Prof. Derrick White
@drderrickewhite.bsky.social
Author of “Blood, Sweat, & Tears: Jake Gaither, Florida A&M, and the History of Black College Football.” Bourbon drinker & sports watcher.
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“neck”: the greatest marching band song played by the often imitated, but never duplicated, southern university’s human jukebox.
[🎥 via southern university]
[🎥 via southern university]
November 28, 2025 at 3:56 AM
“neck”: the greatest marching band song played by the often imitated, but never duplicated, southern university’s human jukebox.
[🎥 via southern university]
[🎥 via southern university]
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Happy 40th Anniversary to LL Cool J’s debut album ‘Radio’ originally released November 18, 1985 | Listen to the album + read our tribute by @jesseducker.bsky.social here: album.ink/LLCoolJRadio @llcoolj
November 18, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Happy 40th Anniversary to LL Cool J’s debut album ‘Radio’ originally released November 18, 1985 | Listen to the album + read our tribute by @jesseducker.bsky.social here: album.ink/LLCoolJRadio @llcoolj
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“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states
Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
November 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states
@justintinsley.bsky.social hey brother. Shoot me an address so I can send you a copy of Blood Sweat and Tears.
November 5, 2025 at 10:52 AM
@justintinsley.bsky.social hey brother. Shoot me an address so I can send you a copy of Blood Sweat and Tears.
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So @williamfleitch.bsky.social, for @theatlantic.com, calls @drderrickewhite.bsky.social's BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS
"Fascinating...A rollicking read...Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the trajectory of modern football." And I agree! www.theatlantic.com/books/2025/1...
"Fascinating...A rollicking read...Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the trajectory of modern football." And I agree! www.theatlantic.com/books/2025/1...
Seven Books That Will Change How You Watch Sports
Digging into the transformative trends behind the games is a valuable pastime of its own.
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October 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
So @williamfleitch.bsky.social, for @theatlantic.com, calls @drderrickewhite.bsky.social's BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS
"Fascinating...A rollicking read...Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the trajectory of modern football." And I agree! www.theatlantic.com/books/2025/1...
"Fascinating...A rollicking read...Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the trajectory of modern football." And I agree! www.theatlantic.com/books/2025/1...
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federal agents stealing children and sending them south. where have i heard about that before?
ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.
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October 12, 2025 at 11:36 PM
federal agents stealing children and sending them south. where have i heard about that before?
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OutKast released ‘Speakerboxxx/The Love Below’ 22 years ago on September 23, 2003 | Listen to the album + revisit our tribute here: album.ink/OutKastSTLB
September 23, 2025 at 12:15 PM
OutKast released ‘Speakerboxxx/The Love Below’ 22 years ago on September 23, 2003 | Listen to the album + revisit our tribute here: album.ink/OutKastSTLB
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News: A group of athletes, led by two Vanderbilt football players, has filed a class action lawsuit to challenge the NCAA's redshirt rule, saying athletes should get all five years to complete.
September 2, 2025 at 10:21 PM
News: A group of athletes, led by two Vanderbilt football players, has filed a class action lawsuit to challenge the NCAA's redshirt rule, saying athletes should get all five years to complete.
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234 years ago, enslaved men and women rose in revolution in the French colony of Saint-Domingue. They secured the first permanent abolition of slavery, and eventually declared Haitian independence on January 1, 1804. 🇭🇹
www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020...
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Perspective | Haiti was the first nation to permanently ban slavery
Why this matters today
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August 22, 2025 at 2:37 PM
234 years ago, enslaved men and women rose in revolution in the French colony of Saint-Domingue. They secured the first permanent abolition of slavery, and eventually declared Haitian independence on January 1, 1804. 🇭🇹
www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020...
www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020...
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"Stormy Weather," starring Bill Robinson, Lena Horne and Fats Waller singing "Ain't Misbehavin" opened in theaters in 1943. The success of "Stormy Weather" and other similar musicals paved the way for further advancements in Hollywood's portrayal of Black characters.
July 21, 2025 at 12:51 PM
"Stormy Weather," starring Bill Robinson, Lena Horne and Fats Waller singing "Ain't Misbehavin" opened in theaters in 1943. The success of "Stormy Weather" and other similar musicals paved the way for further advancements in Hollywood's portrayal of Black characters.
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Remembering Leroy “Satchel” Paige on his birthday (July 7, 1906 – June 8, 1982) (I need to follow his “how to stay young” rules 😂) ⚾️🐐💙🕊
July 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Remembering Leroy “Satchel” Paige on his birthday (July 7, 1906 – June 8, 1982) (I need to follow his “how to stay young” rules 😂) ⚾️🐐💙🕊
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What are your favorite songs from D'Angelo’s debut album ‘Brown Sugar’ (1995), originally released 30 years ago this week?
Listen to the album + read our tribute here: album.ink/dangeloBS
Listen to the album + read our tribute here: album.ink/dangeloBS
July 2, 2025 at 3:21 AM
What are your favorite songs from D'Angelo’s debut album ‘Brown Sugar’ (1995), originally released 30 years ago this week?
Listen to the album + read our tribute here: album.ink/dangeloBS
Listen to the album + read our tribute here: album.ink/dangeloBS
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W.E.B. Du Bois on Robert E. Lee:
“Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”
“Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”
June 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
W.E.B. Du Bois on Robert E. Lee:
“Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”
“Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”
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Ronald Reagan said this to Margaret Thatcher in February 1981 on her first visit to the White House: "Well of course, the South Africans are whites and they fought for us during the war. The blacks are black and are Communists." This account comes from the British Foreign Secretary who was there.
May 29, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Ronald Reagan said this to Margaret Thatcher in February 1981 on her first visit to the White House: "Well of course, the South Africans are whites and they fought for us during the war. The blacks are black and are Communists." This account comes from the British Foreign Secretary who was there.
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"The citation comes with a bequest by the Pulitzer Prize board of at least $50,000 in support of Ms. Wells’s mission. Recipients will be announced at a later date."
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Ida B. Wells Honored with Posthumous Pulitzer
Ms. Wells was an anti-lynching crusader and pioneering journalist.
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May 25, 2025 at 6:27 PM
"The citation comes with a bequest by the Pulitzer Prize board of at least $50,000 in support of Ms. Wells’s mission. Recipients will be announced at a later date."
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In the US state's coal country, crypto mining was supposed to bring renewal. Now mines are powering down, and investors are hoping AI-powered data centers will fill the void.
Kentucky’s Bitcoin Boom Has Gone Bust
In the US state's coal country, crypto mining was supposed to bring renewal. Now mines are powering down, and investors are hoping AI-powered data centers will fill the void.
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May 23, 2025 at 11:04 AM
In the US state's coal country, crypto mining was supposed to bring renewal. Now mines are powering down, and investors are hoping AI-powered data centers will fill the void.
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Trump’s racist trolling of South Africa’s president today is perhaps the most racist WH moment since Woodrow Wilson screened Birth of a Nation there in 1915.
i think it should be a bigger story that the president held a meeting with a foreign head of state where he ranted about the most gutter white supremacist propaganda you can find on the internet
May 22, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Trump’s racist trolling of South Africa’s president today is perhaps the most racist WH moment since Woodrow Wilson screened Birth of a Nation there in 1915.
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DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince released "Summertime" as the first single from 'Homebase' 34 years ago on May 20, 1991
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May 21, 2025 at 3:49 AM
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince released "Summertime" as the first single from 'Homebase' 34 years ago on May 20, 1991
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album.ink/Summertime
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#OnThisDay in 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled to abolish school segregation in Brown v. Board of Education, stating that segregation of public schools violated the 14th Amendment.
It took so much blood, sweat & tears to make this happen. #They plan to get rid of it.
It took so much blood, sweat & tears to make this happen. #They plan to get rid of it.
May 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
#OnThisDay in 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled to abolish school segregation in Brown v. Board of Education, stating that segregation of public schools violated the 14th Amendment.
It took so much blood, sweat & tears to make this happen. #They plan to get rid of it.
It took so much blood, sweat & tears to make this happen. #They plan to get rid of it.
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Today is the 111th birthday of Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre
May 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Today is the 111th birthday of Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre
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Tony! Toni! Toné! released their second studio album ‘The Revival’ (1990) 35 years ago this week | Listen to the album, watch the official videos + read our tribute by @justinchadwick.bsky.social here: album.ink/TTTtherevival
Tony! Toni! Toné!’s ‘The Revival’ Turns 35 | Album Anniversary
One of the quintessential recordings of the new jack swing movement, The Revival is an album with character, integrity, and dynamism in no short supply.
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May 3, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Tony! Toni! Toné! released their second studio album ‘The Revival’ (1990) 35 years ago this week | Listen to the album, watch the official videos + read our tribute by @justinchadwick.bsky.social here: album.ink/TTTtherevival
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