Jill Watts
@jillwatts.bsky.social
Historian. Professor. Author of The Black Cabinet and biographies of Hattie McDaniel, Mae West, and Father Divine. Working on a biography of Mary McLeod Bethune. https://jill-watts.com
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Jill Watts
@jillwatts.bsky.social
· Dec 19
04: The Untold Story Behind the New Deal: The Black Cabinet with Jill Watts
open.spotify.com
So grateful to have a chance to talk about The Black Cabinet with writer Rachelle Chase on her podcast. Give a listen to her entire series on important books for the current times. #NewDeal #BlackHistory #FDR
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@altnatarchives.altgov.info
🛑 RESTRICTED ACCESS
The National Archives at College Park is about to go dark; effective July 7, it’s becoming a restricted-access federal facility, meaning everyday Americans will no longer have public access to the very records that hold our government accountable.
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🛑 RESTRICTED ACCESS
The National Archives at College Park is about to go dark; effective July 7, it’s becoming a restricted-access federal facility, meaning everyday Americans will no longer have public access to the very records that hold our government accountable.
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June 25, 2025 at 12:07 AM
@altnatarchives.altgov.info
🛑 RESTRICTED ACCESS
The National Archives at College Park is about to go dark; effective July 7, it’s becoming a restricted-access federal facility, meaning everyday Americans will no longer have public access to the very records that hold our government accountable.
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🛑 RESTRICTED ACCESS
The National Archives at College Park is about to go dark; effective July 7, it’s becoming a restricted-access federal facility, meaning everyday Americans will no longer have public access to the very records that hold our government accountable.
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I just got confirmation that National History Day, a program that does more to ignite K-12 students' love of history, learning, and yes, even the United States than anything else I've ever seen, had all its funding cut yesterday by the DOGE-axe at the NEH - including for this year's ongoing contest.
April 3, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I just got confirmation that National History Day, a program that does more to ignite K-12 students' love of history, learning, and yes, even the United States than anything else I've ever seen, had all its funding cut yesterday by the DOGE-axe at the NEH - including for this year's ongoing contest.
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Gave my home page a little refresh. Check it out: www.potuspages.com
Project POTUS Pages - Presidential trivia and doodles
Follow along as presidential doodler Heather Rogers brings the book percolating in her head to life
www.potuspages.com
March 30, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Gave my home page a little refresh. Check it out: www.potuspages.com
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Today!!!
Stand Up for Science day nationwide. Find events at the link. standupforscience2025.org
March 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Today!!!
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"We know exactly what to do. We use our power-we organize, mobilize, we educate and we advocate." Kamala Harris at the
#NAACPImageAwards this evening
#NAACPImageAwards this evening
February 23, 2025 at 2:44 AM
"We know exactly what to do. We use our power-we organize, mobilize, we educate and we advocate." Kamala Harris at the
#NAACPImageAwards this evening
#NAACPImageAwards this evening
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Fun with Roosevelts! 🤓
February 21, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Fun with Roosevelts! 🤓
Episode Four of Great Migrations on PBS tonight. Watch all four on the PBS site. www.pbs.org/show/great-m...
Great Migrations: A People on The Move
Great Migrations explores how a series of Black migrations have shaped America.
www.pbs.org
February 19, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Episode Four of Great Migrations on PBS tonight. Watch all four on the PBS site. www.pbs.org/show/great-m...
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In case you missed it: “social justice” and “equity” now interpreted as illegal in education under this far-right U.S. administration. We are experiencing the rollback of civil rights protection that only lasted two generations in American history.
www.ed.gov/media/docume...
www.ed.gov/media/docume...
www.ed.gov
February 16, 2025 at 5:11 PM
In case you missed it: “social justice” and “equity” now interpreted as illegal in education under this far-right U.S. administration. We are experiencing the rollback of civil rights protection that only lasted two generations in American history.
www.ed.gov/media/docume...
www.ed.gov/media/docume...
Happy Valentine's Day from DOGEhttps://www.doge.gov/savings
February 14, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Happy Valentine's Day from DOGEhttps://www.doge.gov/savings
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Happy birthday, #AbeLincoln! (Did you know the man in the Emancipation statue, Archer Alexander, was Muhammed Ali's great-great-great grandfather? Also, he warned the Union Army that his enslaver planned to destroy an important bridge.)
February 12, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Happy birthday, #AbeLincoln! (Did you know the man in the Emancipation statue, Archer Alexander, was Muhammed Ali's great-great-great grandfather? Also, he warned the Union Army that his enslaver planned to destroy an important bridge.)
Great Migrations: Episode Three--reverse migration back to the South. (Time magazine named it among the best TV Shows in January) time.com/7211890/best...
The Best New TV Shows of January 2025
From 'The Pitt' to 'Asura'
time.com
February 11, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Great Migrations: Episode Three--reverse migration back to the South. (Time magazine named it among the best TV Shows in January) time.com/7211890/best...
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Thanks for the plug! We are so grateful for the support of the Henry Luce Foundation and Princeton University, which makes our work possible at @xroadproj.bsky.social.
To finish off this week's highlight of @jlweisenfeld.bsky.social's article, take a look at @xroadproj.bsky.social! The Crossroads Project focuses on Black religious histories, cultures & communities.
Learn more here: crossroads.princeton.edu
Learn more here: crossroads.princeton.edu
February 7, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Thanks for the plug! We are so grateful for the support of the Henry Luce Foundation and Princeton University, which makes our work possible at @xroadproj.bsky.social.
Great Migrations episodes 1 and 2 are streaming on PBS for free. Check them out. www.pbs.org/show/great-m...
Great Migrations: A People on The Move
Great Migrations explores how a series of Black migrations have shaped America.
www.pbs.org
February 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Great Migrations episodes 1 and 2 are streaming on PBS for free. Check them out. www.pbs.org/show/great-m...
Great Migrations Episode 2 on tonight! You'll hear about westward migration and California. www.pbssocal.org/shows/great-...
Westward Migration
The second wave of the great migration saw people traveling to the West,
www.pbssocal.org
February 3, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Great Migrations Episode 2 on tonight! You'll hear about westward migration and California. www.pbssocal.org/shows/great-...
Searching for quiet inspiration and assurance today. Remembering Phillis Wheatley on freedom and tyranny. Link to the full poem in comments. #BlackHistoryMonth #PhillisWheatley
February 3, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Searching for quiet inspiration and assurance today. Remembering Phillis Wheatley on freedom and tyranny. Link to the full poem in comments. #BlackHistoryMonth #PhillisWheatley
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Happy Black History Month, and yeah, we're still doing that.
a drawing of a fist with a purple bracelet around it
ALT: a drawing of a fist with a purple bracelet around it
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February 1, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Happy Black History Month, and yeah, we're still doing that.
I am so excited to have the opportunity to be a part of Great Migrations: A People on the Move which covers the history of Black American migration. Please tune in to the four part series. Starts tomorrow might on PBS. Continues throughout Black History Month! www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV9Z...
SNEAK PEEK | Great Migrations: A People on the Move
YouTube video by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
www.youtube.com
January 28, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I am so excited to have the opportunity to be a part of Great Migrations: A People on the Move which covers the history of Black American migration. Please tune in to the four part series. Starts tomorrow might on PBS. Continues throughout Black History Month! www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV9Z...
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Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president.
Theodore Roosevelt
26th U.S. President 1901 - 1909
Theodore Roosevelt
26th U.S. President 1901 - 1909
January 20, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president.
Theodore Roosevelt
26th U.S. President 1901 - 1909
Theodore Roosevelt
26th U.S. President 1901 - 1909
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Jan 25 at 12pm: Friends Of Residential Treasures: LA [FORT: LA] is hosting "The Heart of LA: Memory, Resilience and the Road to Recovery" at the Helms Design Center -> givebutter.com/HeartofLA #LAFires
January 17, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Jan 25 at 12pm: Friends Of Residential Treasures: LA [FORT: LA] is hosting "The Heart of LA: Memory, Resilience and the Road to Recovery" at the Helms Design Center -> givebutter.com/HeartofLA #LAFires
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Dana Frank writes that the big, timely message from the New Deal is that “recovery is a complex and painful process that requires the participation of many, not directives from a few.” This message speaks to us now. @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social
Report from a Campfire of the Resistance, San Francisco 2024
The dust had not yet settled around the White House and the foul air had not yet cleared from above the nation’s capital, but the campfires of the
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January 13, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Dana Frank writes that the big, timely message from the New Deal is that “recovery is a complex and painful process that requires the participation of many, not directives from a few.” This message speaks to us now. @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social