Marcus Board Jr.
@profmbj.bsky.social
@Howard U. Author Invisible Weapons. He/they. Vintage clothing. Your fav’s fave. Revolution everyday. Instagram | Substack | UpScrolled
“For Marcus Board Jr., democracy has never been just an academic subject—it has always been about people. As a 2025-2027 Democracy Visiting Fellow at the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard Kennedy School, the Howard University political scientist explores”… 1/5
A More Perfect Union: Marcus Board Jr. On Bridging Practice and Scholarship – Ash Center
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This was an amazing discussion and I learned so much. A recording will be available. A privilege to be with these folks.
Marcus Board Jr.@profmbj.bsky.social · 4w agoExcited to join my colleagues! Pop into our discussion on the unfinished revolution - link below us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Excited to join my colleagues! Pop into our discussion on the unfinished revolution - link below us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
This clip features stirring images from the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement to LBJ signing the law. But check out the full interview in the link. Marcus breaks down politics, elections, the shift to courting the Black vote, etc. A great interview w/ a super smart political scientist!
July 2, 1964 the Civil Rights Act was passed. A brief history from the early 1930s through Critical Race Theory onto today and the new struggles with preemption, which stop us from pursing legal pathways. The more you know. Link Below: www.livenowfox.com/video/fmc-il...
Talking Langston Hughes's Darker Brother, Frederick Douglass' What to the Slave is the Fourth of July, and DuBois dying in Ghana before the march on Washington. Great conversation with Adam Llorens about dealing with a crisis of conscience. Let us know what you think.
Marcus Board Jr. (@profmbj)
Rain man. Trump is PSH in Along Came Polly taking over the local community theater (aka United States government). He's a stand up with a loud mic treating us like hecklers in the crowd. Talking Lang...
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“Because you might accidentally have a Klan rally” isn’t something you ever expect to think. In a disconnected and segregated world, what you DON’T know is hurting so many others. Got a chance to talk with Adam Llorens about the Chicago fire starter and the enduring value of a whole education.
Why do American’s have so much trouble talking about race? I joined Adam Llorens with LiveNow to talk about Juneteenth and ended up in a wide ranging and incredible conversation about freedom, community, and change. Extended segment at the link below.
Princeton's Valedictorian is, for the first time, an African American Studies Major. Daniel Yu is in (trans) gender studies. And now you know the stakes of the piece. Again, grateful for my brilliant friends who read and enjoyed. We can't gatekeep freedom - let it ring from the mountaintops!
So You Wanna Keep Black Studies to Black People: Denying Princeton’s Valedictorian, an African American Studies Major
The 2026 valedictorian at Princeton University is Daniel Yu.
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Breaking news: America is an abusive relationship and we’ve tried therapy for over 250 years. They’ve killed every generation of every one of our families. We have to fight back and resist a government determined to keep killing us forever along with every life loving ally we have around the world.
How does this affect me What's changed and What do we need to know going forward? Talking Voting Rights Act and how to fight back voter suppression. #DrMarcusBoard #Explore #BlackSky #ForYou #Politics
Shared this essay with a few brilliant friends who enjoyed. Sharing here to see what others think. More coming on the powerful connections between anti-intellectualism and anti-Blackness. open.substack.com/pub/profmbj/...
A (Better) Critique of Whiteness: Let’s Talk About Ending Oppression
bell hooks.
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Available on @projectmuse.bsky.social , @profmbj.bsky.social ( @howard.edu ) is featured in The Pluralist 21.1, an issue that publishes the SAAP 2025 Conference. He contributes to the Coss Dialogue, discussing the work of Dominic Moulden with other scholars. muse.jhu.edu/issue/56411
“With all the power, wealth, and resources in the world, brilliance at their fingertips, and the best idea they have is to rebuild statues honoring the forefathers and mothers of the Epstein class.” More on monuments, check out PS 2020 - Andrea Benjamin et al on the topic!
Toppled Monuments Are Reappearing Across the U.S. Under Trump | Artnet News
Controversial statues removed in protest are returning across the U.S., from a Columbus figure at the White House to Confederate monuments.
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Commented on Trump putting a Christopher Columbus statue at the White House for The Grio. Mince words, I did not. Link below these bars
I am now in my 55th year of being an imminent millionaire.
Economics is a politically conservative field. Their conclusions are often biased towards empire. Here is a breakdown of the way they use words to hide intention. It's the wizard of oz and we are not in the good place.
It’s not just the immensity of the work that’s encouraging; it’s the way her portraiture expands our collective assessments about identity, so that the read becomes too broad, too complex, to be pigeonholed. baltimorebeat.com/epically-ecs...
Epically, ecstatically, and sublimely Black: A reflection on Amy Sherald’s mid-career retrospective at the Baltimore Museum of Art
Standing before Amy Sherald’s work, you must learn to stretch; many of her canvases require the reorientation of your perspective, inspire you to become more flexible about your vantage, crane your…
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The disconnect between women's clothing sizes and the women who buy them is stunning. Good article here
Sizing chaos
The inter-generational struggle to find clothes that fit more than a tiny portion of women
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New war just dropped. People are made poor to fight wars. Wars create new destinations to visit. Is this the world economy we produce, uphold?
Saying “it’s fashion” & it’s just someone dressed as the tea kettle from beauty and the beast. Like sure, you’re right but I don’t have to be happy about it
Investigative Post obtained this video of Border Patrol abandoning Nurul Shah Alam, the nearly blind Burmese refugee who was found dead www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/26/t...
is life just a series of days where you're tired in the afternoon and wide awake at night, running behind on weekly deadlines, and seeing pants get slim and big and then slim again over the years until you die?
