Diane T. Feldman
@dianetfeldman.bsky.social
Writer and researcher living in Jackson, MS and NOLA. President of a political polling firm in a former life. Book coming out in July: https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/B/Borrowed-Land-Stolen-Labor-and-the-Holy-Spirit
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From stolen land to the fight for voting rights—Holmes County, Mississippi, has been at the center of America’s struggle for justice.
BORROWED LAND, STOLEN LABOR, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT chronicles the farmers, church leaders, and families who changed history.
📖 Learn their story : buff.ly/TPbmR6K
BORROWED LAND, STOLEN LABOR, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT chronicles the farmers, church leaders, and families who changed history.
📖 Learn their story : buff.ly/TPbmR6K
August 30, 2025 at 3:37 PM
From stolen land to the fight for voting rights—Holmes County, Mississippi, has been at the center of America’s struggle for justice.
BORROWED LAND, STOLEN LABOR, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT chronicles the farmers, church leaders, and families who changed history.
📖 Learn their story : buff.ly/TPbmR6K
BORROWED LAND, STOLEN LABOR, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT chronicles the farmers, church leaders, and families who changed history.
📖 Learn their story : buff.ly/TPbmR6K
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Today's featured book:
"Borrowed Land, Stolen Labor, and the Holy Spirit: The Struggle for Power and Equality in Holmes County, Mississippi," by Diane T. Feldman, University Press of Mississippi, 2025.
@dianetfeldman.bsky.social @upmississippi.bsky.social
www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/B/Borr...
"Borrowed Land, Stolen Labor, and the Holy Spirit: The Struggle for Power and Equality in Holmes County, Mississippi," by Diane T. Feldman, University Press of Mississippi, 2025.
@dianetfeldman.bsky.social @upmississippi.bsky.social
www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/B/Borr...
August 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Today's featured book:
"Borrowed Land, Stolen Labor, and the Holy Spirit: The Struggle for Power and Equality in Holmes County, Mississippi," by Diane T. Feldman, University Press of Mississippi, 2025.
@dianetfeldman.bsky.social @upmississippi.bsky.social
www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/B/Borr...
"Borrowed Land, Stolen Labor, and the Holy Spirit: The Struggle for Power and Equality in Holmes County, Mississippi," by Diane T. Feldman, University Press of Mississippi, 2025.
@dianetfeldman.bsky.social @upmississippi.bsky.social
www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/B/Borr...
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#ICYMI: University Press of Mississippi's 🔥📚 #Juneteenth Reading List 📚🔥, with recent and forthcoming titles that celebrate Black life, history, and the ongoing struggle for justice and equality
www.upress.state.ms.us/Collections/...
www.upress.state.ms.us/Collections/...
June 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
#ICYMI: University Press of Mississippi's 🔥📚 #Juneteenth Reading List 📚🔥, with recent and forthcoming titles that celebrate Black life, history, and the ongoing struggle for justice and equality
www.upress.state.ms.us/Collections/...
www.upress.state.ms.us/Collections/...
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🎉 Two UPM books are up for a 2025 Eisner Award for Best Academic/Scholarly Work!
👏 COMICS AND MODERNISM (Najarian)
👏 FROM GUM WRAPPERS TO RICHIE RICH (Barnholden)
We’re honored to see them recognized!
#EisnerAwards #ComicsStudies #UPMississippi
👏 COMICS AND MODERNISM (Najarian)
👏 FROM GUM WRAPPERS TO RICHIE RICH (Barnholden)
We’re honored to see them recognized!
#EisnerAwards #ComicsStudies #UPMississippi
June 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM
🎉 Two UPM books are up for a 2025 Eisner Award for Best Academic/Scholarly Work!
👏 COMICS AND MODERNISM (Najarian)
👏 FROM GUM WRAPPERS TO RICHIE RICH (Barnholden)
We’re honored to see them recognized!
#EisnerAwards #ComicsStudies #UPMississippi
👏 COMICS AND MODERNISM (Najarian)
👏 FROM GUM WRAPPERS TO RICHIE RICH (Barnholden)
We’re honored to see them recognized!
#EisnerAwards #ComicsStudies #UPMississippi
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MSU told departments to remove words like “access,” “minority,” “bias" and “discrimination” from official websites, Engagement Librarian DeeDee Baldwin said.
“Pretty much anything that acknowledges racism exists has to be taken off. Anything like diversity is a bad word," she said.
“Pretty much anything that acknowledges racism exists has to be taken off. Anything like diversity is a bad word," she said.
Anti-Diversity Crusade Sows Fear at Mississippi State
Mississippi State University faculty are uncertain about the future under the cloud of President Donald Trump’s anti-diversity orders.
www.mississippifreepress.org
June 21, 2025 at 7:05 PM
MSU told departments to remove words like “access,” “minority,” “bias" and “discrimination” from official websites, Engagement Librarian DeeDee Baldwin said.
“Pretty much anything that acknowledges racism exists has to be taken off. Anything like diversity is a bad word," she said.
“Pretty much anything that acknowledges racism exists has to be taken off. Anything like diversity is a bad word," she said.
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Wait a minute! Are you saying there are some people who would use our democratic system to undermine democracy? Man, that’s crazy.
"The media continues to cover politics as if it is still the 1990s. 'Both parties are basically center-right or center-left parties.' The journalism infrastructure in our country wants to pretend that that’s the world that we live in. The instinct is to treat everything politicians say as valid."
“Neither our media nor our political system is designed to deal with a far right authoritarian party”
Mark Copelovitch unpacks his signature phrase.
www.publicnotice.co
June 21, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Wait a minute! Are you saying there are some people who would use our democratic system to undermine democracy? Man, that’s crazy.
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Love seeing WADING IN: DESEGREGATION ON THE MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST continue to make an impact. 🎉
In his full review, James C. Giesen compares Amy Lemco's book to the work of John Dittmer and Charles Payne—some of the highest praise a civil rights scholar can get! 😊📚🔥
In his full review, James C. Giesen compares Amy Lemco's book to the work of John Dittmer and Charles Payne—some of the highest praise a civil rights scholar can get! 😊📚🔥
June 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Love seeing WADING IN: DESEGREGATION ON THE MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST continue to make an impact. 🎉
In his full review, James C. Giesen compares Amy Lemco's book to the work of John Dittmer and Charles Payne—some of the highest praise a civil rights scholar can get! 😊📚🔥
In his full review, James C. Giesen compares Amy Lemco's book to the work of John Dittmer and Charles Payne—some of the highest praise a civil rights scholar can get! 😊📚🔥
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📗 BORROWED LAND, STOLEN LABOR, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT: THE STRUGGLE FOR POWER AND EQUALITY IN HOLMES COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI by Diane T. Feldman (@dianetfeldman.bsky.social)
Coming in July!
www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/B/Borr...
Coming in July!
www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/B/Borr...
Borrowed Land, Stolen Labor, and the Holy Spirit
Borrowed Land, Stolen Labor, and the Holy Spirit: The Struggle for Power and Equality in Holmes County, Mississippi chronicles the profound history of a low-income county that became a pivotal site fo...
www.upress.state.ms.us
May 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
📗 BORROWED LAND, STOLEN LABOR, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT: THE STRUGGLE FOR POWER AND EQUALITY IN HOLMES COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI by Diane T. Feldman (@dianetfeldman.bsky.social)
Coming in July!
www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/B/Borr...
Coming in July!
www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/B/Borr...
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See this is what I mean. Mississippi is a state with a 40% Black population. African American candidate Mike Espy garnered nearly 45% of the vote in the 2020 General Election for the U.S. Senate.
Why isn’t there a 10 yr Dem plan for organizing Mississippi? Why concede the state w/a 40% Black pop?
Why isn’t there a 10 yr Dem plan for organizing Mississippi? Why concede the state w/a 40% Black pop?
NEW: Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has declared April 2025 as Confederate Heritage Month.
He did so at the behest of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, a neo-Confederate organization that espouses “Lost Cause” ideology, which whitewashes the role of slavery in the Civil War. 🧵
He did so at the behest of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, a neo-Confederate organization that espouses “Lost Cause” ideology, which whitewashes the role of slavery in the Civil War. 🧵
Mississippi Governor Declares April Confederate Heritage Month
Gov. Tate Reeves declared April 2025 as Confederate Heritage Month in Mississippi, keeping alive a 32-year-old tradition that began in 1993.
www.mississippifreepress.org
April 22, 2025 at 1:16 AM
See this is what I mean. Mississippi is a state with a 40% Black population. African American candidate Mike Espy garnered nearly 45% of the vote in the 2020 General Election for the U.S. Senate.
Why isn’t there a 10 yr Dem plan for organizing Mississippi? Why concede the state w/a 40% Black pop?
Why isn’t there a 10 yr Dem plan for organizing Mississippi? Why concede the state w/a 40% Black pop?
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📸 Bold. Baroque. Unapologetically New Orleans.
GEORGE VALENTINE DUREAU by Howard Philips Smith celebrates the life & work of one of Nola’s most iconic artists. Through stunning photography & rich storytelling, this book captures Dureau’s flair, his reverence of the human form, & deep love for Nola.
GEORGE VALENTINE DUREAU by Howard Philips Smith celebrates the life & work of one of Nola’s most iconic artists. Through stunning photography & rich storytelling, this book captures Dureau’s flair, his reverence of the human form, & deep love for Nola.
April 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
📸 Bold. Baroque. Unapologetically New Orleans.
GEORGE VALENTINE DUREAU by Howard Philips Smith celebrates the life & work of one of Nola’s most iconic artists. Through stunning photography & rich storytelling, this book captures Dureau’s flair, his reverence of the human form, & deep love for Nola.
GEORGE VALENTINE DUREAU by Howard Philips Smith celebrates the life & work of one of Nola’s most iconic artists. Through stunning photography & rich storytelling, this book captures Dureau’s flair, his reverence of the human form, & deep love for Nola.
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A TONE PARALLEL TO DUKE ELLINGTON dives deep into the sound, style, & cultural impact of jazz composer & icon Duke Ellington. Through powerful essays, this collection explores Ellington’s art as both personal expression and social commentary—always in tune with the world around him.
#JazzStudies
#JazzStudies
April 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
A TONE PARALLEL TO DUKE ELLINGTON dives deep into the sound, style, & cultural impact of jazz composer & icon Duke Ellington. Through powerful essays, this collection explores Ellington’s art as both personal expression and social commentary—always in tune with the world around him.
#JazzStudies
#JazzStudies
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🖤 “More and scarier monsters, always.”
We’re thrilled to see GLOBAL INDIGENOUS HORROR, edited by Naomi Simone Borwein, featured in the Los Angeles Review of Books! Vanessa Evans dives into this groundbreaking anthology and how it challenges genre, culture, and colonial narratives.
👉 buff.ly/GZkFhJE
We’re thrilled to see GLOBAL INDIGENOUS HORROR, edited by Naomi Simone Borwein, featured in the Los Angeles Review of Books! Vanessa Evans dives into this groundbreaking anthology and how it challenges genre, culture, and colonial narratives.
👉 buff.ly/GZkFhJE
April 21, 2025 at 11:15 PM
🖤 “More and scarier monsters, always.”
We’re thrilled to see GLOBAL INDIGENOUS HORROR, edited by Naomi Simone Borwein, featured in the Los Angeles Review of Books! Vanessa Evans dives into this groundbreaking anthology and how it challenges genre, culture, and colonial narratives.
👉 buff.ly/GZkFhJE
We’re thrilled to see GLOBAL INDIGENOUS HORROR, edited by Naomi Simone Borwein, featured in the Los Angeles Review of Books! Vanessa Evans dives into this groundbreaking anthology and how it challenges genre, culture, and colonial narratives.
👉 buff.ly/GZkFhJE
Hello BlueSkyers! Just a reminder that my book is out in less than 90 days so order now at the pre-order price. Amazon link is below but also available through University Press of Mississippi or Barnes & Noble. Buy if you are interested in #MississippiHistory.
www.amazon.com/Borrowed-Lan...
www.amazon.com/Borrowed-Lan...
Borrowed Land, Stolen Labor, and the Holy Spirit: The Struggle for Power and Equality in Holmes County, Mississippi
Borrowed Land, Stolen Labor, and the Holy Spirit: The Struggle for Power and Equality in Holmes County, Mississippi [Feldman, Diane T.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Borrowed Land, Stolen Labor, and the Holy Spirit: The Struggle for Power and Equality in Holmes County, Mississippi
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April 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Hello BlueSkyers! Just a reminder that my book is out in less than 90 days so order now at the pre-order price. Amazon link is below but also available through University Press of Mississippi or Barnes & Noble. Buy if you are interested in #MississippiHistory.
www.amazon.com/Borrowed-Lan...
www.amazon.com/Borrowed-Lan...
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Tons of food USAID bought from USA farmers is rotting at the Port of Houston. Due to Elon’s ax-wielding at the agency, no one is overseeing where the food should go. DOGE is WASTING billions of dollars #Voices4Victory
m.youtube.com/watch?v=nDr-...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=nDr-...
Food stuck at Port of Houston amid Trump's freeze on USAID
YouTube video by KHOU 11
m.youtube.com
February 9, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Tons of food USAID bought from USA farmers is rotting at the Port of Houston. Due to Elon’s ax-wielding at the agency, no one is overseeing where the food should go. DOGE is WASTING billions of dollars #Voices4Victory
m.youtube.com/watch?v=nDr-...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=nDr-...
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@jenpsaki.msnbc.com: “It has always been Trump’s strategy to overwhelm the media and critics with far-right noise. Trump ally Steve Bannon laid it out very clearly all the way back in 2020… Four years later, that’s still the strategy. And Bannon says it’s going great!”
January 28, 2025 at 1:08 AM
@jenpsaki.msnbc.com: “It has always been Trump’s strategy to overwhelm the media and critics with far-right noise. Trump ally Steve Bannon laid it out very clearly all the way back in 2020… Four years later, that’s still the strategy. And Bannon says it’s going great!”
Keep thinking about 1962 video of PPM singing Puff in NYT with Peter Yarrow’s obit. Innocent young white faces listening. A lovely fantasy from long ago. Didn’t last. And recent dragons have not been kind. Now one has breathed fire on LA and another wants to melt and steal Greenland.
January 9, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Keep thinking about 1962 video of PPM singing Puff in NYT with Peter Yarrow’s obit. Innocent young white faces listening. A lovely fantasy from long ago. Didn’t last. And recent dragons have not been kind. Now one has breathed fire on LA and another wants to melt and steal Greenland.
Very worth a read imo. Joe Biden overestimated us (and Merrick Garland). Still, there is appeal in a President who has confidence in the people, even as he may become the last one to really have that faith.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Joe Biden’s lonely battle to sell his vision of American democracy
In his presidency’s final chapter, Biden has mused about whether he should have handled some decisions differently
www.washingtonpost.com
December 28, 2024 at 5:18 PM
Very worth a read imo. Joe Biden overestimated us (and Merrick Garland). Still, there is appeal in a President who has confidence in the people, even as he may become the last one to really have that faith.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Voters are unhappy with a government they feel does not deliver for them. Unfair voting maps are part of why Washington too frequently does not work.
Gerrymandering Decided House Control
Unfair maps helped the GOP win a razor-thin majority.
www.brennancenter.org
December 26, 2024 at 8:26 PM
Voters are unhappy with a government they feel does not deliver for them. Unfair voting maps are part of why Washington too frequently does not work.
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🚨NEW: The U.S. Senate has passed the Social Security Fairness Act, which will give Social Security benefits to over 3 million Americans. This was championed by outgoing Senator Sherrod Brown and will be part of his legacy!
REPOST to thank Senator Brown for his service!
REPOST to thank Senator Brown for his service!
December 21, 2024 at 5:24 AM
🚨NEW: The U.S. Senate has passed the Social Security Fairness Act, which will give Social Security benefits to over 3 million Americans. This was championed by outgoing Senator Sherrod Brown and will be part of his legacy!
REPOST to thank Senator Brown for his service!
REPOST to thank Senator Brown for his service!
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Recently we interviewed Booker "Bukka" White's biographer David W. Johnson about his book The Life and Music of Booker “Bukka” White – Recalling the Blues published by @upmississippi.bsky.social
The English spoken interview is now available on Spotify
open.spotify.com/show/3mPSH3q...
December 13, 2024 at 11:19 PM
Recently we interviewed Booker "Bukka" White's biographer David W. Johnson about his book The Life and Music of Booker “Bukka” White – Recalling the Blues published by @upmississippi.bsky.social
The English spoken interview is now available on Spotify
open.spotify.com/show/3mPSH3q...
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Listen to a balanced assessment of gun culture and its folklore in America in the audiobook for GUNLORE: FIREARMS, FOLKWAYS, AND COMMUNITIES, edited by Robert Glenn Howard and Eric A. Eliason! #ReadUP #Audiobooks tinyurl.com/yejjbwm8
December 19, 2024 at 4:45 PM
Listen to a balanced assessment of gun culture and its folklore in America in the audiobook for GUNLORE: FIREARMS, FOLKWAYS, AND COMMUNITIES, edited by Robert Glenn Howard and Eric A. Eliason! #ReadUP #Audiobooks tinyurl.com/yejjbwm8
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REP. JEFFRIES: “The Musk-Johnson proposal is not serious. It's laughable. Extreme Maga Republicans are driving us to a government shutdown.”
December 19, 2024 at 10:30 PM
REP. JEFFRIES: “The Musk-Johnson proposal is not serious. It's laughable. Extreme Maga Republicans are driving us to a government shutdown.”
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House Democrats will never bend the knee to far right extremists who want to shut down the government.
December 19, 2024 at 6:46 PM
House Democrats will never bend the knee to far right extremists who want to shut down the government.
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I had no other expectations!
December 19, 2024 at 4:45 PM
I had no other expectations!
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I do not have any coping mechanisms for the next four years. I am all tapped out.
December 19, 2024 at 12:47 AM
I do not have any coping mechanisms for the next four years. I am all tapped out.