Valencia Abbott
@vannabbott.bsky.social
High School Social Studies Teacher, Local Historian, Photographer, Telling Black Stories is my passion and side hustle. Black Folks Education Ambassador (accept the moniker).
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Just a reminder that ALL members of the military and the Secret Service PLEDGE LOYALTY TO THE CONSTITUTION, not a person, to "support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic".
How many take that oath seriously? Maybe they should.
How many take that oath seriously? Maybe they should.
January 8, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Just a reminder that ALL members of the military and the Secret Service PLEDGE LOYALTY TO THE CONSTITUTION, not a person, to "support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic".
How many take that oath seriously? Maybe they should.
How many take that oath seriously? Maybe they should.
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Even if you can't attend, purchase a ticket!
hey y'all, so my job (a non-profit) is building a library--of rare, unique, & banned books--which will be housed in anacostia (SE!!)
we're hosting a film screening & panel discussion/fundraiser on MLK weekend, 1/18/26
come support a great cause!
www.eventbrite.com/e/unbanned-f...
we're hosting a film screening & panel discussion/fundraiser on MLK weekend, 1/18/26
come support a great cause!
www.eventbrite.com/e/unbanned-f...
January 6, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Even if you can't attend, purchase a ticket!
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Where the hell are my books? Preorder, so you know where yours are!!! #books #fireswordandsea #historicalfiction
January 3, 2026 at 3:27 AM
Where the hell are my books? Preorder, so you know where yours are!!! #books #fireswordandsea #historicalfiction
@gliamericanhistory.bsky.social Encourage everyone to nominate that teacher for 2026!
Check this out #sschat! So happy for you Valencia! @vannabbott.bsky.social
December 29, 2025 at 1:46 AM
@gliamericanhistory.bsky.social Encourage everyone to nominate that teacher for 2026!
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"Kendra D. Boyd offers an innovative way to contextualize the Black Midwest and its centrality to US economic history ... A stellar accomplishment."
Order FREEDOM ENTERPRISE before our Holiday Sale ends on December 31 & save 40% with code PENN-HOLIDAY25 bit.ly/45Qp0lR
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December 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
"Kendra D. Boyd offers an innovative way to contextualize the Black Midwest and its centrality to US economic history ... A stellar accomplishment."
Order FREEDOM ENTERPRISE before our Holiday Sale ends on December 31 & save 40% with code PENN-HOLIDAY25 bit.ly/45Qp0lR
Order FREEDOM ENTERPRISE before our Holiday Sale ends on December 31 & save 40% with code PENN-HOLIDAY25 bit.ly/45Qp0lR
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A lot of good folks in North Carolina voted the right way. For the Black lady. And they’re getting screwed too.
That’s the problem.
Trump voters didn’t just vote against themselves, they dragged the rest of us down with them. Including the people who warned them, showed up, & did everything right.
That’s the problem.
Trump voters didn’t just vote against themselves, they dragged the rest of us down with them. Including the people who warned them, showed up, & did everything right.
BREAKING: Trump has SCREWED his own voters in North Carolina. Out of the hundreds who applied for FEMA relief after their homes flooded in storms, he refused to approve a SINGLE payout…
You get what you vote for!
Enjoy. 😎✨
You get what you vote for!
Enjoy. 😎✨
December 28, 2025 at 11:52 AM
A lot of good folks in North Carolina voted the right way. For the Black lady. And they’re getting screwed too.
That’s the problem.
Trump voters didn’t just vote against themselves, they dragged the rest of us down with them. Including the people who warned them, showed up, & did everything right.
That’s the problem.
Trump voters didn’t just vote against themselves, they dragged the rest of us down with them. Including the people who warned them, showed up, & did everything right.
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Always more to the story
On this day in 1956, days after the end of an anti-segregation bus boycott, sniper gunshots struck a pregnant Black woman named Rosa Jordan as she rode an integrated bus in Montgomery, Alabama.
Dec. 28, 1956 | After Boycott Ends, Pregnant Black Woman Shot on Montgomery Bus
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
calendar.eji.org
December 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Always more to the story
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EDSITEment - a project National Endowment for the Humanities with 30 years of development and over 1,000 lesson plans and resources for K-16 students that attracted 2.5 million visitors per year - appears to have been archived and is no longer accessible.
This is what the #NEH has become.
This is what the #NEH has become.
EDSITEment
www.neh.gov
December 1, 2025 at 9:36 PM
EDSITEment - a project National Endowment for the Humanities with 30 years of development and over 1,000 lesson plans and resources for K-16 students that attracted 2.5 million visitors per year - appears to have been archived and is no longer accessible.
This is what the #NEH has become.
This is what the #NEH has become.
December 28, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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"While sociologists were debating "the marriage gap" and declining rates of marriage for Black women, McMillan's characters were commiserating, exploring their options, cracking jokes, and braving the messy realities of life..."
www.npr.org/2025/12/24/n...
www.npr.org/2025/12/24/n...
30 years ago, 'Waiting to Exhale' was the blockbuster Hollywood didn't anticipate
The 1995 adaptation of Terry McMillan's novel celebrated the beauty of Black sisterhood.
www.npr.org
December 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
"While sociologists were debating "the marriage gap" and declining rates of marriage for Black women, McMillan's characters were commiserating, exploring their options, cracking jokes, and braving the messy realities of life..."
www.npr.org/2025/12/24/n...
www.npr.org/2025/12/24/n...
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Grateful for every chance to let history speak a little louder.
Catch my 2025 History Teacher of the Year interview on C-SPAN 2 | American History TV
We talk teaching, truth-telling, and staying committed to students and stories in a moment that asks a lot of educators.
#NHTOY #NCHTOY
Catch my 2025 History Teacher of the Year interview on C-SPAN 2 | American History TV
We talk teaching, truth-telling, and staying committed to students and stories in a moment that asks a lot of educators.
#NHTOY #NCHTOY
December 27, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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👏👏👏👏History Teacher of the Year🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇
December 27, 2025 at 3:43 AM
👏👏👏👏History Teacher of the Year🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇
Grateful for every chance to let history speak a little louder.
Catch my 2025 History Teacher of the Year interview on C-SPAN 2 | American History TV
We talk teaching, truth-telling, and staying committed to students and stories in a moment that asks a lot of educators.
#NHTOY #NCHTOY
Catch my 2025 History Teacher of the Year interview on C-SPAN 2 | American History TV
We talk teaching, truth-telling, and staying committed to students and stories in a moment that asks a lot of educators.
#NHTOY #NCHTOY
December 27, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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My #BlackFeministBookClub picks for 2026 have been selected. Some of them are new reads. Some are rereads. All of them are beautiful and critical texts for this moment.
Learn more on my Substack at jennmjacksonphd.substack.com. #BlackFeminism #Blackbooks #BlackAuthors #BlackSky
Learn more on my Substack at jennmjacksonphd.substack.com. #BlackFeminism #Blackbooks #BlackAuthors #BlackSky
December 26, 2025 at 1:45 PM
My #BlackFeministBookClub picks for 2026 have been selected. Some of them are new reads. Some are rereads. All of them are beautiful and critical texts for this moment.
Learn more on my Substack at jennmjacksonphd.substack.com. #BlackFeminism #Blackbooks #BlackAuthors #BlackSky
Learn more on my Substack at jennmjacksonphd.substack.com. #BlackFeminism #Blackbooks #BlackAuthors #BlackSky
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Tomorrow on my live podcast "History Matters!"
Things We Learned in 2025 -- and there were many.
Bring some of your own!
Friday 10AM ET
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Vch...
Things We Learned in 2025 -- and there were many.
Bring some of your own!
Friday 10AM ET
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Vch...
History Matters (...and so does coffee!)
YouTube video by Dr. Joanne Freeman
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December 26, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Tomorrow on my live podcast "History Matters!"
Things We Learned in 2025 -- and there were many.
Bring some of your own!
Friday 10AM ET
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Vch...
Things We Learned in 2025 -- and there were many.
Bring some of your own!
Friday 10AM ET
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Vch...
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Are you in Minnesota and maybe need an extra special Christmas present for yourself today? Look at this guy
The Professor, our foster dog, is up for adoption but has had zero applications. And I get it, people are busy, but he’s wonderful.
Not a sleep in your lap dog but the king of sleep next to you dogs. Just a nice little 4 month old gentleman. With a PhD.
new.shelterluv.com/embed/animal...
Not a sleep in your lap dog but the king of sleep next to you dogs. Just a nice little 4 month old gentleman. With a PhD.
new.shelterluv.com/embed/animal...
December 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Are you in Minnesota and maybe need an extra special Christmas present for yourself today? Look at this guy
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Restarting wage garnishment for student loan borrowers is cruel and unnecessary. Taking paychecks from people already struggling won’t fix repayment, it will push families further behind. We need real paths to relief and repayment, not punishment.
www.cnbc.com/2025/12/23/s...
www.cnbc.com/2025/12/23/s...
Trump administration to start seizing pay of defaulted student loan borrowers in January
The Trump administration will start garnishing the wages of student loan borrowers in default in early January.
www.cnbc.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Restarting wage garnishment for student loan borrowers is cruel and unnecessary. Taking paychecks from people already struggling won’t fix repayment, it will push families further behind. We need real paths to relief and repayment, not punishment.
www.cnbc.com/2025/12/23/s...
www.cnbc.com/2025/12/23/s...
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A news segment about the Trump administration's immigration policy that was abruptly pulled from " 60 Minutes " was mistakenly aired on a TV app after the last minute decision not to air it touched off a public debate about journalistic independence. https://to.pbs.org/4qhN73Y
'60 Minutes' segment on Trump immigration policy accidentally airs online
The segment featured interviews with migrants sent to a notorious Salvadoran prison under President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown. The segment was removed from Canada's Global Television Networ...
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December 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
A news segment about the Trump administration's immigration policy that was abruptly pulled from " 60 Minutes " was mistakenly aired on a TV app after the last minute decision not to air it touched off a public debate about journalistic independence. https://to.pbs.org/4qhN73Y
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'In 1963, prominent Black artists and activists including Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis, and James Baldwin called for a nationwide Christmas boycott, urging Americans to refrain from holiday spending as a moral response to racial terror.'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WKm... | @thirteenwnet.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WKm... | @thirteenwnet.bsky.social
The Christmas Americans Were Asked to Give Up | THIRTEEN
YouTube video by THIRTEEN
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December 22, 2025 at 10:41 PM
'In 1963, prominent Black artists and activists including Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis, and James Baldwin called for a nationwide Christmas boycott, urging Americans to refrain from holiday spending as a moral response to racial terror.'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WKm... | @thirteenwnet.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WKm... | @thirteenwnet.bsky.social
Being a high school teacher during the holidays hits a little different and don’t look like what you see at other grade levels
These never just about seeing me as their teacher. They are glimpses of who they are becoming how they reflect, how they choose gratitude, how they name what mattered.
These never just about seeing me as their teacher. They are glimpses of who they are becoming how they reflect, how they choose gratitude, how they name what mattered.
December 15, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Being a high school teacher during the holidays hits a little different and don’t look like what you see at other grade levels
These never just about seeing me as their teacher. They are glimpses of who they are becoming how they reflect, how they choose gratitude, how they name what mattered.
These never just about seeing me as their teacher. They are glimpses of who they are becoming how they reflect, how they choose gratitude, how they name what mattered.
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We’re changing that page by page. buff.ly/lvL8e5j
December 14, 2025 at 6:54 AM
We’re changing that page by page. buff.ly/lvL8e5j
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Buy University Press Books This Holiday Season #academicpresses cc: @uncpress.bsky.social @utpress.bsky.social @lsupress.bsky.social @fordhampress.bsky.social @univpressofkansas.bsky.social @univnebpress.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
Buy University Press Books This Holiday Season
Whatever success I can claim as a published author is the result of editors at academic publishers believing in and supporting my projects.
open.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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#tdih 1874 Vicksburg Massacre 💔
Whites attacked Black citizens who had organized to defend Peter Crosby.
Formerly enslaved and a Union army veteran, Crosby had been forced to resign from his elected role as sheriff. #TeachTruth #TeachReconstruction
Read ⬇️
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Whites attacked Black citizens who had organized to defend Peter Crosby.
Formerly enslaved and a Union army veteran, Crosby had been forced to resign from his elected role as sheriff. #TeachTruth #TeachReconstruction
Read ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/vi...
Dec. 7, 1874: Vicksburg Massacre
White people attacked and killed many Black citizens who had organized for a Black sheriff to remain in office during the Vicksburg Massacre.
www.zinnedproject.org
December 7, 2025 at 12:49 PM
#tdih 1874 Vicksburg Massacre 💔
Whites attacked Black citizens who had organized to defend Peter Crosby.
Formerly enslaved and a Union army veteran, Crosby had been forced to resign from his elected role as sheriff. #TeachTruth #TeachReconstruction
Read ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/vi...
Whites attacked Black citizens who had organized to defend Peter Crosby.
Formerly enslaved and a Union army veteran, Crosby had been forced to resign from his elected role as sheriff. #TeachTruth #TeachReconstruction
Read ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/vi...
Being recognized at the NC State Board of Education, honored to be the first North Carolina teacher to do so #NCHTOY #NHTOY #HistoryNerdsUnite
December 6, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Being recognized at the NC State Board of Education, honored to be the first North Carolina teacher to do so #NCHTOY #NHTOY #HistoryNerdsUnite