Darius
@dariusjohnson.bsky.social
Public History | Digital Humanities | Cultural Landscapes
Director of Chesapeake Heartland: An African American Humanities Project at Washington College’s Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience
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Director of Chesapeake Heartland: An African American Humanities Project at Washington College’s Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience
Chesapeake Bay 📍
*Views are my own*
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Darius
@dariusjohnson.bsky.social
· Nov 10
Hey Bluesky! I’ll be sharing posts on cultural landscapes, public history, and African American heritage.
I believe learning about our roots strengthens personal and community well-being and I work to make those connections for people.
I look forward to connecting and learning with others on here!
I believe learning about our roots strengthens personal and community well-being and I work to make those connections for people.
I look forward to connecting and learning with others on here!
So my thesis writing semester just kicked off and I’m already behind 😅 anyone have any tips for managing time and staying sane?
Full time job + full time Dad + Master’s in Historic Preservation thesis = perpetually tired 😮💨
Full time job + full time Dad + Master’s in Historic Preservation thesis = perpetually tired 😮💨
September 2, 2025 at 1:15 PM
So my thesis writing semester just kicked off and I’m already behind 😅 anyone have any tips for managing time and staying sane?
Full time job + full time Dad + Master’s in Historic Preservation thesis = perpetually tired 😮💨
Full time job + full time Dad + Master’s in Historic Preservation thesis = perpetually tired 😮💨
@actualkatherine.bsky.social just you an email about a collaborative opportunity that you’ll hopefully be interested in!
August 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
@actualkatherine.bsky.social just you an email about a collaborative opportunity that you’ll hopefully be interested in!
50 student (paid) interns. 2 powerful weeks. 1 co-developed vision for the future.
The Hip Hop Time Capsule turned creativity into community-building at the future Innovation Plant in Chestertown.
🎨🎶 Read the story: www.washcoll.edu/live/news/hi...
The Hip Hop Time Capsule turned creativity into community-building at the future Innovation Plant in Chestertown.
🎨🎶 Read the story: www.washcoll.edu/live/news/hi...
www.washcoll.edu
July 29, 2025 at 4:10 PM
50 student (paid) interns. 2 powerful weeks. 1 co-developed vision for the future.
The Hip Hop Time Capsule turned creativity into community-building at the future Innovation Plant in Chestertown.
🎨🎶 Read the story: www.washcoll.edu/live/news/hi...
The Hip Hop Time Capsule turned creativity into community-building at the future Innovation Plant in Chestertown.
🎨🎶 Read the story: www.washcoll.edu/live/news/hi...
Planning summer experiential learning programs for youth is awesome until you get to the paperwork procession😮💨
June 26, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Planning summer experiential learning programs for youth is awesome until you get to the paperwork procession😮💨
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Am currently paging through some stories from the Chesapeake Heartland project led by @dariusjohnson.bsky.social , for tour research (it makes sense in context, I swear), and finding these stories really meaningful 🖤 chesapeakeheartland.org/commodore-co...
The Commodore Collection — Chesapeake Heartland
chesapeakeheartland.org
June 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Am currently paging through some stories from the Chesapeake Heartland project led by @dariusjohnson.bsky.social , for tour research (it makes sense in context, I swear), and finding these stories really meaningful 🖤 chesapeakeheartland.org/commodore-co...
Even though I said I was tired yesterday, I’ve felt a calling to write a book for a long time. It’s gotten louder in the past few weeks.
June 22, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Even though I said I was tired yesterday, I’ve felt a calling to write a book for a long time. It’s gotten louder in the past few weeks.
Great things are happening, but I could use one of those sabbaticals.
June 21, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Great things are happening, but I could use one of those sabbaticals.
I just have to say—your boy is TIRED. And this feels like a reasonable space to express it.
June 21, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I just have to say—your boy is TIRED. And this feels like a reasonable space to express it.
@actualkatherine.bsky.social I haven’t been on here in a while but after seeing this I had to come back and let you know!
May 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
@actualkatherine.bsky.social I haven’t been on here in a while but after seeing this I had to come back and let you know!
The last month has been hectic…but yesterday I got to spend time with courthouse records so that was pretty cool.
April 9, 2025 at 11:02 AM
The last month has been hectic…but yesterday I got to spend time with courthouse records so that was pretty cool.
Any recommendations for folks to follow on Substack that work in preservation, public history, or heritage work in general?
February 23, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Any recommendations for folks to follow on Substack that work in preservation, public history, or heritage work in general?
Alright, BlueSky, I need your help. I’m looking for people to talk to about my Master’s Thesis. Particularly anyone who’s a subject matter expert in regional policy/advocacy for heritage preservation or environmental conservation. Please help a brotha out!
February 15, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Alright, BlueSky, I need your help. I’m looking for people to talk to about my Master’s Thesis. Particularly anyone who’s a subject matter expert in regional policy/advocacy for heritage preservation or environmental conservation. Please help a brotha out!
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Thank you, Uncle Sam. That’s how you flip it.
February 10, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Thank you, Uncle Sam. That’s how you flip it.
Kendrick Lamar. Powerful performance. In addition to everything that people are saying about its brilliance—how about former Black Panther Samuel L. Jackson as Uncle Sam? 😤 #kendricklamar #SuperBowl
February 10, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Kendrick Lamar. Powerful performance. In addition to everything that people are saying about its brilliance—how about former Black Panther Samuel L. Jackson as Uncle Sam? 😤 #kendricklamar #SuperBowl
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SO MANY LAYERS.
Calling out the hypocrisy of the current political moment.
Elevating Black culture, especially BLACK LA.
Squid game references.
UNCLE SAM (JACKSON)
Serena crip walking
BLACK GRAND NATIONAL
40 acres and mule
KENDRICK BEING UNAPOLOGETICALLY BLACK HAPPENING DURING #BLACKHISTORYMONTH
Calling out the hypocrisy of the current political moment.
Elevating Black culture, especially BLACK LA.
Squid game references.
UNCLE SAM (JACKSON)
Serena crip walking
BLACK GRAND NATIONAL
40 acres and mule
KENDRICK BEING UNAPOLOGETICALLY BLACK HAPPENING DURING #BLACKHISTORYMONTH
a man wearing a black jacket and a white hat with the letter e on it
Alt: a man wearing a black jacket and a white hat with the letter e on it
media.tenor.com
February 10, 2025 at 1:45 AM
SO MANY LAYERS.
Calling out the hypocrisy of the current political moment.
Elevating Black culture, especially BLACK LA.
Squid game references.
UNCLE SAM (JACKSON)
Serena crip walking
BLACK GRAND NATIONAL
40 acres and mule
KENDRICK BEING UNAPOLOGETICALLY BLACK HAPPENING DURING #BLACKHISTORYMONTH
Calling out the hypocrisy of the current political moment.
Elevating Black culture, especially BLACK LA.
Squid game references.
UNCLE SAM (JACKSON)
Serena crip walking
BLACK GRAND NATIONAL
40 acres and mule
KENDRICK BEING UNAPOLOGETICALLY BLACK HAPPENING DURING #BLACKHISTORYMONTH
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Kendrick performing “Be Humble”. The visuals were incredible 👏🏾
February 10, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Kendrick performing “Be Humble”. The visuals were incredible 👏🏾
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I updated my CV on my website, b/c apparently people were looking at it 😅 I may be just a wee tour guide, but I also have four (4) degrees in history, and I invite you to look at what else this tired goth ethnohistorian gets up to before assuming I don't know something 😅😅💙
About
Dr. Emma Katherine Bilski is a public historian in Baltimore, Maryland—and now the owner and operator of the walking tour company Full Story Baltimore. Dr. E holds a PhD in History from Johns Hopki…
emmakatherinebilski.place
January 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I updated my CV on my website, b/c apparently people were looking at it 😅 I may be just a wee tour guide, but I also have four (4) degrees in history, and I invite you to look at what else this tired goth ethnohistorian gets up to before assuming I don't know something 😅😅💙
Well, damn.
"Harvard University has laid off its staff in the Harvard Slavery Remembrance Program, the unit of its $100 million Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery initiative tasked with identifying the direct descendants of those enslaved by Harvard affiliates."
Harvard just fired me and all of my colleagues. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
January 24, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Well, damn.
I’m honored to lead Chesapeake Heartland: An African American Humanities Project!
We’ve been awarded a major $339k grant from the National Archives to launch the next phase—and we have an incredible team ready to move it forward! 🫡
Read more below:
www.washcoll.edu/live/news/dj...
We’ve been awarded a major $339k grant from the National Archives to launch the next phase—and we have an incredible team ready to move it forward! 🫡
Read more below:
www.washcoll.edu/live/news/dj...
January 14, 2025 at 11:18 AM
I’m honored to lead Chesapeake Heartland: An African American Humanities Project!
We’ve been awarded a major $339k grant from the National Archives to launch the next phase—and we have an incredible team ready to move it forward! 🫡
Read more below:
www.washcoll.edu/live/news/dj...
We’ve been awarded a major $339k grant from the National Archives to launch the next phase—and we have an incredible team ready to move it forward! 🫡
Read more below:
www.washcoll.edu/live/news/dj...
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Creating a Historic Preservation starterpack! Comment or DM to be added, or let me know if I missed anyone.
go.bsky.app/D9w1NYJ
go.bsky.app/D9w1NYJ
January 9, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Creating a Historic Preservation starterpack! Comment or DM to be added, or let me know if I missed anyone.
go.bsky.app/D9w1NYJ
go.bsky.app/D9w1NYJ
Ran my first 5k in years on Thursday! Took a little over two months to train up from no running at all. This was great for my self-discipline lol. Already looking forward to the next one!
November 30, 2024 at 12:35 PM
Ran my first 5k in years on Thursday! Took a little over two months to train up from no running at all. This was great for my self-discipline lol. Already looking forward to the next one!
Ran my first 5k in years on Thursday! Took a little over two months to train up from no running at all. This was great for my self-discipline lol. Already looking forward to the next one!
November 30, 2024 at 12:35 PM
Ran my first 5k in years on Thursday! Took a little over two months to train up from no running at all. This was great for my self-discipline lol. Already looking forward to the next one!
No big deal, just up at 5am as my parental leave nears the end. Thinking about all the projects waiting for me when I’m back. (In addition to side projects 😅)
Curious to know how others manage their productivity w/ multiple projects?
Is there a #productivity starter pack yet?
Curious to know how others manage their productivity w/ multiple projects?
Is there a #productivity starter pack yet?
November 23, 2024 at 10:21 AM
No big deal, just up at 5am as my parental leave nears the end. Thinking about all the projects waiting for me when I’m back. (In addition to side projects 😅)
Curious to know how others manage their productivity w/ multiple projects?
Is there a #productivity starter pack yet?
Curious to know how others manage their productivity w/ multiple projects?
Is there a #productivity starter pack yet?
Need this 📌
If you have’t seen it yet, I’m working with @rfrank.bsky.social as co-editor of
“Digital Preservation: A Critical Vocabulary” for @mitpress.bsky.social.
You can read and comment on all the draft chapters on PubPub -> digital-preservation-a-critical-vocabulary.pubpub.org
“Digital Preservation: A Critical Vocabulary” for @mitpress.bsky.social.
You can read and comment on all the draft chapters on PubPub -> digital-preservation-a-critical-vocabulary.pubpub.org
Digital Preservation: A Critical Vocabulary
digital-preservation-a-critical-vocabulary.pubpub.org
November 19, 2024 at 3:23 AM
Need this 📌