Patrick Jones
@pdjones.bsky.social
Historian of modern U.S. history and African American Studies; Author, The Selma of the North; Creator, Roz Payne Sixties Archive; Ella Baker small ‘d’ democrat; #GirlDad
Love seeing national headlines like this about our little blue dot out here on the edge of the Great Plains…
May 15, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Love seeing national headlines like this about our little blue dot out here on the edge of the Great Plains…
A few weeks back, Zora (13) got on a little run of writing very authentic & heart-felt hand-written letters to some of the artists that touch her. Last evening, when I came home from a poetry reading, collected the mail that had stacked up in the chute over a couple of days, I found THIS waiting...
April 23, 2025 at 5:57 PM
A few weeks back, Zora (13) got on a little run of writing very authentic & heart-felt hand-written letters to some of the artists that touch her. Last evening, when I came home from a poetry reading, collected the mail that had stacked up in the chute over a couple of days, I found THIS waiting...
Read this. Stare into the abyss of cruelty and injustice. This is America.
April 7, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Read this. Stare into the abyss of cruelty and injustice. This is America.
We have to organize and be more active in the face of this malevolent, reactionary movement, particularly when it comes to assaults on diversity, equity and inclusion and education, more broadly.
Here is one possible avenue. Check it out…
Here is one possible avenue. Check it out…
National DEI Defense Coalition - USC Race and Equity Center
race.usc.edu
March 9, 2025 at 7:52 PM
We have to organize and be more active in the face of this malevolent, reactionary movement, particularly when it comes to assaults on diversity, equity and inclusion and education, more broadly.
Here is one possible avenue. Check it out…
Here is one possible avenue. Check it out…
“relevant education,” an enduring struggle…
from San Francisco State University “Third World Liberation” Strike in 1968-1969, the biggest student strike in American campus history. The protest resulted in the creation of the first Ethnic Studies program in the country.
Artist: Saichi Kawahara
from San Francisco State University “Third World Liberation” Strike in 1968-1969, the biggest student strike in American campus history. The protest resulted in the creation of the first Ethnic Studies program in the country.
Artist: Saichi Kawahara
February 25, 2025 at 4:17 AM
“relevant education,” an enduring struggle…
from San Francisco State University “Third World Liberation” Strike in 1968-1969, the biggest student strike in American campus history. The protest resulted in the creation of the first Ethnic Studies program in the country.
Artist: Saichi Kawahara
from San Francisco State University “Third World Liberation” Strike in 1968-1969, the biggest student strike in American campus history. The protest resulted in the creation of the first Ethnic Studies program in the country.
Artist: Saichi Kawahara
Human dignity and basic rights for ALL…
February 6, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Human dignity and basic rights for ALL…
Human dignity and basic rights for ALL…
February 6, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Human dignity and basic rights for ALL…
Human dignity and basic rights for ALL…
February 6, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Human dignity and basic rights for ALL…
“King wasn’t committed to integration solely to win equal treatment for Black Americans. He recognized the power of multiracial, working-class solidarity to combat the elite, wealthy interests that dominate American society.”
In 2025, Martin Luther King Jr.’s Economic Populism Is More Relevant Than Ever
The political media calls Trump a “populist.” But as Dr. King made clear in a 1965 speech, American populism was a movement against everything Trump stands for.
www.thenation.com
January 22, 2025 at 7:58 PM
“King wasn’t committed to integration solely to win equal treatment for Black Americans. He recognized the power of multiracial, working-class solidarity to combat the elite, wealthy interests that dominate American society.”
Don’t waste time today watching the inaug. Rather, spend some quality time studying - more deeply than a meme, or decontextualized quote from a speech or book you’ve never actually read, or as a virtue-signal - the complex life, thought and lessons of MLK. Put in a little work…
January 20, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Don’t waste time today watching the inaug. Rather, spend some quality time studying - more deeply than a meme, or decontextualized quote from a speech or book you’ve never actually read, or as a virtue-signal - the complex life, thought and lessons of MLK. Put in a little work…
Great community-based graphic novel about WV folks who have been a part of struggles for justice, like Freedom Rider, Joan Browning. There are a whole bunch of fascinating and important threads in this one. Lots of potential teaching opportunities out of a book like this. Check it out!
January 8, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Great community-based graphic novel about WV folks who have been a part of struggles for justice, like Freedom Rider, Joan Browning. There are a whole bunch of fascinating and important threads in this one. Lots of potential teaching opportunities out of a book like this. Check it out!
