School bus drops off student, I’m told by a neighbor from Sophie B. Wright, who then has to wade through water to get home FOX 8 New Orleans

That’s it! Gotta do a Black women’s biography class!

Powerful book!

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Mapping Inequality has a cache of new maps and we are hiring people to write essays on those cities! Historians, planners, housing advocates -- if you are interested in writing on one of these cities, please let us know: docs.google.com/document/d/19L…

how is the news of what’s happening in jackson, mississippi not trending news right now? they found 215 bodies buried behind the hinds county jail. some of these people were missing and had family members looking for them. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/l…

‘Sipp Talk is back, allow us to reintroduce ourselves 🥳 we missed you!

Wednesday, January 24, 1:30–5:30 PM: On the 150th birthday of our founder #ArturoSchomburg , help bring his archive to life by transcribing his newly digitized papers! No previous transcribing experience is needed. #SchomburgCenter
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Registration for our December program is live!!!

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Don't you wish you were here at #philliswheatleypoetryfestival doing the Electric Slide with @Alice_Walker00?

Some gems from @Alice_Walker00 #philliswheatleypoetryfestival

You're going to be free or not.
Women shouldn't be slaves to their bodies.
The home that you can be run out of is your mind.
We're really worth being. Once awakened to that, you can't feel anything love.

I found these statements from Center for Teaching and Learning @UT about using AI on student assignments so helpful.
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Working on my Tulane School of Liberal Arts Intro to Africana Studies syllabus & inspired by my colleague! An unlearning objective from Corey J. Miles syllabus: 'Interrogate normative assumptions about what Blackness is and what it could be'

New: Texas A&M suspended a professor after a student accused her of disparaging Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick during a lecture.

Chancellor John Sharp communicated directly with the lieutenant governor’s office about the incident, promising swift action. bit.ly/45iv2bF

Maggie Lena Walker (July 15, 1864-Dec 14, 1934), first Black woman bank president. She led the St. Luke Bank, the first bank organized and largely financed by Black women. Walker’s economic vision centered on the needs of Black women. IG @iamcreatedbyblackwomen #bankingonfreedom

the basketball court is one of the spaces black boys challenged the constraints of masculinity that the South put on us. It was in my finger roll that I learned the power of softness. the in & out taught me the beauty in my hips. we danced after baskets to celebrate that beauty.

Welcome to our world. Fight for all the recognition you're due!

Ooooh, I love rabbit holes! Thanks for this one!

Perspective for your #4thofJuly reading list: Frederick Douglass, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” + Le'Trice 'Black Lady Nerd'Donaldson 👓 Washington Post Opinions on Black women in the Civil War
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'Black women led armies and fought behind enemy lines during the Civil War....Their military achievements have regularly been erased, eclipsed or distorted in service of building a national narrative that appealed to White Americans.' washingtonpost.com/made-by-histor…