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Jim Casey
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Co-editor, The Colored Conventions Movement (2021). Writing a history of editing and editors. Making our way at the Colored Conventions Project, Douglass Day, and the Coalition for Black Digital Research.
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My hot take –

Oscar the Grouch is an archivist, with a focus on ephemera and social histories.

Grumpy, yes, but he's also devoted to ensuring preservation and community access. A truly passionate steward of monster cultural heritage.

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February 7, 2026 at 10:27 PM
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Wait hold on
A bluesky post literally this week saying "Silencing the Past is still an incredibly excellent book to teach. Very happy to report it continues repays re-reading many times"
February 7, 2026 at 12:48 AM
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Silencing the Past is still an incredibly excellent book to teach. Very happy to report it continues repays re-reading many times over.
February 3, 2026 at 11:58 PM
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Get ready for the...

🎂 Great Douglass Day Bake Off! 🎂

How to enter:

1. Bake a birthday cake!
2. Decorate it!
3. Post a photo on here or IG to #DouglassDay

Competition is going to be fierce! Learn more & see past winners: douglassday.org/bake-off/
Two-tiered birthday cake with the letters spelling out "Power Concedes Nothing Without A Demand." Candles on top spell out "happy birthday." the top tier is bright pink and the bottom tier is rainbow sprinkles. It's really doing a lot.
January 29, 2026 at 7:10 PM
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Please share widely!

The JCB is hiring two three-year research associates for collaborative work on religions and freedoms in the early Americas.

Details at jcblibrary.org!
The image shows the JCB reading room and logo and the text "We're Hiring! Details at jcblibrary.org."
January 14, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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Today is publication day for my book, Printing Nueva York: Spanish-Language Print Culture, Media Change, and Democracy in the Late Nineteenth Century. nyupress.org/978147983053...

I am grateful to @nyupress.bsky.social for making it possible!

#NYUPress #LatinxStudies #19thCenturyPrintCulture
Cover of book showing man reading newspaper on anvil and NYU discount code NYUAU30.
January 27, 2026 at 1:42 PM
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Get Ready for Douglass Day 2026! Fresh newsletter out today.

- Preview event on Feb 6
- New teaching resources
- Swag (trading cards are back!)

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And there's still plenty of time to register for Douglass Day 2026. All Rights for All!
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January 26, 2026 at 7:54 PM
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Shoutout to Alysha Press in the @unlv.edu Libraries’ Makerspace who created this 3D rendition of Saint Andrews AME Church, location of the first Colored Convention in the West. This is a key component of Frederick Douglass’ birthday cake - we are ready to win this year! @douglassday.bsky.social
Hand holding a relief-style 3D print of a photo of a church
January 7, 2026 at 5:18 PM
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Job opening for a program officer on our American Institutions team (replacing someone with a history PhD): bit.ly/4r87QHL
Program Officer for American Institutions, Society, and the Public Good in Cambridge, MA for American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Exciting opportunity in Cambridge, MA for American Academy of Arts & Sciences as a Program Office...
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January 23, 2026 at 7:55 PM
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Forthcoming from @yalepress.bsky.social in April 2026:
"Black Studies on 135th Street---The Founding and Future of the Schomburg Collection" Edited by Barrye Brown, @lehelton.bsky.social and Vanessa K. Valdes yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
Black Studies on 135th Street
A centennial celebration of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and its vital role in the development of Black Studies In 1926, the Afro–Pu...
yalebooks.yale.edu
January 23, 2026 at 5:09 PM
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Please help us bring Liam Adrian Cornejo Ramos (he’s only 5 years of age and is currently in pre-K. Yesterday, he and his father were kidnapped by ICE. This will help the family with legal services to help reunite Liam and his dad with their family.

gofund.me/be8a1b2ab
Donate to Help Bring 5-Year-Old Liam Home, organized by sarai Orquiz
Liam Adrian Cornejo Ramos is just 5 years old and currently in pre-K. Yesterday, he and h… sarai Orquiz needs your support for Help Bring 5-Year-Old Liam Home
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January 22, 2026 at 2:44 AM
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Douglass Day prep is always funny.

Today's meetings: video production crew, graphic designers, finance, data curation group, cake design, catering, crowdsourcing, communications -- and it's only mid afternoon!
January 21, 2026 at 10:38 PM
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If you need a brief recharge, tune in to C-SPAN2 / American HistoryTV tomorrow afternoon: a rich Nov 2025 program on Frances Ellen Watkins Harper featuring @drkmttr82.bsky.social, Sherita Johnson, & me via @amantiquarian.bsky.social. Harper still has so much to teach! www.c-span.org/event/americ...
This photograph offers a three-quarters length portrait of African American activist Frances Ellen Watkins Harper standing behind a chair with her hands on the chair’s back. Her body is turned to her right, but she faces viewers directly. Her dress is dark, with a bustle skirt, darker sleeves, and a row of buttons down the front of a skirted vest that matches the fabric of the dress skirt. Harper used this photograph as a frontispiece in some of her later books.
January 17, 2026 at 1:02 AM
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How does DH travel outside the academy? What impact and what careers do DH skills enable? CFP for our next excellent (and necessary) book in the DDH series, edited by Jeanelle Horcasitas, @lisaironcutter.bsky.social, and @kallewesterling.bsky.social

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CFP: Navigating Digital Humanities Careers Beyond the Ivory Tower | Debates in the Digital Humanities
Transforming scholarly publications into living digital works
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January 15, 2026 at 2:43 PM
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Remembering today — Howard Holman Bell

A white guy from the plains who worked at the Library of Congress, then taught at Texas Southern, Morgan State & Howard. His work inspired the Colored Conventions Project. Never got to meet him, but he died on this day in the very same year we started the CCP.
In the preparation of this dissertation I am e s p e ­ cially indebted to Mrs. Dorothy Porter and Dr. John Hope Franklin, both of Howard University, who have placed their knowledge of Negro history and of Negro history depositories continually at my disposal.
January 15, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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OTD: January 10, 1850:
African Americans convened the State Convention of the Colored Citizens of Ohio in Columbus on January 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th, 1850. @jimccasey1.bsky.social @digblk.bsky.social @profgabrielle.bsky.social
OTD: January 10, 1850
We Need Our Own Newspaper
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January 10, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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wired.com
We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.
wired.com WIRED @wired.com · Jan 8
Just days into 2026, the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has sparked protests around the US.

If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance
Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.
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January 8, 2026 at 6:35 PM
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There’s a special kind of grief many of us are feeling tonight. Because it didn’t have to be like this.
January 8, 2026 at 3:08 AM
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Please share - @pewresearch.org wants to hire a data archivist who will be an advocate for data users, helping to ensure that our datasets are easy to discover and reuse by researchers, journalists, and the public.
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Pew Research Center is seeking a Data Archivist to support our commitment to open science and data transparency. This newly created role will play a key part in enhancing the accessibility, usability, and reproducibility of our research data while continuing to protect the privacy and identity of our survey participants. As Data Archivist, you will lead efforts to create and implement best practices for preparing, documenting, and disseminating datasets. These best practices should maximize FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) principles while minimizing disclosure risk. You will work across teams to ensure our data is well-organized and thoroughly documented. You will serve as an internal advocate for data users, helping to ensure that our datasets are not only accurate and comprehensive but also easy to discover and reuse by researchers, journalists, and the public. This is a full-time, Pew Research Center position. The position is funded by an external grant and limited to a two-year term. Primary Responsibilities Develop optimization procedures to improve discoverability of our datasets on internal and external platforms Develop and maintain standards to improve accessibility of our microdata and tab plans by changing/adding formats and/or adding documentation Identify metadata documentation best practices and a process to implement those best practices at the Center Work with Legal to evaluate most appropriate license to publicly share the Center's survey data, including Creative Common options Identify and correct processing inefficiencies in our data publication process Sit on the internal Disclosure Risk Taskforce Document analytical decisions and code to support transparency and replicability, including the development of a RACI chart for publishing code to recreate derived variables that are used in reports but are not included in the microdata Manage/create merged time series datasets for select Center datasets Identify a process for internally archiving data and projects that are no longer in active use Identify and implement a process to assign Digital Object Identifiers (DOI) to microdata Prepare and upload public-facing datasets and restricted-use datasets for external sharing. Train staff on FAIR principles and best practices in data archiving. Education/Training/Experience Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in library sciences, organizational management, or a related field. 5-7 years of experience with data archiving, database management, or survey research. This may include graduate training at the MA/PhD level or equivalent experience in an applied setting. At least 3-5 years of experience applying FAIR and open science principles. Background in social science research or data curation. Experience in data management, archiving, or research support. Familiarity with FAIR principles, Creative Common licensing, data privacy principles, and exposure risk. Proficiency in metadata standards and documentation tools. Experience managing research projects, including working collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team. Experience with statistical software (e.g., R, Python, Stata) and reproducible research workflows. Knowledge, Skill and Workplace Requirements Strong organizational and communication skills. Detail oriented with exacting standards to maintain accuracy and impartiality in all work products. Ability to work independently to carry out special projects from start to finish. Ability to balance numerous tasks simultaneously. Ability to work collaboratively and collegially with other team members, as well as with staff from other Pew Research Center teams. Ability to balance competing priorities and identify optimal solutions FLSA Status: Exempt Compensation: Starting salary is commensurate with experience within the range of $100,000 - $120,000. Hybrid Work Schedule: Pew Research Center staff are required to be present in the Center’s Washington, D.C., office three core days weekly (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday). Staff may work virtually from remote locations on other days in a typical work week.
January 6, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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Friends, I hope you’ll share this widely. The @jcblibrary.bsky.social is hiring 2 3-yr research associates for collaborative work on religions and freedoms in the early Americas. Info is here and I’m happy to take questions offline: brown.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/staff-...
January 7, 2026 at 2:50 PM
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People went wild for the James Baldwin documentary, but to my mind Raoul Peck's later "Exterminate All the Brutes" is even more important www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ4r...
Exterminate All the Brutes | Raoul Peck’s Statement of Intent | HBO
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January 6, 2026 at 3:07 AM
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On this date: January 2, 1854: Massachusetts State Council of Colored People in Boston. open.substack.com/pub/ther3pro...

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OTD: January 2, 1854
Massachusetts State Council of Colored People
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January 3, 2026 at 2:38 AM
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"He stands athwart history, yelling the wildest possible bullshit" is a sentence that rattled around in my brain for MONTHS
December 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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We are excited to engage in this work critically in ways that align with our values. Grateful to have @jimccasey1.bsky.social, @snblickhan.bsky.social, @bcgl.bsky.social, Tiffanie Smith from Lincoln as co-pis, with all of us bringing unique perspectives is
a man says let 's go do what we do while talking to another man
ALT: a man says let 's go do what we do while talking to another man
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December 12, 2025 at 9:39 PM