Jeanne Theoharis

@JeanneTheoharis

Distinguished Professor at Brooklyn College, Author of The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks and A More Beautiful and Terrible History

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Joined September 2013
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  1. 8 hours ago

    Must-read:Barbara Johns led 1951 high school strike in VA that became one of 5 cases in Brown v Board.("Overlooked" is a euphemism sidestepping why didn't write these obituaries) Overlooked No More: Barbara Johns, Who Defied Segregation in Schools

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    May 8

    I hear a similar line from my students today in upstate New York: "when charged with racism, northerners often defended that their society 'was not the South.'" Looking forward to making use of this book in class.

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    May 6

    African Americans have faced discrimination in everything from antebellum legal codes to modern programs like Social Security & the G.I. bill. On this podcast, co-editor talks about THE STRANGE CAREERS OF THE JIM CROW NORTH w/.

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    May 6

    We've got a great 35-min podcast interview with Prof Theoharis about the book, called The Strange Careers of The Jim Crow North, on sponsored by

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    May 6

    The book from was co-edited by of . Tahir Butt of wrote a chapter on 1969 open admission protests . Kristopher Burrell of wrote abt protests over in NYC public schools in the '50s & '60s

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    May 6

    Lesson from on her 97th Birthday: “If you are no longer able to think and act as radically as [the youth] do then do not try to lead but follow.” Gloria Richardson, 1964

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  7. May 3

    What a day it was!

    To my family - if you’re around please join us for the Mellon Transfer Student Research Conference in the Library room 411 where transfer students in the Social Sciences and Humanities are presenting all day!
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    May 3

    Thanks to everyone who came out to the and helped make the final night of our season such a memorable one. See you in September!

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    May 3

    "This sharp, clear-eyed, passionately argued collection explodes, indeed demolishes, any lingering misconceptions that structural racism and discrimination began or was even most fully realized in the South." Thanks, and Brian Purnell.

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    May 3

    Check@out this brief feature interview with Brian Purnell and about their new edited volume: Jim Crow North: A New Book about Segregation and Struggle outside the South via

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    May 3

    on , J.T. Roane ( ) interviews Brian Purnell & Jeanne Theoharis ( ) about their edited collection The Strange Careers of the Jim Crow North: Segregation and the Struggle outside of the South ( )--

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    May 2

    If you can’t be in Harlem tonight, join us on the livestream with Kris Burrell, Clarence Taylor, and

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  13. May 2

    The livestream from the Schomburg with Kris Burrell, Clarence Taylor, and Janes Forman Jr on the long struggle against police brutality, mass incarceration and educational injustice in the Jim Crow North has begun !

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    May 2

    If you can't make it tonight, follow along on the livestream! Link is:

    The final ⁦⁩ event of the season is THIS THURSDAY! “The Struggle Against Police Brutality, Mass Incarceration & Educational Discrimination in the Jim Crow North ” w/ Kris Burrell, Clarence Taylor, & ⁦⁩! ✊🏽
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    May 1

    In case you missed the fireworks this morning, put out a video of the student testimony at the hearing, including our own Sokhnadiarra "I don't want to hear your compliments" Ndiaye 🔥 📺 WATCH:

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  16. May 1

    ‘The Center of Gravity is in the Local Work’: Liz Theoharis on the Poor People’s Campaign

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    May 1

    And then for more information, check out our podcast with Clarence Taylor:

    Don't miss this interview with Kristopher Burrell & Clarence Taylor on the long fight against police brutality & school segregation in NYC, with new books Fight the Power and The Strange Careers of the Jim Crow North via
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  18. May 1

    Don't miss this interview with Kristopher Burrell & Clarence Taylor on the long fight against police brutality & school segregation in NYC, with new books Fight the Power and The Strange Careers of the Jim Crow North via

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    Apr 27

    Going to do a thread on the Black-owned bookstores for . The history of Black bookstores are closely connected to radical politics. Abolitionist David Ruggles was the first African American to start a bookstore, in lower Manhattan in the early 1830s. 1/

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    Apr 28

    As some may have heard, Judge Damon J.Keith, who was a federal judge on the 6th Circuit & prior to that a district court judge, has died. Judge Keith was a civil rights icon. I clerked for Judge Keith and I learned a lot from him. I'll share a couple of those lessons here. 1/11

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