It’s our virtual book launch y’all! The in person one happened at the @clascholars.bsky.social 84th Annual Convention! Check out @lsupress.bsky.social’s Facebook page on Wednesday at 2:00 CDT!
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Afrofuturist folklorist from da Sip. Spades & Bid player extraordinaire. Self proclaimed expert at kicking azz and taking names. Proud mom, Alcorn 💜💛 and Mizzou alumna, fluffy group fitness professional. I teach classes at somebody’s university in GA…
I’m way behind on posts so I’ll just do a dump of stuff starting with the @clascholars.bsky.social 84th Annual Convention! It was AMAZING thanks to my awesome programming and @jervette.bsky.social ‘s visionary leadership. Y’all better come to Memphis next year! I caught @tayari.bsky.social preCLA!
It’s going to be a really great special issue!
More ASALH highlights! More fellowship with @clascholars.bsky.social!
Even caught up with @clascholars.bsky.social at the history convention!
Delta State University is investigating a student's death mississippitoday.org/2025/09/15/d...
Delta State University is investigating a student's death - Mississippi Today
A 21-year-old student from Grenada, Mississippi, was found hanging from a tree on the Delta State University campus.
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Think I forgot to post that the book dropped a few weeks ago. Shoutout to @upmississippi.bsky.social #booksky 💙📚
Television legend Stephen Colbert has just signed a $13.5 million deal with Netflix for a 7-episode series.
SPLC again argues Mississippi is withholding Jackson's ARPA funds mississippitoday.org/2025/08/29/m...
Mississippi is withholding Jackson's water, sewer funds, SPLC says
Mississippi awarded Jackson $35.6 million in matching federal funds for its water and sewer systems but has withheld the money without explanation, SPLC says.
mississippitoday.org
I'm not a conspiracy theorist but... I'm thinking AT&T and TMobile are behind this... economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/interna...
Verizon services are down for thousands of users across the United States on Saturday (August 30, 2025). Many of the affected users are claiming their devices are in SOS mode or satellite mode.
A widespread Verizon outage impacted thousands of users across the United States on Saturday, with many devices displaying SOS or satellite mode. Reports of service disruptions, including issues with ...
economictimes.indiatimes.com
We rembeber Emmett Till on his birthday. His life and legacy shaped history. 📖 Learn more in EMMETT TILL by Devery Anderson & EMMETT TILL AND THE MISSISSIPPI PRESS by Houck & Grindy. #EmmettTill #UPMississippi #History #CivilRights
Breaking news: “The Late Show” with Stephen Colbert will end in May 2026, CBS said in a statement. The announcement came days after Colbert spoke out against the $16 million paid earlier this month by Paramount, the parent company of CBS News.
Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ canceled by CBS, to end in May 2026
CBS said in a statement that it was “purely a financial decision.” The show launched with Colbert as host, executive producer and writer a decade ago.
washingtonpost.com
Sad, but unsurprising 😢University of Virginia President Resigns Under Pressure From Trump Administration www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...
University of Virginia President Resigns Under Pressure From Trump Administration
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The city of Tulsa, home to one of the most horrifying racial-terror massacres in U.S. history and the people who tried to cover it up, has announced a $105 million reparations package.
Tulsa announces reparations for the 1921 ‘Black Wall Street’ massacre
It took decades of research by historians and journalists — and reports by state and federal commissions — to uncover the violence that claimed more than 300 Black lives.
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I can’t speak for anyone else, but this analogy of “Lady Liberty’ held captive, is exactly how I feel about this presidency & administration and what their attempting to do with our rights and freedoms… The New Yorker captured the feelings perfectly… One word, UNACCEPTABLE!
@tananarivedue.bsky.social the internet brought me to your post because I finally saw Sinners! I see why my students said it reminded them of my class. We talked about haints, root work, the blues, etc. It’s the perfect companion piece to my class, plus I’m from da Sip so I always rep hard!
@clascholars.bsky.social never fails to combine scholarship with fun! We went from poppin fans with boots on da ground to yoga the next morning, all with fabulous panels between! As always, I bought some great books from @upmississippi.bsky.social and I got some from @whiteoakbooks.bsky.social too!
BREAKING NEWS: The White House has begun the process of looking for a new secretary of defense, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly.
The White House has begun process of looking for new secretary of defense
The White House has begun the process of looking for a new secretary of defense, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly.
npr.org
It’s clear to me that this administration is the Drake of the trade war with China, but apparently they are the Drake in the Harvard standoff as well. If their cruelty doesn’t kill us all, surely their incompetence will…
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2y agoBreaking News: Trump officials blame a mistake for setting off the tectonic confrontation with Harvard. nyti.ms/4ioHtIT
