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Kate Masur

@katemasur.bsky.social

Historian and whatnot. Recently published FREEDOM WAS IN SIGHT! A GRAPHIC HISTORY OF RECONSTRUCTION IN THE WASHINGTON, D.C. REGION, with illustrations by the remarkable Liz Clarke. See also katemasur.com.

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Tom “T.M.” Wolf@tomtmwolf.bsky.social · last wk.

In @slate.com, Reva Siegel examines how SCOTUS's birthright citizenship opinion shows how people outside the courts have long shaped the Constitution. She spotlights a key development: for the first time, the Court recognized Frederick Douglass as a framer. Historians helped the Court get there 🧵⬇️

The Supreme Court’s Biggest Case of the Term Shows Popular Constitutionalism in Action

The birthright citizenship case the Supreme Court just decided demonstrates how deep-rooted this practice is.

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Al Mackey@almackey.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Freedom Was in Sight! This book by Professor Kate Masur and artist Liz Clarke is a graphic history of Reconstruction in Washington, DC. Professor Masur writes, "When we place the enormous significance of slavery's destruction at the center of Reconstruction history, it makes sense to alter our…

Freedom Was in Sight!

This book by Professor Kate Masur and artist Liz Clarke is a graphic history of Reconstruction in Washington, DC. Professor Masur writes, "When we place the enormous significance of slavery's destruction at the center of Reconstruction history, it makes sense to alter our understanding of when the period began and ended. Instead of starting in the spring of 1865, when Confederate generals surrendered to their U.S. Army counterparts, we begin with the onset of the Civil War in 1861, when soldiers of the U.S. Army entered the slave states and enslaved people began escaping toward U.S.

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Rick Weinmeyer@rickweinmeyer.bsky.social · last mo.

SCOTUS opinions can be baffling and inaccessible, but if there is something, anything people should read about birthright citizenship, it is the amicus brief of Martha S. Jones & Kate Masur. If it doesn't make you believe in the power of change & the good possible in the Constitution, nothing will.

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Kate Masur @katemasur.bsky.social · last mo.

With so many others I'm relieved that SCOTUS upheld birthright citizenship. And yes, it shouldn't have been this close. Please, everyone, read Justice Jackson, who gives a particularly forthright account of the relevant history and emphasizes the stakes for this country.

Kate Masur @katemasur.bsky.social · last mo.

With so many others I'm relieved that SCOTUS upheld birthright citizenship. And yes, it shouldn't have been this close. Please, everyone, read Justice Jackson, who gives a particularly forthright account of the relevant history and emphasizes the stakes for this country.

Lanrick Bennett@lanrickbennett.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This week's #HearThis is a short explainer for Canadian readers who have wondered: What exactly is Juneteenth? And why has it been celebrated by Black Americans for generations? h/t @blowthestack.bsky.social @katemasur.bsky.social @nytimes.com open.substack.com/pub/fastfive...

"I’ve heard about Juneteenth. Why is it such a big deal?"

Why we celebrate the end of slavery on Juneteenth By Sydney Combs National Geographic June 16, 2026 Photograph by Callaghan O’Hare, Reuters

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Zinn Education Project@zinnedproject.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Relevant today: Historians @marthasjones.bsky.social & @katemasur.bsky.social (from our Teach Black Freedom Struggle series) filed amicus brief challenging an EO undermining birthright citizenship. Brief is a great resource for students on the 14th Amendment. www.zinnedproject.org/news/amicus-...

Amicus Brief for Supreme Court Birthright Citizenship Case

Two historians from our Teach the Black Freedom Struggle series — Martha S. Jones and Kate Masur — filed an amicus brief challenging an executive order undermining birthright citizenship.

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Sam Breidbart@sam-breidbart.bsky.social · 4mo ago

For more from @katemasur.bsky.social and @marthasjones.bsky.social, check out their brief, detailing the long struggle for a broad and inclusive guarantee of birthright citizenship undertaken by free Black Americans before the Civil War. The Constitution instantiates that guarantee.

Kate Masur @katemasur.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Trump is flat wrong when he claims that birthright citizenship was intended only for the "babies of slaves." Martha Jones and I have the receipts. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/o...