Kellie Carter Jackson
@kcarterjackson.bsky.social
Wife. Mom. Friend. Historian. Award Winning Author. Podcaster. Seeker of Joy. Refusing Daily.
✌🏽📖 summer reading list, y’all We Refuse by @kcarterjackson.bsky.social #booksky #blacksky app.thestorygraph.com/books/32a3bf...
We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance by Kellie Carter Jackson
A radical reframing of the past and present of Black resistance--both nonviolent and violent--to ...
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Making my way up to Boston for a @thisdaypod.com live show with @pastpunditry.bsky.social @kcarterjackson.bsky.social and the great AJ Jacobs, who tells me he's going to be wearing a tricorn hat. Still tickets, doors 6, show 7, bed by 10, should be a fun night! www.wbur.org/events/10850...
‘This Day (A History Show)’ live: 50 weeks that made America
CitySpace celebrates cutting edge conversations, adventurous art, innovative ideas. CitySpace is WBUR on stage. Convening leaders in all fields for an array of offerings — readings, interviews, debate...
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Every study of the U.S. founding should reflect on the nature of "revolution." In our class on We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance, @kcarterjackson.bsky.social examines how wealth and power were distributed in the "revolutionary" period — and what constitutes a genuine revolution:
Zoom with @kcarterjackson.bsky.social on Friday, as she discusses her latest, courtesy of the William Clements Library: clements.umich.edu/event/bookwo...
Bookworm #92 - Author Conversation: Kellie Carter-Jackson, "We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance" - UM Clements Library
Jackson examines the breadth of Black responses to white oppression, beginning with the resistance of her own ancestors.
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BOSTON! We have a @thisdaypod.com live show at @wburcityspace.bsky.social next Weds 6/24. We'll be recording our America 250 episode on "The Declaration Of Independence." Heard of it? Should be a fun, tickets here! www.wbur.org/events/10850... @pastpunditry.bsky.social @kcarterjackson.bsky.social
‘This Day (A History Show)’ live: 50 Weeks That Made America
CitySpace celebrates cutting edge conversations, adventurous art, innovative ideas. CitySpace is WBUR on stage. Convening leaders in all fields for an array of offerings — readings, interviews, debate...
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seeking social freedom and racial justice through more direct confrontations." So, again, nonviolence and slow change good, any kind of militantism bad. The usual. Read @kcarterjackson.bsky.social 's We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance instead. www.kelliecarterjackson.com/we-refuse
We Refuse — Kellie Carter Jackson
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Boston! Join us! Today! I'll be speaking at Brookline Booksmith at 7pm. Free and open to the public. Excited to sign books! brooklinebooksmith.com/event/2026-0...
Kellie Carter Jackson: We Refuse
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As the Jeremiah Wright scandal exploded, for many Americans, it was their first glimpse into the style, anger, and politics of the Black church. Full video is up now for paid subscribers --> thisdaypod.substack.com @kcarterjackson.bsky.social @pastpunditry.bsky.social ky.social @jodyavirgan.com
This was a really interesting conversation between @jodyavirgan.com, @kcarterjackson.bsky.social, @pastpunditry.bsky.social, and Ken Burns about history, art, revolution, and, of course America 250 in the present moment. (You should subscribe!) thisdaypod.substack.com/p/ken-burns-...
Ken Burns: How to 250 [Full Conversation]
Our full chat with the filmmaker for paying newsletter subscribers
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This week, a two-part look at Barack Obama, Reverend Wright, and "A More Perfect Union." Part one is in the podcast feed now, full episode plus some bonus episodes on the way for newsletter subscribers. thisdaypod.com
Africana studies professor @kcarterjackson.bsky.social said she’s seen Underground Railroad hiding spots in attics, in cellars, and beneath false floors, but prior to now, she’s never seen one inside a drawer... Read more from @smithsonianmag.bsky.social: https://bit.ly/4b1pMNI
Why Did a Man Build This Secret Passageway Below a Dresser Drawer Nearly 200 Years Ago? Historians Think It Was Part of the Underground Railroad
Staffers at the Merchant's House Museum in Manhattan are unraveling the mysteries of the narrow tunnel, which is hidden beneath a piece of built-in furniture on the second floor
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Putting the finishing touches on this one now, it's a great one. Sign up now so you get it as soon as it drops! @pastpunditry.bsky.social @kcarterjackson.bsky.social
This Day (A History Podcast)@thisdaypod.com · 5mo agoUp next in "50 Weeks That Shaped America" -- a close reading of Lincoln's second inaugural speech. With special guest @jamellebouie.net. In the podcast feed this week, but early, ad-free video and audio will go out to our newsletter subscribers this afternoon! More info --> thisdaypod.com
You're also supporting a crew that's trying to help us understand 250 years of the American experiment, and stand up for the work of history here in 2026. Which, you know, is kinda tough these days! Thanks, on behalf of @pastpunditry.bsky.social @kcarterjackson.bsky.social, for being a part of it.
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Hello Friday! Joining @zerlinamaxwell.bsky.social: @repsuhas.bsky.social of VA-10, @mcclellan.house.gov of VA-04 + Author of We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance @kcarterjackson.bsky.social! ☎️ 866-997-4748 📻 @siriusxmprog.bsky.social Ch. 127 siriusxm.us/Zerlina
Next on "50 Weeks That Shaped America" -- the TV show ROOTS brings the story of American slavery to the masses. Lucky for us, we have @kcarterjackson.bsky.social, who literally wrote a book on ROOTS, as our guide. Paying subscribers to our newsletter get full, ad-free access tomorrow! thisdaypod.com
Love this episode, our latest "50 Weeks That Shaped America" series. The discovery of gold and the invention of modern American capitalism -- plus a bunch of dudes who just could not keep their mouths shut podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... @kcarterjackson.bsky.social @pastpunditry.bsky.social
Gold Rush! (1848) [Part 1]
Podcast Episode · This Day · 02/03/2026 · 35m
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"WE REFUSE: A Forceful History of Black Resistance" by @kcarterjackson.bsky.social is now available in paperback! Named a Best Book of 2024 by Smithsonian * Kirkus * Chicago Review of Books * Emancipator Learn more: bit.ly/46gtNwf
My latest for the Guardian...Happy MLK! On embracing the ‘urgency of now’ and unconditional love on MLK Day www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
On embracing the ‘urgency of now’ and unconditional love on MLK Day
People across the US are moving on from the empty platitudes MLK Day often evokes – and embodying King’s words
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Hey, hey! Got to be on one of my FAVORITE podcasts, NPR's It's Been a Minute! We talk all things Oprah, her new book, and GLP-1s. Enjoy! @npr.org @wellesley.edu It's Been a Minute: The difference between losing weight & being "healthy" www.npr.org/2026/01/16/n...
The difference between losing weight & being "healthy" : It's Been a Minute
What are we missing something in the conversation around obesity and GLP-1s? Oprah Winfrey’s new book, Enough, co-authored by endocrinologist Dr. Ania Jastreboff is one of many new narratives attempti...
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My Top 10 Books I read this year. These books stood out the most as not only beautifully written studies, but ones that challenged my understanding of the meaning of freedom. @kevinkenny.bsky.social @kcarterjackson.bsky.social @countesscanuck.bsky.social
Some great titles in here including @vermontgmg.bsky.social @pastpunditry.bsky.social @kcarterjackson.bsky.social and a bunch of other great authors I can't find on bluesky!
This Day (A History Podcast)@thisdaypod.com · 8mo agoEvery year, we put together a @bookshop.org list featuring the authors we've had on the show. Here's 2025's -- still time to pick up a gift for the history lover in your life! bookshop.org/wishlists/6a...
Every year, we put together a @bookshop.org list featuring the authors we've had on the show. Here's 2025's -- still time to pick up a gift for the history lover in your life! bookshop.org/wishlists/6a...
Being Chair of your department can be so challenging. It's often a job no one wants. But the best and I mean HANDS DOWN BEST PART is being able to tell your colleague ... in your best Oprah voice, "You just earned TENUUUUURRRRRRE!
You sure did make a new friend! Thank YOU for reminding us all that our participation matters. Keep refusing!
Lisa D. T. Rice #MaskUp@lisadtrice.bsky.social · 9mo agoHonored to meet @kcarterjackson.bsky.social who has reinforced for me that the dotted line from the age of American enslavement to today, the systems that oppress us are real and that history rhymes. @thisdaypod.com. I may have made a new friend at the Teach-In in Defense of History and Museums. 🙏🏽
sharing some photos from yesterday’s incredible teach-in in dc. such a privilege to organize with @natedimeo.bsky.social, @jodyavirgan.com, and @kcarterjackson.bsky.social. Pictured: early morning brilliance from @jpygold.bsky.social, @joshuablevin.bsky.social & @elyssafeder.bsky.social
@kcarterjackson.bsky.social preached the joy of resistance as only she can when teaching us about the abolitionist movement, & Cathy Harris spoke about her service to the Merit Systems Protection Board prior to her illegal firing. And so many amazing people came out to listen, learn, and organize!
In today’s Guardian with @kcarterjackson.bsky.social, explaining why teach-ins (like the one we’re holding Sunday!) are a vital part of activism.
Why we’re holding a teach-in about American history at the Smithsonian | Kellie Carter Jackson and Nicole Hemmer
Podcasters, professors, journalists and ordinary citizens will gather in Washington as the Trump regime wages war on history
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