Jesse Hagopian
@jessehagopian.bsky.social
Educator|Author: "TeachTruth"
(haymarketbooks.org/books/2493-teach-truth), Co-editor “Black Lives Matter at School,” & TeachingForBlackLives.org | Co-editor, Rethinking Schools|Website: IamAnEducator.com | 4 booking: speakoutnow.org/speakers/jesse-hagopian
(haymarketbooks.org/books/2493-teach-truth), Co-editor “Black Lives Matter at School,” & TeachingForBlackLives.org | Co-editor, Rethinking Schools|Website: IamAnEducator.com | 4 booking: speakoutnow.org/speakers/jesse-hagopian
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Jesse Hagopian
@jessehagopian.bsky.social
· Jan 14
Happy Birthday “Teach Truth”–Help Me Celebrate My Book Release Day!
Today is the birthday my new book Teach Truth: The Struggle for Antiracist Education–the official release day!! Like a proud parent, I’m overjoyed to finally see it out in the world. Writing …
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Today, my new book, "Teach Truth: The Struggle for Antiracist Education," officially enters the world ✨ 📖 Happy Birthday 🎂🥳
After years of writing, reflecting, and pushing through challenges, I’m thrilled to share it with you all. Many thanks to all who order!!
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After years of writing, reflecting, and pushing through challenges, I’m thrilled to share it with you all. Many thanks to all who order!!
iamaneducator.com/2025/01/14/h...
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This is one of many examples of laws passed to suppress Black education in the wake of major victories for the Black Freedom Struggle.
Check out lesson ⬇️by @jessehagopian.bsky.social on the historical context and motivations behind these legislative efforts.
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Check out lesson ⬇️by @jessehagopian.bsky.social on the historical context and motivations behind these legislative efforts.
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Legalize Black Education: The Long Fight for the Right to Learn
Teaching Activity. By Jesse Hagopian. 2025. 40 pages. This lesson explores major examples of laws passed to suppress Black education in the wake of major victories for the Black Freedom Struggle, high...
www.zinnedproject.org
December 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
This is one of many examples of laws passed to suppress Black education in the wake of major victories for the Black Freedom Struggle.
Check out lesson ⬇️by @jessehagopian.bsky.social on the historical context and motivations behind these legislative efforts.
www.zinnedproject.org/materials/le...
Check out lesson ⬇️by @jessehagopian.bsky.social on the historical context and motivations behind these legislative efforts.
www.zinnedproject.org/materials/le...
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So many gems in this article from @jessehagopian.bsky.social!
“Against this project of forgetting, educators across the country have responded with something far more powerful than compliance or retreat: organized remembering…It is a refusal to normalize mandated lying to children about the past.”
“Against this project of forgetting, educators across the country have responded with something far more powerful than compliance or retreat: organized remembering…It is a refusal to normalize mandated lying to children about the past.”
December 27, 2025 at 9:22 PM
So many gems in this article from @jessehagopian.bsky.social!
“Against this project of forgetting, educators across the country have responded with something far more powerful than compliance or retreat: organized remembering…It is a refusal to normalize mandated lying to children about the past.”
“Against this project of forgetting, educators across the country have responded with something far more powerful than compliance or retreat: organized remembering…It is a refusal to normalize mandated lying to children about the past.”
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In 2025, Educators Didn’t Just Endure Repression. They Built Resistance: The right wants the teaching of history to no longer indict power or inspire resistance. But our side won’t submit.
Includes ZEP "Teaching for Black Lives" study groups.
By @jessehagopian.bsky.social via @truthout.org ⬇️
Includes ZEP "Teaching for Black Lives" study groups.
By @jessehagopian.bsky.social via @truthout.org ⬇️
In 2025, Educators Didn’t Just Endure Repression. They Built Resistance.
The right wants the teaching of history to no longer indict power or inspire resistance. But our side won’t submit.
truthout.org
December 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
In 2025, Educators Didn’t Just Endure Repression. They Built Resistance: The right wants the teaching of history to no longer indict power or inspire resistance. But our side won’t submit.
Includes ZEP "Teaching for Black Lives" study groups.
By @jessehagopian.bsky.social via @truthout.org ⬇️
Includes ZEP "Teaching for Black Lives" study groups.
By @jessehagopian.bsky.social via @truthout.org ⬇️
I wrote a new piece for @truthout.org looking back at 2025 — a year when educators didn’t just endure repression, they built resistance. ✊🏽📚
Education has never been neutral—It either liberates or subjugates.
Here are the stories of those who resisted subjugation.
truthout.org/articles/in-...
Education has never been neutral—It either liberates or subjugates.
Here are the stories of those who resisted subjugation.
truthout.org/articles/in-...
In 2025, Educators Didn’t Just Endure Repression. They Built Resistance.
The right wants the teaching of history to no longer indict power or inspire resistance. But our side won’t submit.
truthout.org
December 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I wrote a new piece for @truthout.org looking back at 2025 — a year when educators didn’t just endure repression, they built resistance. ✊🏽📚
Education has never been neutral—It either liberates or subjugates.
Here are the stories of those who resisted subjugation.
truthout.org/articles/in-...
Education has never been neutral—It either liberates or subjugates.
Here are the stories of those who resisted subjugation.
truthout.org/articles/in-...
My heart is with those in WA State impacted by severe flooding. In #Tukwila today (just south of my home in Seattle) a levee even broke, causing mass evacuations.
Not properly maintaining levees In the richest country in the world is an outrage. #MakeLeveesNotWar
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Not properly maintaining levees In the richest country in the world is an outrage. #MakeLeveesNotWar
komonews.com/news/local/f...
GO NOW: Flash flood evacuation issued for Tukwila area after Green River levee failure
The National Weather Service in Seattle has issued a flash flood warning for west central King County, Washington, following the failure of the Green River Leve
komonews.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:42 PM
My heart is with those in WA State impacted by severe flooding. In #Tukwila today (just south of my home in Seattle) a levee even broke, causing mass evacuations.
Not properly maintaining levees In the richest country in the world is an outrage. #MakeLeveesNotWar
komonews.com/news/local/f...
Not properly maintaining levees In the richest country in the world is an outrage. #MakeLeveesNotWar
komonews.com/news/local/f...
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"Over the past two years, as Jewish activists have demanded a Judaism beyond Zionism, people have responded by asking what that kind of Judaism would stand for—not just what it would oppose."
@shaneburley.bsky.social reports on the new kind of flourishing Judaism.
@shaneburley.bsky.social reports on the new kind of flourishing Judaism.
The Jewish Diaspora Movement
As young people break with established Jewish organizations over Gaza, a new kind of Judaism is flourishing.
inthesetimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
"Over the past two years, as Jewish activists have demanded a Judaism beyond Zionism, people have responded by asking what that kind of Judaism would stand for—not just what it would oppose."
@shaneburley.bsky.social reports on the new kind of flourishing Judaism.
@shaneburley.bsky.social reports on the new kind of flourishing Judaism.
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lovely evening with @jessehagopian.bsky.social and the bennett brothers. thank you @townhallseattle.bsky.social for hosting !
December 2, 2025 at 5:36 AM
lovely evening with @jessehagopian.bsky.social and the bennett brothers. thank you @townhallseattle.bsky.social for hosting !
🔥📚 I’m hyped to join my brothers Michael Bennett & Martellus Bennett @townhallseattle.bsky.social for “Black Thoughts: An Evening of Readings & Conversation.”
We’ll dive into race, justice, creativity, liberation, & the power of storytelling.
Get tickets here: townhallseattle.org/event/black-...
We’ll dive into race, justice, creativity, liberation, & the power of storytelling.
Get tickets here: townhallseattle.org/event/black-...
December 1, 2025 at 7:32 PM
🔥📚 I’m hyped to join my brothers Michael Bennett & Martellus Bennett @townhallseattle.bsky.social for “Black Thoughts: An Evening of Readings & Conversation.”
We’ll dive into race, justice, creativity, liberation, & the power of storytelling.
Get tickets here: townhallseattle.org/event/black-...
We’ll dive into race, justice, creativity, liberation, & the power of storytelling.
Get tickets here: townhallseattle.org/event/black-...
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"I'm not against giving thanks."
"I'm against celebrating a falsehood instead of reckoning with the history Indigenous peoples have survived."
"A single (largely inaccurate) tale of supposed harmony has been turned into a national origin story."
#USA #Genocide #Slavery #Education
"I'm against celebrating a falsehood instead of reckoning with the history Indigenous peoples have survived."
"A single (largely inaccurate) tale of supposed harmony has been turned into a national origin story."
#USA #Genocide #Slavery #Education
The Thanksgiving Myth Hides the US's Inability to Reckon With Its Own History
"I'm not against giving thanks. I'm against celebrating a falsehood," says Choctaw historian A. S. Dillingham.
truthout.org
November 28, 2025 at 2:50 PM
"I'm not against giving thanks."
"I'm against celebrating a falsehood instead of reckoning with the history Indigenous peoples have survived."
"A single (largely inaccurate) tale of supposed harmony has been turned into a national origin story."
#USA #Genocide #Slavery #Education
"I'm against celebrating a falsehood instead of reckoning with the history Indigenous peoples have survived."
"A single (largely inaccurate) tale of supposed harmony has been turned into a national origin story."
#USA #Genocide #Slavery #Education
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“I’m not against giving thanks. I’m against celebrating a falsehood,” says Choctaw historian A. S. Dillingham in an interview with @jessehagopian.bsky.social in @truthout.org on Thanksgiving propaganda. "A national origin story that hides the real foundations of the US."
truthout.org/articles/the...
truthout.org/articles/the...
The Thanksgiving Myth Hides the US’s Inability to Reckon With Its Own History
“I’m not against giving thanks. I’m against celebrating a falsehood,” says Choctaw historian A. S. Dillingham.
truthout.org
November 28, 2025 at 2:36 AM
“I’m not against giving thanks. I’m against celebrating a falsehood,” says Choctaw historian A. S. Dillingham in an interview with @jessehagopian.bsky.social in @truthout.org on Thanksgiving propaganda. "A national origin story that hides the real foundations of the US."
truthout.org/articles/the...
truthout.org/articles/the...
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African people and Indigenous people were enslaved, trafficked, and forced into servitude by the colonists. That’s a key truth the Thanksgiving story erases.
The Thanksgiving Myth Hides the US’s Inability to Reckon With Its Own History
“I’m not against giving thanks. I’m against celebrating a falsehood,” says Choctaw historian A. S. Dillingham.
buff.ly
November 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
African people and Indigenous people were enslaved, trafficked, and forced into servitude by the colonists. That’s a key truth the Thanksgiving story erases.
I spoke w/ Choctaw historian A.S. Dillingham about how the Thanksgiving myth helps the U.S. avoid reckoning w/ its own history.
“It’s not about rejecting gratitude — it’s about refusing to celebrate a falsehood.”
Read our @truthout.org convo: truthout.org/articles/the...
#TeachTruth #Thanksgiving
“It’s not about rejecting gratitude — it’s about refusing to celebrate a falsehood.”
Read our @truthout.org convo: truthout.org/articles/the...
#TeachTruth #Thanksgiving
The Thanksgiving Myth Hides the US’s Inability to Reckon With Its Own History
“I’m not against giving thanks. I’m against celebrating a falsehood,” says Choctaw historian A. S. Dillingham.
truthout.org
November 27, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I spoke w/ Choctaw historian A.S. Dillingham about how the Thanksgiving myth helps the U.S. avoid reckoning w/ its own history.
“It’s not about rejecting gratitude — it’s about refusing to celebrate a falsehood.”
Read our @truthout.org convo: truthout.org/articles/the...
#TeachTruth #Thanksgiving
“It’s not about rejecting gratitude — it’s about refusing to celebrate a falsehood.”
Read our @truthout.org convo: truthout.org/articles/the...
#TeachTruth #Thanksgiving
Honored to join the transition team for Seattle Mayor-elect Katie Wilson — the first socialist mayor here in a century.
Mamdani’s win in NYC & Katie winning in Seattle shows the people are ready to fight the 1%!
Excited to work with so many brilliant organizers ✊🏾🌹
komonews.com/news/local/s...
Mamdani’s win in NYC & Katie winning in Seattle shows the people are ready to fight the 1%!
Excited to work with so many brilliant organizers ✊🏾🌹
komonews.com/news/local/s...
Seattle Mayor-elect Katie Wilson unveils full transition team
Seattle's Mayor-elect Katie Wilson has announced her 60-member transition team, which includes many campaign supporters of outgoing mayor Bruce Harrell.
komonews.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Honored to join the transition team for Seattle Mayor-elect Katie Wilson — the first socialist mayor here in a century.
Mamdani’s win in NYC & Katie winning in Seattle shows the people are ready to fight the 1%!
Excited to work with so many brilliant organizers ✊🏾🌹
komonews.com/news/local/s...
Mamdani’s win in NYC & Katie winning in Seattle shows the people are ready to fight the 1%!
Excited to work with so many brilliant organizers ✊🏾🌹
komonews.com/news/local/s...
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“Why does capitalism fail us?”
@profwolff.bsky.social walks readers through this pressing question in a brilliant new series on an economic system that benefits the few at the great expense of the many.
www.haymarketbooks.org/authors/651-...
@profwolff.bsky.social walks readers through this pressing question in a brilliant new series on an economic system that benefits the few at the great expense of the many.
www.haymarketbooks.org/authors/651-...
November 22, 2025 at 8:34 PM
“Why does capitalism fail us?”
@profwolff.bsky.social walks readers through this pressing question in a brilliant new series on an economic system that benefits the few at the great expense of the many.
www.haymarketbooks.org/authors/651-...
@profwolff.bsky.social walks readers through this pressing question in a brilliant new series on an economic system that benefits the few at the great expense of the many.
www.haymarketbooks.org/authors/651-...
My new Substack breaks down what the paper missed, what #Starbucks wants you to believe, and what @sbworkersunited.org baristas are actually fighting for:
☕️ Better staffing and hours
☕️ Higher take-home pay
☕️ Accountability for massive union-busting
#UnionStrong
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☕️ Better staffing and hours
☕️ Higher take-home pay
☕️ Accountability for massive union-busting
#UnionStrong
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Baristas on Strike on the Front Page. Starbucks’ “Here’s to Baristas” Holiday Ad on the Back — Anything to Avoid a Union Contract.
The struggle baristas are brewing is part of a larger fight for worker's power.
open.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
My new Substack breaks down what the paper missed, what #Starbucks wants you to believe, and what @sbworkersunited.org baristas are actually fighting for:
☕️ Better staffing and hours
☕️ Higher take-home pay
☕️ Accountability for massive union-busting
#UnionStrong
open.substack.com/pub/jessehag...
☕️ Better staffing and hours
☕️ Higher take-home pay
☕️ Accountability for massive union-busting
#UnionStrong
open.substack.com/pub/jessehag...
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My new piece for @truthout.org: Zohran Mamdani’s victory opens political space we haven’t seen in decades.
But we can’t expect Mamdani to save us. Even the best politician can’t deliver the world we deserve—that can only be achieved by mass movements.
#WorkersPower
truthout.org/articles/if-...
But we can’t expect Mamdani to save us. Even the best politician can’t deliver the world we deserve—that can only be achieved by mass movements.
#WorkersPower
truthout.org/articles/if-...
If Capital Strikes Against Mamdani, Organized Worker Power Can Strike Back
Let’s study how Wall Street sank Mamdani-style municipal plans back in 1975 — and get prepared for a similar fight.
truthout.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:47 PM
My new piece for @truthout.org: Zohran Mamdani’s victory opens political space we haven’t seen in decades.
But we can’t expect Mamdani to save us. Even the best politician can’t deliver the world we deserve—that can only be achieved by mass movements.
#WorkersPower
truthout.org/articles/if-...
But we can’t expect Mamdani to save us. Even the best politician can’t deliver the world we deserve—that can only be achieved by mass movements.
#WorkersPower
truthout.org/articles/if-...
Tonight!!
LA, join me and Robin DG Kelley for a conversation on education for liberation!
LA, join me and Robin DG Kelley for a conversation on education for liberation!
Friends in Los Angeles:
On Monday, Nov. 10 at UCLA: Jesse Hagopian @jessehagopian.bsky.social will be conversation with Robin D. G. Kelley about his @haymarketbooks.org title, “Teach Truth: The Struggle for an Antiracist Education.”
luskincenter.history.ucla.edu/event/teach-...
On Monday, Nov. 10 at UCLA: Jesse Hagopian @jessehagopian.bsky.social will be conversation with Robin D. G. Kelley about his @haymarketbooks.org title, “Teach Truth: The Struggle for an Antiracist Education.”
luskincenter.history.ucla.edu/event/teach-...
“Teach Truth: The Struggle for an Antiracist Education” with Jesse Hagopian | UCLA Luskin Center for History and Policy
luskincenter.history.ucla.edu
November 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Tonight!!
LA, join me and Robin DG Kelley for a conversation on education for liberation!
LA, join me and Robin DG Kelley for a conversation on education for liberation!
Reposted by Jesse Hagopian
Friends in Los Angeles:
On Monday, Nov. 10 at UCLA: Jesse Hagopian @jessehagopian.bsky.social will be conversation with Robin D. G. Kelley about his @haymarketbooks.org title, “Teach Truth: The Struggle for an Antiracist Education.”
luskincenter.history.ucla.edu/event/teach-...
On Monday, Nov. 10 at UCLA: Jesse Hagopian @jessehagopian.bsky.social will be conversation with Robin D. G. Kelley about his @haymarketbooks.org title, “Teach Truth: The Struggle for an Antiracist Education.”
luskincenter.history.ucla.edu/event/teach-...
“Teach Truth: The Struggle for an Antiracist Education” with Jesse Hagopian | UCLA Luskin Center for History and Policy
luskincenter.history.ucla.edu
November 8, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Friends in Los Angeles:
On Monday, Nov. 10 at UCLA: Jesse Hagopian @jessehagopian.bsky.social will be conversation with Robin D. G. Kelley about his @haymarketbooks.org title, “Teach Truth: The Struggle for an Antiracist Education.”
luskincenter.history.ucla.edu/event/teach-...
On Monday, Nov. 10 at UCLA: Jesse Hagopian @jessehagopian.bsky.social will be conversation with Robin D. G. Kelley about his @haymarketbooks.org title, “Teach Truth: The Struggle for an Antiracist Education.”
luskincenter.history.ucla.edu/event/teach-...
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My latest: “Real learning, as the renowned psychologist Lev Vygotsky showed, is a social process. It happens through dialogue, relationships, & shared meaning-making.
AI can’t do that.
It can’t sense when a student’s silence means confusion or when it means trauma.“
truthout.org/articles/reg...
AI can’t do that.
It can’t sense when a student’s silence means confusion or when it means trauma.“
truthout.org/articles/reg...
Regulating AI Isn’t Enough. Let’s Dismantle the Logic That Put It in Schools.
AI in schools isn’t progress — it’s a sign of how far we’ve strayed from the purpose of education.
truthout.org
July 6, 2025 at 8:44 PM
My latest: “Real learning, as the renowned psychologist Lev Vygotsky showed, is a social process. It happens through dialogue, relationships, & shared meaning-making.
AI can’t do that.
It can’t sense when a student’s silence means confusion or when it means trauma.“
truthout.org/articles/reg...
AI can’t do that.
It can’t sense when a student’s silence means confusion or when it means trauma.“
truthout.org/articles/reg...
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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
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...
This poem is my response to the gluttons who cut #SNAP food benefits.
“A SNAP Decision: Eat the Rich”
#OhSnap #EatTheRich
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“A SNAP Decision: Eat the Rich”
#OhSnap #EatTheRich
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A SNAP Decision: Eat the Rich
A poem by Jesse Hagopian
open.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:23 PM
This poem is my response to the gluttons who cut #SNAP food benefits.
“A SNAP Decision: Eat the Rich”
#OhSnap #EatTheRich
open.substack.com/pub/jessehag...
“A SNAP Decision: Eat the Rich”
#OhSnap #EatTheRich
open.substack.com/pub/jessehag...
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Black History Is for Everyone
Check out this conversation between @brianjoneseducator.bsky.social and @jessehagopian.bsky.social, from the new issue of @rethinkingschools.bsky.social
Check out this conversation between @brianjoneseducator.bsky.social and @jessehagopian.bsky.social, from the new issue of @rethinkingschools.bsky.social
Black History Is for Everyone
Jesse Hagopian interviews author Brian Jones about his new book Black History Is for Everyone.
rethinkingschools.org
October 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Black History Is for Everyone
Check out this conversation between @brianjoneseducator.bsky.social and @jessehagopian.bsky.social, from the new issue of @rethinkingschools.bsky.social
Check out this conversation between @brianjoneseducator.bsky.social and @jessehagopian.bsky.social, from the new issue of @rethinkingschools.bsky.social
👀 Just dropped my new poem, “Your Lying Eyes.”
This one is for everyone who’s ever been told their truth was a lie.
#Poetry #ResistFacsism
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This one is for everyone who’s ever been told their truth was a lie.
#Poetry #ResistFacsism
open.substack.com/pub/jessehag...
Your Lying Eyes
A poem by Jesse Hagopian
open.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM
👀 Just dropped my new poem, “Your Lying Eyes.”
This one is for everyone who’s ever been told their truth was a lie.
#Poetry #ResistFacsism
open.substack.com/pub/jessehag...
This one is for everyone who’s ever been told their truth was a lie.
#Poetry #ResistFacsism
open.substack.com/pub/jessehag...
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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!
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
RSVP ⬇️
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
RSVP ⬇️
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 4:59 PM
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!