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Jeanne Theoharis
@jeannetheoharis.bsky.social
Distinguished Professor at Brooklyn College, Author of The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks and King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Life of Struggle Outside the South
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I'm hearing the same thing. Dems are nearing a surrender. I'm shocked. Largest protest in history + best election night in years + polling showing we're kicking their ass in public opinion. And now Dems may cave.

It ain't over til it's over, so please do call if you've got a Dem senator.
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Dear @schumer.senate.gov & @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social, do not cave on health care! Your constituents are watching and expect you to hold the line.
November 9, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Last night, the Trump Administration sent a letter suggesting Wisconsin should return our FoodShare payments.

My response ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Hi @repdangoldman.bsky.social, your constituents are calling. You should join her!!
November 9, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Looking at you, @governor.ny.gov!
November 7, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Starting now! Join us for this urgent conversation on the Fight for Black Education and Black History. www.youtube.com/live/6a5hDZ6...
CBFS: The Fight for Black Education and Black History
YouTube video by Schomburg Center
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November 6, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Conversations in Black Freedom Studies on the Fight for Black Education and Black History with Brian Jones, Jesse Hagopian, Crystal Sanders, and Barry Goldenberg begins at 6:30! Join us tonight: youtube.com/live/6a5hDZ6...
CBFS: The Fight for Black Education and Black History
In a moment when Black history and Black studies are under attack, it is critical to hear from the scholars, organizers, and teachers steadfastly pursuing and documenting this work. This virtual panel...
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November 6, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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Several hundred kids just marched past my house because John Marshall High is doing an anti-ICE walk out.

LA's tradition of high schoolers using their voices to push back on racism and inequality is really an inspiring thing.
November 4, 2025 at 6:43 PM
This summer our family went to Armenia. We took our great grandfather’s poem documenting the massacres of Armenians in Adana in 1909–the prelude to the Armenian genocide—to the Armenian genocide museum. It underscored the lesson—never again for anyone. armenianweekly.com/2025/11/04/t...
The poem goes home
Our great grandfather hadn’t crossed the Atlantic Ocean in 112 years — but he was about to. Maybe not all of him, but a piece of him: a poem he had written after his family was massacred and he was dr...
armenianweekly.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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1/5 EXCLUSIVE: I’m in Kampala, Uganda, where I’ll be living & reporting this month. Since it’s @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social’s hometown, I wanted to share a bit of the pride the people of Kampala have on NYC’s Election Day for their hometown boy (full video here, feel free w credit to thrashery)
November 4, 2025 at 1:49 PM
This Thursday November 6!! Join us online at 6:30 EST for an urgent conversation on the Fight for Black History and Black Education with @jessehagopian.bsky.social, @brianjoneseducator.bsky.social, @barrygoldenberg.bsky.social, and Crystal Sanders. www.eventbrite.com/e/cbfs-the-f...
CBFS: The Fight for Black Education and Black History
Scholars, organizers, and teachers discuss teaching and documenting Black History in this online program.
www.eventbrite.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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"Immigrant women have always been the quiet architects of change in NYC. Jewish and Italian garment workers led strikes... Chinese immigrant women organized tenant associations ... Puerto Rican and Dominican mothers built tenant unions ...Caribbean women transformed the city's care economy"
Meet the Aunties Behind Zohran Mamdani's Historic Campaign
The mayoral candidate's meteoric rise was fueled by older immigrant women—long-time, experienced organizers who are often overlooked
www.harpersbazaar.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.

now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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Here’s a link to the USDA announcement stating that food stores can’t offer discounts to SNAP recipients—complete with propaganda blaming it on the Democrats.

www.fns.usda.gov/snap/ebt/ret...
November 3, 2025 at 12:36 PM
So looking forward to this conversation tonight! Join us!
Join us tonight. I’ll be interviewing Jeanne Theoharis about her important new book King of the North.

Why has Dr. King’s deep and important work in northern cities from early in the Civil Rights Movement been erased from the narrative about his work?

www.zinnedproject.org/news/king-of...
King of the North
Historian Jeanne Theoharis returns to discuss her book, King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Life of Struggle Outside the South in conversation with Sherrilyn Ifill. This session is part of the...
www.zinnedproject.org
October 27, 2025 at 9:26 PM
So excited for this conversation tonight . Please join us.
Join us tonight. I’ll be interviewing Jeanne Theoharis about her important new book King of the North.

Why has Dr. King’s deep and important work in northern cities from early in the Civil Rights Movement been erased from the narrative about his work?

www.zinnedproject.org/news/king-of...
King of the North
Historian Jeanne Theoharis returns to discuss her book, King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Life of Struggle Outside the South in conversation with Sherrilyn Ifill. This session is part of the...
www.zinnedproject.org
October 27, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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"For the first time in a King biography, Coretta Scott King’s active partnership in the struggle is made clear. King of the North is a revelation." — Barbara Smith, co-founder, Combahee River Collective

Join us for class later today. #FreedomSchool #TeachIn

www.zinnedproject.org/news/king-of...
King of the North
Historian Jeanne Theoharis returns to discuss her book, King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Life of Struggle Outside the South in conversation with Sherrilyn Ifill. This session is part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.
www.zinnedproject.org
October 27, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Don't miss this piece by @kcarterjackson.bsky.social & @pastpunditry.bsky.social about today's important teach-in in DC on the mall on the importance of teaching a full and accurate American history: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Why we’re holding a teach-in about American history at the Smithsonian | Kellie Carter Jackson and Nicole Hemmer
Podcasters, professors, journalists and ordinary citizens will gather in Washington as the Trump regime wages war on history
www.theguardian.com
October 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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October 25, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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My latest for @thenation.com compares my recent Covid hospitalization with prisons’ lack of testing & treatment and, in some places, outright gaslighting www.thenation.com/article/soci...
We've Entered the Gaslighting Phase of Covid in Prisons
Covid is spreading, but incarcerated people are being told vaccines aren't necessary.
www.thenation.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Join us on Monday to learn about Freedom Day in Chicago (#tdih 1963) & more stories of Dr. King & the Civil Rights Movement in the North. Hear from @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social & @sifill.bsky.social

Classes are free with ASL interpretation & PD certificates. www.zinnedproject.org/news/king-of...
King of the North: Part Two
Historian Jeanne Theoharis returns to discuss her book, King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Life of Struggle Outside the South in conversation with Sherrilyn Ifill. This session is part of the...
www.zinnedproject.org
October 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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The right weaponizes Dr. King's legacy against social justice organizing.

Counter that misrepresentation with King's longstanding, radical critiques of Northern racism.

Join us for class on Monday, 7pm ET with @sifill.bsky.social,
@jeannetheoharis.bsky.social, & @jessehagopian.bsky.social
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King of the North: Part Two
Historian Jeanne Theoharis returns to discuss her book, King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Life of Struggle Outside the South in conversation with Sherrilyn Ifill. This session is part of the...
www.zinnedproject.org
October 24, 2025 at 3:10 AM
So excited for this conversation on KING OF THE NORTH with the great @sifill.bsky.social and @jessehagopian.bsky.social on Monday at 7:00 EST. Join us!
October 24, 2025 at 4:59 PM