charlesmckinney.bsky.social
@charlesmckinney.bsky.social
Father. Husband. Son.

Professor of History and Africana Studies, Rhodes College. Think and write about Civil Rights, Black Politics, MLK and the pursuit of Greater Freedom.

Semi-retired Saxophone player. Closeted Poet.

Never Post-Black.
December 2, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Come through!
November 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Happy 29th Anniversary, Natalie McKinney. I love you madly!
September 18, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Happy 89th birthday, Pops. I love you madly.
September 8, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Happy birthday to our baby boy Chioke. We love you madly, son.
July 20, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Happy 101st bday, Aunt Doris!
July 4, 2025 at 11:31 PM
May 14, 2025 at 4:08 AM
March 30, 1987.
March 30, 2025 at 8:57 PM
In New York taping a series of lectures for @gliamericanhistory.bsky.social. Always thankful for the opportunity to spread the gospel of history.
March 13, 2025 at 2:28 PM
San Diego!

I’m coming your way this weekend. Come join us.
February 19, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Thanks to the Hattiloo Theater for putting this #BHM Series together. Looking forward to it!
February 7, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Never forget that, before the statues and the holiday, he was a father, husband, brother, and son.

Remember that, too, when you reflect on how racial terrorists in Montgomery tried to blow up the home he’d made with his wife and children.
January 19, 2025 at 2:54 AM
This guy began working at Rhodes in January of 2005. That’s twenty years ago, right?

Time truly flies.
January 14, 2025 at 3:35 AM
January 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Happy new year from Fabulous Godzilla.
January 1, 2025 at 6:23 AM
On December 25, 1965, Charles and Lillie got married on a blustery evening in Flint, Michigan.

The rest, as they say, is history.

Happy 59th Anniversary, Mom and Dad!
December 26, 2024 at 6:41 AM
We should start calling these Nazi Boxes.
December 23, 2024 at 9:09 PM
Meteor shower in Memphis last night.
December 22, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Thankful.
November 29, 2024 at 5:42 PM
*Please Spread the Word*

Attention K-12 teachers!

Join us December 9 for a teacher worship on the deep connections between the Civil Rights and Black Lives Matter movements.

Registration info below.
November 26, 2024 at 9:00 PM
Brown-HBCU History Collaboration Grants.

Deadline: December 15.

Spread the word.
November 26, 2024 at 7:03 PM
Remains one of the coolest maps. From Robinson and Hunter’s “Chocolate Cities.”
November 22, 2024 at 3:34 PM