Josh Strayhorn
@jstrayhist.bsky.social
writer, historian, and digital humanist
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Josh Strayhorn
@jstrayhist.bsky.social
· Feb 28
Created Equal · JCHS America 250 NC
Createdequal.omeka.net
I had the pleasure of launching the digital exhibit for a project I have been working on for the past year with the James City Historical Society in Eastern North Carolina. I am happy to share the site with you all. Please check it out and engage in this important piece of NC and national history.
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Congrats to postdoc scholar Dr. Joshua Strayhorn on a great manuscript workshop on “Freedom’s Promise: Black Mobility, Migration, and Freedom Dreams in Eastern North Carolina, 1862-1898!” And many thanks to the invited scholars, Dr. Tera Hunter & Dr. Dylan Penningroth, for their valuable feedback.
December 18, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Congrats to postdoc scholar Dr. Joshua Strayhorn on a great manuscript workshop on “Freedom’s Promise: Black Mobility, Migration, and Freedom Dreams in Eastern North Carolina, 1862-1898!” And many thanks to the invited scholars, Dr. Tera Hunter & Dr. Dylan Penningroth, for their valuable feedback.
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The Richards Center is excited to welcome Halee Robinson and Joshua Strayhorn to the community as the 2025-2026 incoming postdoctoral scholars. Halee will receive her PhD later this month from Princeton University and Joshua received his PhD degree from Duke University. Welcome Halee and Joshua!! 🎉
May 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The Richards Center is excited to welcome Halee Robinson and Joshua Strayhorn to the community as the 2025-2026 incoming postdoctoral scholars. Halee will receive her PhD later this month from Princeton University and Joshua received his PhD degree from Duke University. Welcome Halee and Joshua!! 🎉
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Please use Dr. Strayhorn's story map to teach about freedom communities established during the #CivilWar, including James City--still going strong since 1863! @america250.bsky.social #sschat
I had the pleasure of launching the digital exhibit for a project I have been working on for the past year with the James City Historical Society in Eastern North Carolina. I am happy to share the site with you all. Please check it out and engage in this important piece of NC and national history.
Created Equal · JCHS America 250 NC
Createdequal.omeka.net
April 24, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Please use Dr. Strayhorn's story map to teach about freedom communities established during the #CivilWar, including James City--still going strong since 1863! @america250.bsky.social #sschat
I had the pleasure of launching the digital exhibit for a project I have been working on for the past year with the James City Historical Society in Eastern North Carolina. I am happy to share the site with you all. Please check it out and engage in this important piece of NC and national history.
Created Equal · JCHS America 250 NC
Createdequal.omeka.net
February 28, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I had the pleasure of launching the digital exhibit for a project I have been working on for the past year with the James City Historical Society in Eastern North Carolina. I am happy to share the site with you all. Please check it out and engage in this important piece of NC and national history.
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"The problem does not appear to be that “kids these days” are incurious or uninterested in reading. Instead, young people might be responding to a cultural message: Books just aren’t that important."
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How Gen Z Came to See Books as a Waste of Time
Young people might be responding to a cultural message: Reading just isn’t that important.
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November 30, 2024 at 8:29 PM
"The problem does not appear to be that “kids these days” are incurious or uninterested in reading. Instead, young people might be responding to a cultural message: Books just aren’t that important."
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"The conservatives desire to pry the lid off the coffin & so our confrontation then must be against the grave robbers. Our coalition has got to keep the lid nailed down tight & the wheels of progress turning & rolling . . ." -- Shirley Chisholm, born #tdih 1924
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Nov. 30, 1924: Shirley Chisholm Born
Born on this day, Shirley Chisholm was the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress
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November 30, 2024 at 12:54 PM
"The conservatives desire to pry the lid off the coffin & so our confrontation then must be against the grave robbers. Our coalition has got to keep the lid nailed down tight & the wheels of progress turning & rolling . . ." -- Shirley Chisholm, born #tdih 1924
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/sh...
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/sh...