Brent Staples
@bstaples.bsky.social
Delta husband. Fellow - the Society of American Historians. Winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for writing on the legacies of slavery “with extraordinary moral clarity.”
Baltimore 4:32 PM
November 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Baltimore 4:32 PM
“Trans Forming Liberty”
November 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
“Trans Forming Liberty”
“The Boy With No Past”
November 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
“The Boy With No Past”
Detail from “Ecclesia (The Meeting of Inheritance and Horizons)”
November 9, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Detail from “Ecclesia (The Meeting of Inheritance and Horizons)”
“As Soft as She Is”
November 9, 2025 at 6:17 PM
“As Soft as She Is”
Baltimore Museum of Art - 1:10 PM
November 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Baltimore Museum of Art - 1:10 PM
A special good morning to Harley Earl
November 9, 2025 at 1:16 PM
A special good morning to Harley Earl
Good morning, Charm City - good to see you
November 8, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Good morning, Charm City - good to see you
In honor of my great-great grandmother Somerville Staples, who witnessed the rise and fall of Reconstruction while steering our family out of slavery.
November 5, 2025 at 12:25 AM
In honor of my great-great grandmother Somerville Staples, who witnessed the rise and fall of Reconstruction while steering our family out of slavery.
There are a few; this one is canonical on the subject of slavery in Jamaica
November 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
There are a few; this one is canonical on the subject of slavery in Jamaica
Yo @tressiemcphd.bsky.social: one of my first trick-or-treaters of the evening!
October 31, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Yo @tressiemcphd.bsky.social: one of my first trick-or-treaters of the evening!
Peekskill, New York - 11:46 AM
October 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Peekskill, New York - 11:46 AM
the resolution/
of all the fruitless searches/
of all the fruitless searches/
October 29, 2025 at 1:32 PM
the resolution/
of all the fruitless searches/
of all the fruitless searches/
Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn
October 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn
From a friend’s backyard coop
October 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
From a friend’s backyard coop
Brooklyn Backyard #2 (brrrrrr)
October 25, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Brooklyn Backyard #2 (brrrrrr)
Brooklyn backyard #1 (43 degrees)
October 25, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Brooklyn backyard #1 (43 degrees)
Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn
October 24, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn