I encourage you to read the 1901 final Congressional speech of George Henry White, who would be the last Black man in Congress for 30 yrs.This “is perhaps the Negroes’ temporary farewell to the American Congress; but…phoenix-like he will rise up some day and come again… blackpast.org/african-amer...

(1901) Congressman George H. White's Farewell Address To Congress

In January 1901, at the beginning of a new century, George H. White was ending his term as a Congressman from North Carolina’s Second Congressional District. Realizing that he was bringing to a close ...

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There are people still living who fought — and watched their compatriots be murdered — for the passage of this act and to attempt to democratize America. To see it completed felled in the span of their OWN lifetime is just absolutely devastating.

If i finish this abstract today, I will let myself watch both the Traitors finale AND the Pitt tonight as a treat..

Starting my days listening to Stevie Wonder and reading Du Bois instead of whatever is in the news cycle! Happy 100th Black History Month 🖤

Librarians are the pillars of society, change my mind

The Racial Construction of Neoliberalism by @arunkundnani.bsky.social is my fave text that I've read so far among 3 classes so far this semester. Just needed to place that thought somewhere lol

just logged into linkedin for the first time in weeks and this was one of my notifications (????). I'm sure there's someone studying the ways corporate media and platforms uptake the use of (queer) AAVE 😵‍💫

It will never be comprehensible or forgivable that the man who incited a deadly insurrection and attack on our Capitol was able to run again and retake the levers of power.

fell down a rabbit hole of productivity today. looked up and its 8pm and i've organized my zotero collection, started on my personal website, re-wrote my professional bio (was putting that off for months/confused about research interests lol)

"Participating institutions retain full copyright ownership of their materials. Digitization occurs on-site with all digital files returned directly to the HBCU. Getty and Ancestry also provide campus-wide access to Ancestry’s genealogical research tools." insightintoacademia.com/hbcu-history...

Multiple Organizations Lead the Charge to Safeguard HBCU History

“There were so many stories that needed to be told.” That’s how Cassandra Illidge, executive director of the HBCU Grants Program at Getty Images, describe

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This is an open biblio that you are welcome to add your work to, if you work fits into critical data center studies:

Mél Hogan / The Data Fix@melhogan.bsky.social · last yr.

Here’s an open biblio on critical data center studies research done in the past 15 years! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Now more than ever it's important that we open our purses and help fund independent journalism! I am a monthly contributor to Hammer & Hope, a magazine rooted in Black politics and culture that centers transnational coalition building across the global majority. givebutter.com/hammerandhope

"gen alpha phrases" and it's just phrases that Black people across generations say... "ate that up" is black QUEER language and "secure the bag" has been around since I was at least in middle school

Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · last yr.

Turns out all the major LLMs (GPT-4, Claude, Gemini, Llama 3) struggle to understand Gen Alpha phrases, like "let him cook", "ate that up", "got ratioed", "secure the bag" etc. Research paper written by a soon-to-be 9th grader www.404media.co/ai-models-an...

People in Gaza are posting final messages.

40 years ago on this date, police dropped a bomb on a West Philadelphia neighborhood

MOVE bombing 40 years later: A day of reflection and remembrance

Forty years ago today, city officials made the unconscionable decision to bomb its own people.

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📍The Book I’ve Been Holding in My Chest I’ve been writing a book for years—one shaped by a single question:Who gets to be understood online? It’s about grief, algorithms, and Gakirah Barnes.She was 17.She was brilliant.Her life—lived on Twitter—has something to teach us all.

We are delighted to share the publication of Risky Research: An AoIR Guide to Researcher Protection and Safety, the culmination of over two years of collaborative effort by the AoIR Risky Research Working Group. aoir.org/riskyresearc...

also I'm sorry I have to keep breaking the news to people that chatGPT can apparently speak Patois now

we are in so much trouble, dear lord

Bugs, Yaoist@bugsmaytrix.bsky.social · last yr.

no he didn't that's not him what the fuck is wrong with you freaks

I don’t have enough characters to explain here but this has me thinking about how changes in how we consume media (viewing TV collectively vs streaming individually) has shifted how much younger generations likely know about artists before their time.

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · last yr.

Tina Turner releases “What’s Love Got To Do With It” today in 1984 — a song she hated at first but recorded on the advice of her manager, Roger Davies, who was engineering her comeback. When it won three Grammys (including Song and Record of the Year), she gave one of the awards to him. 💕 #RIP

SINNERS is an extraordinary fantastic lens through which to process (African-) American history. Aside from RING SHOUT by @pdjeliclark.bsky.social, also check out this extraordinary novelette by Kai Ashante Wilson, "The Devil in America." reactormag.com/the-devil-in...

The Devil in America - Reactor

Scant years after the Civil War, a mysterious family confronts the legacy that has pursued them across centuries, out of slavery, and finally to the idyllic peace of the town of Rosetree. The shatteri...

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Cannot believe this was his debut. Amazing performance!

Culture Crave 🍿@culturecrave.co · last yr.

#Sinners is Miles Caton's debut acting role He learned blues guitar for the part, practicing over five hours a day for two months leading up to filming (via Variety)

After two [IMAX] viewings of SINNERS, I finally wrote my review. As you can imagine, it's about 1500 words. Yet, simply put, if I had seen this as a religiously-stifled teen, it would've liberated me sooner. #SinnersMovie Read my five-star review here: rendyreviews.com/movie-review...

'Sinners' Review: Ryan Coogler's Blood-soaked Southern Gothic Horror Masterpiece

Coogler’s first original flick is a staggeringly sophisticated studio horror with so much on its mind and sharpened fangs ready to bite.

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Hello! #SinnersMovie is somebody’s dissertation chapter! Need all the historians who were in the writers room to come to the front 😭

Well profs, "would you help the Gestapo?" is a live question.

Baltimore Banner@thebaltimorebanner.com · last yr.

Johns Hopkins tells faculty not to ‘intervene’ in potential ICE detainments on campus

I'm one of the 15 mill whose data 23andme has and I know I'm among the minority when I say this but I don't really regret my decision. I made it knowing full well the risks, and as a very nerdy person I learned a ton! I took the little tutorials they provide to learn about what the genetic..

the Signal fiasco is a good reminder that while these people are destructive, and cruel, and bigoted, and petty they are also really, really stupid

UPDATE: Palestine Studies Search is back up! They could delay us and annoy us, but they could not keep us down. Please apply, share with friends, cannot wait to meet our new colleagues. hrsa.cunyfirst.cuny.edu/psp/erecruit...

Heba Gowayed هبة جويد@hebagowayed.bsky.social · last yr.

A new McCarthy era is upon us. Stupid, depressing, and dangerous as ever. I wonder whose name will carry the dunce cap in the history books. Too many are complicit. I’ll need to find upset and action, but for now I’m feeling grief at the dehumanization inherent to all this.

For folks who don’t know, ethnic studies programs like African American/Africana Studies, Asian American Studies, Chicano Studies and the like come directly from civil right era campus activism. Attempts to disempower such programs should be framed as attacks on civil rights same as much else rn.

Just completed the first round of march madness for racism/greatest oppressors of all time. The Reagan v Andrew Johnson was particularly difficult Re: @michaelharriot.bsky.social www.contrabandcamp.com/p/march-madn...

March Madness: Who is the G.O.A.T. of Racism?

America's greatest pasttime to see who'll be crown the Greatest Oppressor of All Time?

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