Ashley D. Farmer
@drashleydfarmer.bsky.social
Historian, Professor, Writer, Author. 👑📚: Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore (Pantheon, 25) ashleydfarmer.com
Jill Damatac on the racism endemic to academic institutions and the horrific death of Dr. Arday www.vogue.co.uk/article/camb...
I Aspired To Get My PhD At Cambridge – I Left Because Of The Racism
“I could write a second memoir solely on the racism I experienced at Cambridge University as a Master’s and PhD student,” writes Jill Damatac, a Filipino-American author who was a student at Cambridge...
vogue.co.uk
Todd Blanche, the newly confirmed attorney general, refused to pledge that he would always act independently of the White House during an appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday.
Blanche Refuses to Say He’ll Always Be Independent of Trump as Attorney General
The new head of the Justice Department said on “Meet the Press” on Sunday that the president had never asked him to prosecute specific people — and never would.
nytimes.com
A 19-year-old in Texas has spent nearly a year raising her 13-year-old sister after their parents were detained by ICE and deported to Honduras. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
U.S. citizen teens left behind when ICE deported their parents
After their mom and dad were deported, two Fort Worth teens went nearly a year before seeing their parents.
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11/14 2026 MAAH Stone Book Award ShortList: Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore Ashley D. Farmer @drashleydfarmer.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social @pantheonbooks.bsky.social
So many immigrants I've interviewed break down about this. "Monsanto Maler was one of several Haitian immigrants who traveled from Springfield for a check in...after an ankle monitor was attached to him, Maler was seen collapsing to the ground and crying." www.springfieldnewssun.com/local/hundre...
Hundreds rally at site were Haitians required to check-in, get monitors after end of TPS
Hundreds of people gathered outside a federal immigration office Sunday morning to show support for Haitian immigrants from Springfield who were called to report for immigration check-ins.
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“The People’s Historian shook free an understanding of Zinn I’d never felt, and made me know that we are so, so prepared to live and fight in 2026.” — author Kiese Laymon Check out these upcoming book tour dates to see if Zirin is coming to a city near you: www.zinnedproject.org/materials/th...
The People’s Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn
Book — Non-fiction. By Dave Zirin. 2026. 400 pages. A biography of iconic radical historian Howard Zinn, examining his life and work as a progressive icon and thought leader through the story of the t...
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Democracy Now!@democracynow.org · 2w agoWe speak to author Dave Zirin about his new book, "The People’s Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn," which chronicles the life and activism of the legendary historian Howard Zinn.
Queen Mother Audley Moore, the mother of Black Nationalism and the Godmother of the reparations movement was born 128 years ago today. June 27, 1898 She was also one of the founders of the Republic of New Afrika Movement
I think today's liberals in the US are used to a social environment where pogroms are rare and don't realize the role armed self defense plays in that state of affairs www.history.com/articles/red...
Red Summer of 1919: How Black WWI Vets Fought Back Against Racist Mobs | HISTORY
When dozens of brutal race riots erupted across the U.S. in the wake of World War I and the Great Migration, black ve...
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The 2026 MAAH Stone Book Award ShortList! Mark your calendar to join us in person or virtually for the awards ceremony on October 8th! Registration opens September 8th at maahstonebookaward.org. @drashleydfarmer.bsky.social @marcusrediker.bsky.social @danaawilliams.bsky.social
And more congratulations are in order for @drashleydfarmer.bsky.social, coeditor extraordinaire of @uncpress.bsky.social's Black Women's History series, whose biography of Queen Mother Audley Moore (Pantheon Books) is on the MAAH Stone Book Award shortlist.
Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore — MAAH Stone Book Award
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Photo of the Silent Parade held on this day in 1917. The Negro Silent Protest Parade, also called the Silent Parade, was a political protest in New York City, held with the intention to draw national attention to racial violence (lynching in particular): beinecke.library.yale.edu/blog/1917-na...
GIVEAWAY! On what would’ve been Queen Mother Audley Moore’s 128th birthday, I’m giving away an annotated signed copy of my biography of her, Queen Mother. I’ve included one-of-a-kind archival finds and notes about what they reveal! Head over to the photo app to enter. Closes July 31.
July is Int'l Zine Month, a great time to pick up this zine by IC cofounder @prisonculture.bsky.social from @haymarketbooks.org! Black Study is about the enduring legacy of David Walker’s An Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World (1829), a pamphlet calling for Black resistance & liberation.
Black Study
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ICYMI: The Black Women’s History series is accepting applications for its annual incubator. The incubator provides support for developing projects that center the voices and experiences of Black women using a historical methodology. #CFP #skystorians
UNC Press@uncpress.bsky.social · last mo.Are you writing a book on Black Women's History? We're now accepting applications for our 2026/27 Black Women's History Series Incubator 🎉 Get your application in now! https://uncpress.org/black-womens-history-series-incubator/
Time to pick your next read! Which books from @nyupress.bsky.social’s Black Power Series are calling to you? Maybe your manuscript is our next read. Writing about Black Power? Submit a proposal! More info: blackpowerseries.com @ibramxk.bsky.social
Ah, the freedom of choice in the marketplace of ideas… If you build a conservative think tank on campus & no students want to attend, just make a law forcing them to. 👀 #academicsky
Cirino wants university civic center classes to be mandatory
The new bill would broaden the authority of Ohio's controversial civics centers despite low enrollment so far.
axios.com
Since October 2023, the destruction of Gaza’s cultural institutions has accelerated, prompting a team in the occupied West Bank to build something they hope cannot be seized or erased: a digital archive of Palestinian memory.
How Palestinians Are Building a Digital Archive That Can’t Be Erased
Distributed backups, cyber resilience, and a half-million records are preserving Palestinian history beyond any single building or border.
wired.com
@tressiemcphd.bsky.social on why we must defend public libraries: “There is a reason the culture warriors hate the library. It is the same reason that Americans should defend it with our rights. No political spin doctor can sell us what is freely given at one: the right to think for ourselves.”
Happy 75th anniversary to 'the most elaborate wedding ever staged'!!
'The Most Elaborate Wedding Ever Staged': Rosetta Tharpe At Griffith Stadium
In 1951, gospel star Rosetta Tharpe got married in front of thousands of fans at a baseball stadium. In some ways, says biographer Gayle Wald, it set the template for today's stadium rock concerts.
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Just here to post this again like I do every year, not only because Douglass was one of the founding philosophers of American liberty but because I am so moved by the kids Frederick Douglass’ descendants deliver “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July”
‘What To The Slave Is The Fourth Of July?’: Descendants Read Frederick Douglass' Speech | NPR
YouTube video by NPR
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Queen Mother by Ashley D. Farmer: Black Nationalism, #Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore www.reparations.now/queen-mother...
Queen Mother by Ashley D. Farmer: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore
We are honored to have with us tonight Dr. Ashley D. Farmer joining us from Austin, Texas, where she teaches in the department of history and African and African Diaspora Studies at the Univ…
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Thank you for taking the time to engage with it ! 🙏🏽🙏🏽
Tori (Yikes)@yikes-its-tori.bsky.social · 3mo agoQueen Mother | Ashley D. Farmer | May 22 This book is dense, y'all. It's definitely worth the read; it tells the history of Black Nationalism and self-determination in the U.S. and Audley Moore's significant role in the fight against white supremacy. Give yourself time to digest this one.
Legal defense fund for the Minnesota 15. Please share and support them! We keep us safe 💙🤍🩵
Legal Defense Fund for MN Anti-ICE Organizers
On the morning of June 16th 2026 fifteen anti-ICE organizers were indicted on federal conspiracy charges in Minnesota, 12 of whom were arrested in aggressive raids across the Twin Cities. This fundrai...
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Amdist this Obama celebration, I was honored to offer a bit of sobering balance in The Guardian’s coverage of the presidential center in Woodlawn. Alongside presidential legacy, this center continues a longtime UChicago land grab inflicted on local residents. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Obama Center opening stirs pride and unease for Chicago’s South Side amid displacement fears
South Siders voice concerns about gentrification, housing and affordability as they celebrate opening of the Obama Presidential Center
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Betty Simmons lived through the last days of slavery in Texas. In our magazine, Dionne Babineaux uncovers her story, recorded in 1938 by the Federal Writers' Project.
Betty Simmons, a Texan in Slavery’s Last Years
Narratives collected by the federal Works Progress Administration, like the one recounted here, are an invaluable tool for retelling American history.
texasobserver.org
In honor of today's anniversary of her acquittal, I am re-sharing a piece I wrote in my newsletter a couple of years ago about the effort to bail Angela Davis out of jail: open.substack.com/pub/prisoncu...
Prisons, Prose & Protest - #12
Rants, Musings & More
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This Saturday!
Ashley D. Farmer@drashleydfarmer.bsky.social · 3mo agoBaltimore, MD ✨ Saturday, May 30 Dr. Ashley D. Farmer in conversation with Dr. Minkah Makalani talking about Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore ⏰ 7 pm @ Red Emma’s Bookstore RSVP: www.ashleydfarmer.com/events
