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historian/ assistant dean/professor/political observer/pop culture critic/author of Right to Ride/founder /deaconess/The Oracle

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Mar 19

    Blackface was a BIG subject last month. Here’s my take for about why it never seems to go away. Let me know what you think.

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    From fashion brands to celebrities to politicians — blackface keeps reemerging. Here’s a look at its history and why it’s still very offensive.
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  2. May 11

    I missed the snitching incident yesterday, but side note: phrases like “worry about yourself” and “that they business” are pieces of black wisdom for the ages.

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  3. May 11

    Yes, she is my best guide in this new book project!

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  4. Retweeted
    May 11

    These were the Black folks I grew up with in Chocolate City. It was just Black love and Black joy and Black beauty and encouragement and creating a safe space in spite of what the majority was tryna do to us

    I want to write a history of black folks that takes account of our joy in spite of sorrow, accounts for the value of us making a way out of no way, and recalls that sometimes we aren’t thinking about white folks at all. We need to remember that history too.
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  5. May 11

    Want to help Howard University produce more Doctors like these? RT With so that we can receive $1 for each message from our donors!
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    May 11

    In what ways do the lessons, films, and texts (essays, songs, poetry, primary docs, & more) we choose reflect the truths below? A good question for the classroom every day, even before the book (which we look forward to) is published.

    I want to write a history of black folks that takes account of our joy in spite of sorrow, accounts for the value of us making a way out of no way, and recalls that sometimes we aren’t thinking about white folks at all. We need to remember that history too.
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  7. Retweeted
    May 10

    It is an absolute honor for me, as well as a critical reminder of what matters as we shape our professional lives, to have this stellar graduate receive the Holloway Service Award. Congratulations also to the communities that nurtured Dorothy Alexis!

    Congratulations to Dorothy Alexis, winner of the the 2019 Karla FC Holloway Award for University Service!
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  8. May 11

    I want to write a history of black folks that takes account of our joy in spite of sorrow, accounts for the value of us making a way out of no way, and recalls that sometimes we aren’t thinking about white folks at all. We need to remember that history too.

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  9. May 10

    Happy birthday my fave tweep that makes me laugh and think in equal amounts!!!

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  10. May 10

    Love this. This disparity is real. I experienced a near-death experience during the birth of my daughter.

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    I narrated an important message to shed light on a crisis that women, particularly black women, are facing. The US is the most dangerous place to give birth but over half of these deaths are preventable. has resources on how to help at
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  11. May 8

    Yes, this promises to be such impactful work! Congratulations I can't wait to read it.

    Very proud of this latest book I’ve written. It examines the circumstances that led to the end of federal redlining & opened a new era of please check out—Race for Profit via
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  12. Retweeted
    May 8

    Just read V. P. Franklin's Essay Review on Jeffrey Stewart's book. "The Newest “New Negro”: Alain Locke and the Queering of African American History" is 🔥🔥🔥

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  13. May 7

    My student!!!

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    Through her work with the North Carolina Green Book Project, graduate student Lisa Withers collects and shares experiences of African American travelers during the Jim Crow era.
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  14. May 6

    Good God.

    Replying to @readergirl
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  15. May 6

    Wonder if they are going to provide updates on just how mixed the baby appears to be to the naked eye. Perhaps reportage on the presence of melanin on the baby’s ear lobes or the current texture of the baby’s hair.

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  16. May 6

    Mixed-race baby.... who wrote this and then LEFT IT UP FOR 13 HOURS?????

    Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex and wife of Prince Harry, has gone into labor for the birth of their first child, who will be the first mixed-race baby in the British monarchy’s modern history
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    May 5

    How easy it is—&what good publicity it makes—for U of AL to award an honorary degree roughly 60 yrs later to Autherine Lucy. Easy too for me to pop off on Twitter, but I have one rec: each inst. “atoning” for its racist past w/such symbolic gestures, shld pair them w/tuition $$.

    I don’t quite know how to feel about this belated award. As an Alabama native, I remember my teachers talking abt. Autherine Lucy. Watched George Wallace facing off w/Nicholas Katzenbach as he tried to block Vivian Malone and James Hood from entering U of AL. 1/
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    May 5
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    I remember overhearing in my old office a conversation about a primary debate, expressing how presidential a candidate sounded. Of course they discussed a man. To their minds only men could sound presidential.

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    May 5

    Yes, we are “angry,” “intimidating,” “difficult,” “cold”—this lexicon is old, long, and lengthening by the moment.

    Interesting examination of the history of being liked by . Makes me think about black women candidates in light of the politics of likability given that we read as angry even when we aren’t. Men Invented ‘Likability.’ Guess Who Benefits.
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    May 5
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    Oh, I’m fighting back with a fair use claim for exactly that reason. Copyright holders are supposed to consider overall value to the content, and whether it’s being used for education, criticism and/or comment

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  21. May 5

    These people are silly. You have made me reconnect and remember so much music! You are boosting their downloads and purchases. Folks ought to give you a blanket exemption!!!!

    Sigh... I’m back in the clink. ALREADY! (That’s crazy. It took me a year and half of to get suspended and only 3 months for it to happen again). Anyway, I’m most likely down for 2 weeks while I file counter notifications, so you can find me here!
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