Christopher Tounsel
@ctounsel1.bsky.social
Believer | Happy husband and dad | Associate Professor of History & Director of African Studies, University of Washington | Chosen Peoples (Duke UP), Bounds of Blackness (Cornell UP)
UW bio: https://history.washington.edu/people/christopher-tounsel
UW bio: https://history.washington.edu/people/christopher-tounsel
When I was ten I read fairy tales in secret. Now that I am 50 I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness.
C.S. Lewis
Born November 29, 1898
C.S. Lewis
Born November 29, 1898
November 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
When I was ten I read fairy tales in secret. Now that I am 50 I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness.
C.S. Lewis
Born November 29, 1898
C.S. Lewis
Born November 29, 1898
The fox provides for himself, but God provides for the lion.
William Blake
Born November 28, 1757
William Blake
Born November 28, 1757
November 28, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The fox provides for himself, but God provides for the lion.
William Blake
Born November 28, 1757
William Blake
Born November 28, 1757
Please join us for "Female Genital Cutting and Marriage in Egypt" feat. Prof. Suzanna Khalifa!
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🗓 Dec 4, 2025
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November 21, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Please join us for "Female Genital Cutting and Marriage in Egypt" feat. Prof. Suzanna Khalifa!
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Love is God, and to die means that I, a particle of love, shall return to the general and eternal source.
Leo Tolstoy
Died November 20, 1910
Leo Tolstoy
Died November 20, 1910
November 20, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Love is God, and to die means that I, a particle of love, shall return to the general and eternal source.
Leo Tolstoy
Died November 20, 1910
Leo Tolstoy
Died November 20, 1910
God is within you, and you are within God.
Howard Thurman
Born November 18, 1899
Howard Thurman
Born November 18, 1899
November 18, 2025 at 2:05 PM
God is within you, and you are within God.
Howard Thurman
Born November 18, 1899
Howard Thurman
Born November 18, 1899
Please join us for "Pan-Africanism in Paris: Haiti & the Black Atlantic at the 1900 World's Fair" feat. Prof. Matthew Alexander Randolph!
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🗓 Nov 20, 2025
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#GlobalAfrica #PanAfricanism #BlackAtlantic #AfricanStudies
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November 14, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Please join us for "Pan-Africanism in Paris: Haiti & the Black Atlantic at the 1900 World's Fair" feat. Prof. Matthew Alexander Randolph!
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🗓 Nov 20, 2025
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Keep cool and you will command everyone.
Justinian I
Died November 14, 565
Justinian I
Died November 14, 565
November 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Keep cool and you will command everyone.
Justinian I
Died November 14, 565
Justinian I
Died November 14, 565
Against stupidity the very gods
Themselves contend in vain.
Friedrich Schiller
Born November 10, 1759
Themselves contend in vain.
Friedrich Schiller
Born November 10, 1759
November 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Against stupidity the very gods
Themselves contend in vain.
Friedrich Schiller
Born November 10, 1759
Themselves contend in vain.
Friedrich Schiller
Born November 10, 1759
Anytime a child is born, the old people look in his face and ask him if he’s the One.
Ernest J. Gaines
Died November 5, 2019
Ernest J. Gaines
Died November 5, 2019
November 5, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Anytime a child is born, the old people look in his face and ask him if he’s the One.
Ernest J. Gaines
Died November 5, 2019
Ernest J. Gaines
Died November 5, 2019
A pretty good test of a man’s religion is how it affects his pocketbook.
Francis J. Grimké
Born November 4, 1852
Francis J. Grimké
Born November 4, 1852
November 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
A pretty good test of a man’s religion is how it affects his pocketbook.
Francis J. Grimké
Born November 4, 1852
Francis J. Grimké
Born November 4, 1852
Many thanks to @aljazeera.com for hosting me today to discuss the announcement of famine in El-Fasher and Kadugli, Sudan.
The war is devolving into an increasingly harrowing situation, and shout-out to those media outlets that are doing their part to #KeepEyesOnSudan 🙏🏾
The war is devolving into an increasingly harrowing situation, and shout-out to those media outlets that are doing their part to #KeepEyesOnSudan 🙏🏾
November 3, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Many thanks to @aljazeera.com for hosting me today to discuss the announcement of famine in El-Fasher and Kadugli, Sudan.
The war is devolving into an increasingly harrowing situation, and shout-out to those media outlets that are doing their part to #KeepEyesOnSudan 🙏🏾
The war is devolving into an increasingly harrowing situation, and shout-out to those media outlets that are doing their part to #KeepEyesOnSudan 🙏🏾
Richard Nixon inherited some good instincts from his Quaker forebears, but by diligent hard work, he overcame them.
James Reston
Born November 3, 1909
James Reston
Born November 3, 1909
November 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Richard Nixon inherited some good instincts from his Quaker forebears, but by diligent hard work, he overcame them.
James Reston
Born November 3, 1909
James Reston
Born November 3, 1909
Outlined against a blue-gray October sky, the Four Horsemen rode again.
Grantland Rice
Born November 1, 1880
Grantland Rice
Born November 1, 1880
November 1, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Outlined against a blue-gray October sky, the Four Horsemen rode again.
Grantland Rice
Born November 1, 1880
Grantland Rice
Born November 1, 1880
Only those who are being burned know what fire is like.
Ethel Waters
Born October 31, 1896
Ethel Waters
Born October 31, 1896
October 31, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Only those who are being burned know what fire is like.
Ethel Waters
Born October 31, 1896
Ethel Waters
Born October 31, 1896
You play to win the game.
Herman Edwards
October 30, 2002
Herman Edwards
October 30, 2002
October 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
You play to win the game.
Herman Edwards
October 30, 2002
Herman Edwards
October 30, 2002
Grateful to @pbsnews.org for the chance to speak on last night's segment "Sudan's cultural heritage becomes a casualty in its civil war."
As I shared with Jeffrey Brown, I fear that Sudanese may lose access to material history that connects them to their ancient and resilient past.
As I shared with Jeffrey Brown, I fear that Sudanese may lose access to material history that connects them to their ancient and resilient past.
October 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Grateful to @pbsnews.org for the chance to speak on last night's segment "Sudan's cultural heritage becomes a casualty in its civil war."
As I shared with Jeffrey Brown, I fear that Sudanese may lose access to material history that connects them to their ancient and resilient past.
As I shared with Jeffrey Brown, I fear that Sudanese may lose access to material history that connects them to their ancient and resilient past.
The Negro is the bone and sinew of your country and you cannot do without him.
Robert Smalls
Speech on October 27, 1895
Robert Smalls
Speech on October 27, 1895
October 27, 2025 at 4:45 PM
The Negro is the bone and sinew of your country and you cannot do without him.
Robert Smalls
Speech on October 27, 1895
Robert Smalls
Speech on October 27, 1895
I’m grateful for all the breaks and honors and opportunities I’ve had, but I always believe I won’t have it made until the humblest black kid in the most remote backwoods of America has it made.
Jackie Robinson
Died October 24, 1972
Jackie Robinson
Died October 24, 1972
October 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I’m grateful for all the breaks and honors and opportunities I’ve had, but I always believe I won’t have it made until the humblest black kid in the most remote backwoods of America has it made.
Jackie Robinson
Died October 24, 1972
Jackie Robinson
Died October 24, 1972
Say off the gobbledygook language…For the Lord’s sake, be short and say what you’re talking about.
Maury Maverick
Born October 23, 1895
Maury Maverick
Born October 23, 1895
October 23, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Say off the gobbledygook language…For the Lord’s sake, be short and say what you’re talking about.
Maury Maverick
Born October 23, 1895
Maury Maverick
Born October 23, 1895
The first time ever I saw your face
I thought the sun rose in your eyes,
And the moon and the stars were the gifts you gave
To the dark and empty skies.
Ewan MacColl
Died October 22, 1989
I thought the sun rose in your eyes,
And the moon and the stars were the gifts you gave
To the dark and empty skies.
Ewan MacColl
Died October 22, 1989
October 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The first time ever I saw your face
I thought the sun rose in your eyes,
And the moon and the stars were the gifts you gave
To the dark and empty skies.
Ewan MacColl
Died October 22, 1989
I thought the sun rose in your eyes,
And the moon and the stars were the gifts you gave
To the dark and empty skies.
Ewan MacColl
Died October 22, 1989
Army life was rough. Would you believe it, they actually wanted me to pitch three times a week.
Whitey Ford
Born October 21, 1928
Whitey Ford
Born October 21, 1928
October 21, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Army life was rough. Would you believe it, they actually wanted me to pitch three times a week.
Whitey Ford
Born October 21, 1928
Whitey Ford
Born October 21, 1928
The spirit of his father was in him, and the Friend to whom his father had left him did not neglect the trust.
Thomas Hughes
Born October 20, 1822
Thomas Hughes
Born October 20, 1822
October 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The spirit of his father was in him, and the Friend to whom his father had left him did not neglect the trust.
Thomas Hughes
Born October 20, 1822
Thomas Hughes
Born October 20, 1822
The test of a vocation is the love of the drudgery it involves.
Logan Pearsall Smith
Born October 18, 1865
Logan Pearsall Smith
Born October 18, 1865
October 18, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The test of a vocation is the love of the drudgery it involves.
Logan Pearsall Smith
Born October 18, 1865
Logan Pearsall Smith
Born October 18, 1865
Shout out to @mariners.com starting pitcher Bryce Miller, who's rocking a ballcap inscribed with "Isaiah 6:8" for today's pivotal Game 5.
"Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me."
"Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me."
October 17, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Shout out to @mariners.com starting pitcher Bryce Miller, who's rocking a ballcap inscribed with "Isaiah 6:8" for today's pivotal Game 5.
"Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me."
"Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me."
As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free.
Julia Ward Howe
Died October 17, 1910
Julia Ward Howe
Died October 17, 1910
October 17, 2025 at 2:24 PM
As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free.
Julia Ward Howe
Died October 17, 1910
Julia Ward Howe
Died October 17, 1910