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Elizabeth Todd-Breland

@etoddbreland.bsky.social

Educator, Historian (US, Urban, Black Politics, Education, Policy, Chicago), Former CPS Board VP; Books: I Didn't Come Here to Lie (Haymarket, 2025); A Political Education (UNC Press, 2018); personal account; she/her

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Elizabeth Todd-Breland@etoddbreland.bsky.social · 2mo ago

RIP Stacey King! When the Bulls played national coverage games and we couldn’t hear Stacey do the call, we’d put it on mute and use his soundboard—A Legend! web.archive.org/web/20150507...

Stacey King Soundboard

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NBA@nba.com · 2mo ago

The NBA family mourns the passing of Stacey King, a three-time NBA champion and longtime Chicago Bulls television analyst. Stacey made his mark on the game as a player, coach and commentator.

Ebony Elizabeth Thomas@ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 4mo ago

I'm the daughter of an Army paratrooper who refused orders during our illegal invasion of Vietnam back in the day. He went to LBJ military jail. Dad taught his girls this: "Just following orders" is NEVER any excuse for anyone who's complicit in war crimes. You MUST refuse heinous orders.

Dave Byrnes@djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Happening now: an anti-war demonstration is getting underway in Chicago's Federal Plaza, in response to US/Israeli attacks on Iran and Donald Trump's threat to Iran this morning that "a whole civilization will die tonight." A few dozen people here so far.

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Bobby Kogan@bbkogan.bsky.social · 4mo ago

every time i write about wage theft i do a double take because it's so crazy corporations steal more than $50 bn from workers' paychecks each year, illegally paying workers less than they earned for their labor that significantly exceeds the combined losses from larceny, burglary, & vehicle theft

Jeanne Theoharis@jeannetheoharis.bsky.social · 4mo ago

On the 58th anniversary of Dr. King's assassination, it's time to reckon with the media's troubling role in the civil rights struggle. (I pitched this to @nytimes.com who found it "fascinating..[but] the news is making deeper & certainly more historical pieces very hard." But they're the news.) A 🧵

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Moya@moyazb.bsky.social · 4mo ago

White male privilege is Geno getting to disrepect a Black woman peer on national television as his team lost and have sports media run cover for him. #Misogynoir is Dawn getting critiqued for defending herself and her team from said abuse, all while knowing she could never behave the same way.

Elizabeth Todd-Breland@etoddbreland.bsky.social · 4mo ago

TODAY!! 4:30pm @ CTU (1901 w Carroll Ave)—Dr. David Stovall talking about his powerful new book, Engineered Conflict: Structural Violence and the Future of Black Life in Chicago!! @irrpp.bsky.social @ctulocal1.bsky.social

UIC Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy@irrpp.bsky.social · 5mo ago

We're hosting the venerable Dr. David Stovall on April 1 for a community discussion about his latest book, where he'll be joined by another one of our favorite collaborators, Dr. Elizabeth Todd-Breland @etoddbreland.bsky.social. Register for free here: addcal.co/e/IRRPPStova...

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Mr. Dan Kelly@mrdankelly.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I interviewed @etoddbreland.bsky.social about her new bio of CTU President/education activist Karen Lewis. Lewis planned to write the book, but a stroke and cancer stopped her. Fortunately, the two conducted many interviews before Lewis' death. thirdcoastreview.com/lit/2026/03/...

Interview: Elizabeth Todd-Breland on Writing Karen Lewis’ (Auto-)Biography, <em>I Didn’t Come Here to Lie</em> | Third Coast Review

“We blew past that,” she recalls. “The stories poured out of her, and each one was more profound than the previous. She was an amazing storyteller. Jill and I were like, ‘Oh, this book is going to wri...

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Elizabeth Todd-Breland@etoddbreland.bsky.social · 5mo ago

TOMORROW Friday 3/13 @ 2:30pm, UIC & University of Illinois faculty, staff, students, alums & concerned community members, please come out for an important public forum about higher education’s abandonment of democracy & DEI nationally & at our university & how folks are fighting back!

Beige flyer with Blue and red text and an image of yellow and orange flames over a word cloud with “diversity” “equity” “inclusion”: Title: Mission Betrayal: Community Responses to Higher Education’s Abandonment of Democracy, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion; Friday 3/13, 2:30-4pm, Illinois Room, Student Center East, 750 S Halsted, speakers will include: National legal experts, community stakeholders, uic faculty, students, and alums
Sarah Jane Cervenak@sjcerv.bsky.social · 5mo ago

“The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.” James Baldwin