Dr. Zebulon Vance Miletsky
@profmiletsky.bsky.social
Teach Africana Studies at Stony Brook University | Author of Before Busing: A History of Boston's Long Black Freedom Struggle | http://zebulonmiletsky.com
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On this day in 1862, the U.S. government sentenced 303 members of the Dakota people to death for participating in the U.S.-Dakota War.
Nov. 5, 1862 | U.S. Government Sentences Over 300 Dakota Men to Death
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November 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
On this day in 1862, the U.S. government sentenced 303 members of the Dakota people to death for participating in the U.S.-Dakota War.
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Zohran Mamdani: New York’s Mayor-elect celebrates visit to Puerto Rico
The social democrat politician was accompanied by Puerto Rican congresswoman Nydia Velázquez as he arrived at the SOMOS conference
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The social democrat politician was accompanied by Puerto Rican congresswoman Nydia Velázquez as he arrived at the SOMOS conference
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Zohran Mamdani: New York’s Mayor-elect celebrates visit to Puerto Rico
The social democrat politician was accompanied by Puerto Rican congresswoman Nydia Velázquez as he arrived at the SOMOS conference
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November 7, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Zohran Mamdani: New York’s Mayor-elect celebrates visit to Puerto Rico
The social democrat politician was accompanied by Puerto Rican congresswoman Nydia Velázquez as he arrived at the SOMOS conference
www.elnuevodia.com/english/news...
The social democrat politician was accompanied by Puerto Rican congresswoman Nydia Velázquez as he arrived at the SOMOS conference
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I'm attending NYC Indivisible's event, “NO KINGS NYC - Labor March” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
NO KINGS NYC - Labor March · Mobilize
📍 Where: Duarte Square, 6th Ave, and Canal
📅 When: October 18, 2025, at 11 AM
NOTE: this will be a march, not a rally! This is a labor feeder march that will start from a different location in Southw...
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October 16, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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Last day of new sessions.
Emerging fields of graphic history, digital humanities, and speculative preservation showcase the importance of Afrofuturist Design in transnational context.
#ASALH2025
Emerging fields of graphic history, digital humanities, and speculative preservation showcase the importance of Afrofuturist Design in transnational context.
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September 27, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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The historical cognate for what is happening in the United States right now is the period known as the Redemption. And the restoration of Confederate iconography, just like when they were originally installed, is to signal to the nation the return of white power.
The Trump administration is on a pro-Confederacy roll, with two monuments brought back in 24 hours. The "Confederate Memorial," its name since its construction in 1914, will be reinstalled in Arlington Cemetery.
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August 6, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The historical cognate for what is happening in the United States right now is the period known as the Redemption. And the restoration of Confederate iconography, just like when they were originally installed, is to signal to the nation the return of white power.
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I've covered race for two decades. I knew the 2nd Trump Admin would be dangerous for civil rights. Yet the collapse of the federal civil rights architecture and national will to address racial inequality and work on integration is stunning. Here's my latest. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/m...
How Trump Upended 60 Years of Civil Rights in Two Months
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June 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I've covered race for two decades. I knew the 2nd Trump Admin would be dangerous for civil rights. Yet the collapse of the federal civil rights architecture and national will to address racial inequality and work on integration is stunning. Here's my latest. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/m...
Pope’s Family History Offers a Glimpse Into the American Creole Journey www.nytimes.com/2025/05/11/u...
Pope’s Family History Offers a Glimpse Into the American Creole Journey
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May 12, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Pope’s Family History Offers a Glimpse Into the American Creole Journey www.nytimes.com/2025/05/11/u...
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On Sat. May 17, I’ll be appearing with @profmiletsky.bsky.social at the Gold Coast book fair on Long Island to talk about our books, '60s political movements, and the current climate of activism – see you there.
May 4, 2025 at 10:08 PM
On Sat. May 17, I’ll be appearing with @profmiletsky.bsky.social at the Gold Coast book fair on Long Island to talk about our books, '60s political movements, and the current climate of activism – see you there.
Book Review: Before Busing: A History of Boston's Long Black Freedom Struggle by Zebulon Vance Miletsky othemts.wordpress.com/2024/10/03/b...
Book Review: Before Busing: A History of Boston’s Long Black Freedom Struggle by Zebulon Vance Miletsky
Author :Zebulon Vance Miletsky Title: Before Busing: A History of Boston’s Long Black Freedom Struggle Publication Info: The University of North Carolina Press (2022) Summary/Review: The busi…
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May 7, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Book Review: Before Busing: A History of Boston's Long Black Freedom Struggle by Zebulon Vance Miletsky othemts.wordpress.com/2024/10/03/b...
I was so thrilled to be invited back to speak at #BostonLatinSchool today and to be the Stan Salett ‘55 Speaker 2025, working with the AP African American Studies classes on today, March 10th 2025. Thank you for including my book 🙌🏽 #BlackHistory
March 12, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I was so thrilled to be invited back to speak at #BostonLatinSchool today and to be the Stan Salett ‘55 Speaker 2025, working with the AP African American Studies classes on today, March 10th 2025. Thank you for including my book 🙌🏽 #BlackHistory
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Everything is janky as hell in March 2025, but one thing you can depend on: #ScholarSunday threads! Here’s my 214th of great public scholarly writing, podcast eps, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below, share widely, & enjoy, all! 🗃️
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#ScholarSunday Thread 214
Published on March 2, 2025
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March 2, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Everything is janky as hell in March 2025, but one thing you can depend on: #ScholarSunday threads! Here’s my 214th of great public scholarly writing, podcast eps, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below, share widely, & enjoy, all! 🗃️
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Celebrating Black History at Rivers: A Focus on Black Excellence and Community
2/27/2025 To close out our observation of Black History Month, Rivers hosted Speaker Dr. Zebulon Miletsky, an associate professor in Africana Studies & History at Stony Brook University, to present at all-school…
2/27/2025 To close out our observation of Black History Month, Rivers hosted Speaker Dr. Zebulon Miletsky, an associate professor in Africana Studies & History at Stony Brook University, to present at all-school…
Celebrating Black History at Rivers: A Focus on Black Excellence and Community
2/27/2025 To close out our observation of Black History Month, Rivers hosted Speaker Dr. Zebulon Miletsky, an associate professor in Africana Studies & History at Stony Brook University, to present at all-school assembly on February 24 and visit Grade 8 humanities classrooms. Miletsky supplemented additional month-long programming by student leaders of the SHADES affinity group surrounding the theme of Black Excellence.
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March 7, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Celebrating Black History at Rivers: A Focus on Black Excellence and Community
2/27/2025 To close out our observation of Black History Month, Rivers hosted Speaker Dr. Zebulon Miletsky, an associate professor in Africana Studies & History at Stony Brook University, to present at all-school…
2/27/2025 To close out our observation of Black History Month, Rivers hosted Speaker Dr. Zebulon Miletsky, an associate professor in Africana Studies & History at Stony Brook University, to present at all-school…
Please support. Tickets still available! allevents.in/everett/19th...
January 12, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Please share this with your networks. It will take place in the Boston area (Everett, MA). MLK received part of his graduate education in Boston. The unofficial title of my meditation is “Eyes Off The Prize” and how we may do better in 2025 and beyond! Tickets available. allevents.in/everett/19th...
January 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Please share this with your networks. It will take place in the Boston area (Everett, MA). MLK received part of his graduate education in Boston. The unofficial title of my meditation is “Eyes Off The Prize” and how we may do better in 2025 and beyond! Tickets available. allevents.in/everett/19th...
2024 was filled with many blessings… one of the things I’m most proud about is having been invited to speak at the Boston Latin school. I didn’t attend Latin… in fact I had never seen the inside of it. But, anyone from Boston will know why this was so important. Thank you BLS for the invite.
January 1, 2025 at 12:07 AM
2024 was filled with many blessings… one of the things I’m most proud about is having been invited to speak at the Boston Latin school. I didn’t attend Latin… in fact I had never seen the inside of it. But, anyone from Boston will know why this was so important. Thank you BLS for the invite.
US Supreme Court passes on Boston exam school challenge commonwealthbeacon.org/education/us...
US Supreme Court passes on Boston exam school challenge
For the second time this year, the US Supreme Court opted against weighing in on policies that use geographic proxies for race to allow more Black and Latino students to enroll in competitive high sch...
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December 14, 2024 at 1:41 AM
US Supreme Court passes on Boston exam school challenge commonwealthbeacon.org/education/us...
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I am so excited to share the cover for King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Life of Struggle Outside the South coming out March 25! The book charts his long challenge to Northern segregation from grad school onward to the end of his life alongside his political partner Coretta Scott King.
December 11, 2024 at 1:26 PM
I am so excited to share the cover for King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Life of Struggle Outside the South coming out March 25! The book charts his long challenge to Northern segregation from grad school onward to the end of his life alongside his political partner Coretta Scott King.
Stony Brook University’s College of Arts and Sciences and the Africana Studies department @SBUafricana invite applications for an Assistant Professor Position in Human Rights, Critical Carceral Studies & Prison Education. Deadline is January 15th.
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December 2, 2024 at 10:24 PM
Stony Brook University’s College of Arts and Sciences and the Africana Studies department @SBUafricana invite applications for an Assistant Professor Position in Human Rights, Critical Carceral Studies & Prison Education. Deadline is January 15th.
apply.interfolio.com/150577
apply.interfolio.com/150577
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“It became an all too effective strategy to talk about race without talking about race,” says Zebulon Miletsky, Associate Professor of Africana Studies at Stony Brook University and author of 'Before Busing: A History of Boston’s Long Black Freedom Struggle.'" @wbur.org
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How school segregation survived Boston’s busing
Boston schools are more segregated now than than they were 30 years ago. Did integration fail, or did the people?
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June 21, 2024 at 4:50 PM
“It became an all too effective strategy to talk about race without talking about race,” says Zebulon Miletsky, Associate Professor of Africana Studies at Stony Brook University and author of 'Before Busing: A History of Boston’s Long Black Freedom Struggle.'" @wbur.org
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In his book “Before Busing: A History of Boston’s Long Black Freedom Struggle,” Zebulon Miletsky highlights what the violence and division eclipsed.—via Dorchester Reporter
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Historian tracks the ‘Long Black Freedom’ struggle in Boston in new book | Dorchester Reporter
For many in Boston, the story of “busing” begins in September 1974 with the explosive clash over mandatory desegregation of the city’s public schools. In the barrage of electrifying news reports, with...
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February 22, 2024 at 9:26 PM
In his book “Before Busing: A History of Boston’s Long Black Freedom Struggle,” Zebulon Miletsky highlights what the violence and division eclipsed.—via Dorchester Reporter
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Zebulon Miletsky, author of BEFORE BUSING: A History of Boston’s Long Black Freedom Struggle, joined Conversations in Black Freedom Studies from AAIHS:
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Education and Liberation: A CBFS Conversation
Conversations in Black Freedom Studies (CBFS) is a monthly discussion series held at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Curated by Jeanne Theoharis and Robyn C. Spencer-Antoine with K...
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May 9, 2024 at 5:07 PM
Zebulon Miletsky, author of BEFORE BUSING: A History of Boston’s Long Black Freedom Struggle, joined Conversations in Black Freedom Studies from AAIHS:
www.aaihs.org/education-an...
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An important read from Zebulon Miletsky in the Dorchester Reporter (my community newspaper! ❤️). One narrative about busing in Boston has been dominant for the past 50 years, but it ignores a much longer civil rights struggle in the city (also, pick up his book!). www.dotnews.com/2024/why-i-w...
Why I wrote ‘Before Busing’ | Dorchester Reporter
The year 2024 marks fifty years since a federal court order was issued by US Judge W. Arthur Garrity mandating school desegregation in Boston which resulted in busing.
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March 7, 2024 at 2:58 PM
An important read from Zebulon Miletsky in the Dorchester Reporter (my community newspaper! ❤️). One narrative about busing in Boston has been dominant for the past 50 years, but it ignores a much longer civil rights struggle in the city (also, pick up his book!). www.dotnews.com/2024/why-i-w...
I was quoted in this @vox.com piece “The yellow school bus is in trouble” www.vox.com/life/373743/...
The yellow school bus is in trouble
The disappearance of bus service is hurting kids around the country.
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November 26, 2024 at 4:34 PM
I was quoted in this @vox.com piece “The yellow school bus is in trouble” www.vox.com/life/373743/...
This is an older article by @nhannahjones.bsky.social but it is still 100% on the money. “Busing didn’t fail. We did.” www.nytimes.com/2019/07/12/o...
It Was Never About Busing (Published 2019)
Court-ordered desegregation worked. But white racism made it hard to accept.
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November 26, 2024 at 3:59 PM
This is an older article by @nhannahjones.bsky.social but it is still 100% on the money. “Busing didn’t fail. We did.” www.nytimes.com/2019/07/12/o...
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RealTalk: History as a weapon for Black Liberation w/Dr. Sundiata Keita Cha-Jua "Friday 11/15/2024" Dr. Zebulon Vance( @profmiletsky.bsky.social )Miletsky, Black Liberation Media www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r1B...
RealTalk: History as a weapon for Black Liberation
YouTube video by Black Liberation Media
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November 21, 2024 at 6:02 PM
RealTalk: History as a weapon for Black Liberation w/Dr. Sundiata Keita Cha-Jua "Friday 11/15/2024" Dr. Zebulon Vance( @profmiletsky.bsky.social )Miletsky, Black Liberation Media www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r1B...