Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD
@learothawms.bsky.social
Professor of African American and Public History @TSUedu | Coordinator of the North Nashville Heritage Project | Historic Preservationist | Author | Foodie | Dude with a Camera | Memory Keeper
Website: learothawilliamsphd.com
Website: learothawilliamsphd.com
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'Saguaro Dusk' by contemporary US Impressionist style painter Erin Hanson #WomensArt
November 10, 2025 at 6:44 AM
'Saguaro Dusk' by contemporary US Impressionist style painter Erin Hanson #WomensArt
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**Squints at this NYT headline** If the National Center for Human and Civil Rights is continuing to tell the ACCURATE truth about the past, why characterize it as “messy?” 🧐 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/a...
As Trump Recasts History, a Civil Rights Museum Sticks to a Messy Past
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:48 AM
**Squints at this NYT headline** If the National Center for Human and Civil Rights is continuing to tell the ACCURATE truth about the past, why characterize it as “messy?” 🧐 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/a...
Scenes from yesterday’s visit to Promise Land TN 1/2
November 9, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Scenes from yesterday’s visit to Promise Land TN 1/2
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The American Maroons of Virginia and North Carolina www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Black Kos, Week In Review - The American Maroons of Virginia and North Carolina
The American Maroons of Virginia � and � North Carolina By dopper0189, Black Kos Managing Editor The � Great Dismal Swamp Maroons � were African-...
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November 9, 2025 at 12:35 PM
The American Maroons of Virginia and North Carolina www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Black-Owned Farms Fill Gaps Left by SNAP Funding Delays | @aallyahpatrice.bsky.social
From North Carolina to Mississippi, small businesses work to feed their communities while benefits are paused.
capitalbnews.org/snap-crisis-... | @capitalb.bsky.social
From North Carolina to Mississippi, small businesses work to feed their communities while benefits are paused.
capitalbnews.org/snap-crisis-... | @capitalb.bsky.social
Black-Owned Farms Fill Gaps Left by SNAP Funding Delays
From North Carolina to Mississippi, small businesses work to feed their communities while benefits are paused.
capitalbnews.org
November 9, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Black-Owned Farms Fill Gaps Left by SNAP Funding Delays | @aallyahpatrice.bsky.social
From North Carolina to Mississippi, small businesses work to feed their communities while benefits are paused.
capitalbnews.org/snap-crisis-... | @capitalb.bsky.social
From North Carolina to Mississippi, small businesses work to feed their communities while benefits are paused.
capitalbnews.org/snap-crisis-... | @capitalb.bsky.social
Scenes from this morning’s misty walk near the Percy Priest Dam. I hear Sarah Vaughan singing…
“Walk my way and a thousand violins began to play…”
“Walk my way and a thousand violins began to play…”
November 9, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Scenes from this morning’s misty walk near the Percy Priest Dam. I hear Sarah Vaughan singing…
“Walk my way and a thousand violins began to play…”
“Walk my way and a thousand violins began to play…”
The fried pies flirt with me every time I visit this spot.
What the world sees…
What the world sees…
November 8, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The fried pies flirt with me every time I visit this spot.
What the world sees…
What the world sees…
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Detroit Institute of Arts workers say the museum’s Diego Rivera murals inspired them to partner with AFSCME and form a union so they can get “fair pay, job security, and a voice in the decision-making process that affects their work.”
www.metrotimes.com/news/metro-d... I know that’s right! 💪
www.metrotimes.com/news/metro-d... I know that’s right! 💪
DIA workers say museum’s Diego Rivera murals inspired them to form a union - Detroit Metro Times
Mexican artist Diego Rivera’s Detroit Industry Murals stand tall and proud inside the Detroit Institute of Arts, a monument to the power of workers and a city long associated with organized labor. Tho...
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November 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Detroit Institute of Arts workers say the museum’s Diego Rivera murals inspired them to partner with AFSCME and form a union so they can get “fair pay, job security, and a voice in the decision-making process that affects their work.”
www.metrotimes.com/news/metro-d... I know that’s right! 💪
www.metrotimes.com/news/metro-d... I know that’s right! 💪
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Yayoi Kusama, Fish (+ Depth of the sea, silkscreen; 2 works), 1988 #WomensArt
November 7, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Yayoi Kusama, Fish (+ Depth of the sea, silkscreen; 2 works), 1988 #WomensArt
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Martha Rich, a commercial and fine artist based in Philadelphia #WomensArt
November 7, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Martha Rich, a commercial and fine artist based in Philadelphia #WomensArt
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Kenyan artist Thandiwe Muriu’s photographic portraits cloaking models in patterned fabric #WomensArt
November 7, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Kenyan artist Thandiwe Muriu’s photographic portraits cloaking models in patterned fabric #WomensArt
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As the semester intensifies, authors often ask me if it's okay to push back a deadline with a publisher.
Frequently, it's not a problem, but you need to let the acquisitions editor know as soon as possible and work out a (hopefully mutually agreeable) time to submit the materials.
#AcademicSky
Frequently, it's not a problem, but you need to let the acquisitions editor know as soon as possible and work out a (hopefully mutually agreeable) time to submit the materials.
#AcademicSky
November 6, 2025 at 9:57 PM
As the semester intensifies, authors often ask me if it's okay to push back a deadline with a publisher.
Frequently, it's not a problem, but you need to let the acquisitions editor know as soon as possible and work out a (hopefully mutually agreeable) time to submit the materials.
#AcademicSky
Frequently, it's not a problem, but you need to let the acquisitions editor know as soon as possible and work out a (hopefully mutually agreeable) time to submit the materials.
#AcademicSky
November 7, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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Planning to attend #AHA26 in Chicago in January? Apply by November 15 for grants to support your travel as well as childcare costs. Check out the full list of available grants at the link. 🗃️
Annual Meeting Funding - AHA
The AHA offers several grants and fellowships to assist graduate students and early career historians with childcare and travel costs for the annual meeting.
www.historians.org
November 6, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Planning to attend #AHA26 in Chicago in January? Apply by November 15 for grants to support your travel as well as childcare costs. Check out the full list of available grants at the link. 🗃️
November 6, 2025 at 3:18 PM
November 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Print of Cab Calloway with his band and dancers onstage at the Cotton Club https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2013.237.12
November 6, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Print of Cab Calloway with his band and dancers onstage at the Cotton Club https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2013.237.12
November 5, 2025 at 3:29 AM
November 4, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Devastated to learn of the passing of our beloved Carlos Deford Bailey.
My two fondest memories of Mr. Bailey are when he encouraged a professor to come on stage and dance with him at a conference (he did realize that this lady could jam) & this harmonica & a quick lesson I received from him. 🧵
My two fondest memories of Mr. Bailey are when he encouraged a professor to come on stage and dance with him at a conference (he did realize that this lady could jam) & this harmonica & a quick lesson I received from him. 🧵
November 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Devastated to learn of the passing of our beloved Carlos Deford Bailey.
My two fondest memories of Mr. Bailey are when he encouraged a professor to come on stage and dance with him at a conference (he did realize that this lady could jam) & this harmonica & a quick lesson I received from him. 🧵
My two fondest memories of Mr. Bailey are when he encouraged a professor to come on stage and dance with him at a conference (he did realize that this lady could jam) & this harmonica & a quick lesson I received from him. 🧵
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Ellen Neel (1916–1966), a Kwakwakaʼwakw First Nations artist and woodcarver, who was the first woman known to have professionally carved totem poles #WomensArt
November 4, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Ellen Neel (1916–1966), a Kwakwakaʼwakw First Nations artist and woodcarver, who was the first woman known to have professionally carved totem poles #WomensArt
November 4, 2025 at 2:49 AM