Andrew Diemer
@akdiemer.bsky.social
Historian and author of Vigilance: The Life of William Still, Father of the Underground Railroad. Teaches at Temple University.
Since Take Me Home, Country Roads seems to have become the unofficial anthem of the USMNT, here is your reminder that Toots did it best youtu.be/lQFKMar4x-w?...
Toots and the Maytals - Take Me Home Country Roads
YouTube video by Lisa Sixties
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NEW in the February 2026 JSH: "Fashioning an Ornament to the Colony: Imperial Belonging and the Governor's House in Colonial North Carolina," by Christian J. Koot muse.jhu.edu/pub/285/arti...
Big news for the 250th! We at LCP & APS are organizing a conference: BLACK DECLARATIONS OF INDEPENDENCE — Before & After 1776. Please consider submitting a proposal! Featuring Annette Gordon-Reed and Nell Painter! Please spread the word! librarycompany.org/academic-pro...
Call for Proposals: Black Declarations of Independence – The Library Company of Philadelphia
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I feel bad sharing good news at a time when so much seems to be going wrong, but I am thrilled to be joining the History Department at Temple this fall. Great to be back on North Broad Street.
Such a blast giving a talk yesterday at this amazing venue, Black Squirrel Club in Fishtown. Thanks to @profsandpints.bsky.social for putting it together. Keep bringing history to the people!
Philly people! Come listen to me talk about the Underground Railroad while you enjoy a tasty beverage. profs-and-pints-black-squirrel.ticketleap.com/freedom/
The U.S. National Park Service restored its original webpage on the history of the Underground Railroad after it was met with backlash for deleting a prominently featured photo of abolitionist and women’s suffragist Harriet Tubman, as well as segments of text describing the horrors of slavery.
National Park Service restores Underground Railroad webpage after outcry
The U.S. agency appeared to restore text on the history of African Americans escaping slavery, including a photo of famed abolitionist Harriet Tubman.
washingtonpost.com
wapo.st/4jdXL8m Article in the Post about the distortion of Black history on NPS website. Worth a read.
Amid anti-DEI push, National Park Service rewrites history of Underground Railroad
Since Trump took office, the park service, an agency charged with preserving American history, has changed how its website describes key moments from slavery to Jim Crow
wapo.st
Looking forward to the MAGA US history textbooks that celebrate the underground railroad for its bold innovations in the interstate travel space. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
Amid anti-DEI push, National Park Service rewrites history of Underground Railroad
Since Trump took office, the park service, an agency charged with preserving American history, has changed how its website describes key moments from slavery to Jim Crow
washingtonpost.com
Reminder: do not leave a book on the floor when you have a puppy.
Went out to Abingdon to watch my daughter play softball, so I had to visit the Friends' cemetery next to the field to pay my respects.
Since the Eagles are going to the Super Bowl, here is a piece I wrote a few years ago that I don't think I've ever shared on this site; on Philadelphia's sports, politics, and "blue-collar" image. ussporthistory.com/2018/09/06/m...
Making Philly a Blue-Collar City: Sports, Politics, and Civic Identity in Modern Philadelphia
By Timothy J. Lombardo A familiar refrain accompanied the Philadelphia Eagles’ unlikely trek toward Super Bowl LII. It was perhaps best explained by Ed Rendell. Predicting an Eagles victory, Rendel…
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Sharing this, in case anyone needs to see cute dogs today.
