousands of others to help make American history accessible for everyone by transcribing fascinating historical records! #DouglassDay @douglassday.bsky.social
This year's Douglass Day theme, "You Make History," emphasizes the power of communities in shaping the past, present, and future through storytelling, and the celebration of Black excellence. Join us on Douglass Day, February 14th, to honor this legacy and make history together!
#DouglassDay
February 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Been humming “We Who Believe in Freedom” all day (and beyond). Gratitude for Ella Jo Baker and Sweet Honey and the Rock… ✊🏽#BHM youtu.be/U6Uus--gFrc?...
Sweet honey in the rock - Ella's Song
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February 9, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Spent some time with the wonderful board members of the Ben’s Chili Bowl Foundation today. You guessed it: today’s BHM spotlight is none other than Ms Virginia Ali and the Ali family. ✊🏽#BHM
February 9, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Today’s #BHM ✊🏽 spotlight is my HU English fam. Check out the student-run lit journal. It’s just so good. Check out an issue here: www.theamistad.com/copy-of-2023....
February 8, 2025 at 3:50 AM
✊🏽#BHM spotlight: @clascholars.bsky.social and Dr Hugh Gloster, CLA’s founder. To learn more about CLA, visit clascholars.org; and you can learn more about Dr Gloster there too.
February 7, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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The incomparable Toni Cade Bambara on the role of the artist…
February 6, 2025 at 4:38 AM
#BHM✊🏽 Love my #GramFam… Making Black history since 1901… 🐯
February 3, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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For today’s Black History Month post, I’m spotlighting the vision of perpetuity for the first and the finest, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Service to All Humankind 💕💚…
February 2, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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Like so many of us, I come from a long line of freedom fighters. My granthfather had the courage to oppose the education apartheid regime in our home town. Here he is marking the moment before Williams v Kimbrough. He/We prevailed.
February 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I’ve made it over… 👋🏽
November 24, 2024 at 10:28 PM