Salamishah Tillet

@salamishah

Henry Rutgers Professor , contributes culture criticism , co-founded , & writing books on Alice Walker & Nina Simone.

Newark, NJ
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Joined June 2009
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  1. May 4

    Thank you so much.

    Ahead of 's follow-up tomorrow, read about an organization in which was consulted for the documentary & has been supporting survivors--Black girls in particular--for years.
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  2. May 4

    So honored to have this profile on my and 20-year- journey of doing this work together!!!! uses art and activism to center sexual-violence survivors of color

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  3. Apr 30

    Yesssss.

    Dear Universe, I need there to be a panel discussion/conference/podcast--something, that has (among others) discussing their thoughts about the documentary . Please & thank you.
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  4. Apr 27

    The last day of our "Flowing" festival is the first day of "I Stood At The Border": Im/migrant Voices + Stories Retold, a group show by students at

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  5. Apr 26

    I'm surely tired after this week and the months of planning our Tanner Lectures Festival, "Flowing: Human Migrations & Human Values" here at . But, the celebration & critical engagement of our diversity, our democracy, & Diasporas from was extraordinary.

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  6. Apr 25

    430 -630pm Today at 15 Washington! Day 2 of our Tanner Lectures Festival here featuring the Alexis Morrast Trio & our keynote, "The Power of A Single Decision" by Pulitzer prize winner, Isabele Wilkerson, author of "The Warmth of Other Suns."

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  7. Apr 24

    TONIGHT! So excited to be in the conversation "The South is Everywhere" on African American migration narratives with & at for

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  8. Apr 23

    A sneak peek of by Simone Leigh at

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  9. Apr 23

    Today!!!! Check out the art installations by Shine Portrait Studio in as part of "Flowing" our Tanner Lectures festival on Human Migrations & Human Values here

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  10. Apr 21

    Excited to invite you to for the Tanner Lectures on Human Values Festival on Great Migration & ! 4/24 & 4/25 Keynote by winner Register at

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  11. Apr 19

    So excited!!!!

    Next week join us for the Tanner Lectures on Human Values Festival a multi-site, multimedia celebration of the themes of the Great Migration and ! Keynote 4/25 by winner Register at
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  12. Apr 17

    Congrats, and so well-deserved! is on 's list of the 100 most influential people of 2019

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    Apr 15

    Happy birthday to sculptor, printmaker, and educator ! 🎉 Catlett used her art to advocate for social change in both the U.S. and Mexico for three-quarters of a century. You can see her work, including "Playmates" (1992), on view now.

    A young black boy and girl bounce a red ball together against a yellowish-brown background.
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    Apr 15

    "The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress." - Don't miss the event on the Frederick Douglass field this WEDNESDAY at 2:30pm! RSVP:

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  15. Apr 11

    So looking forward to teaching Margo Jefferson 's "Negroland" in my course, "The Art of Cultural Criticism" tonight at

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    Apr 7

    .: I ran a race where we tripled Latino, Asian-Pacific Islander turnout, increased youth participation by 139%, increased black turnout by 40%... the highest share of white voters in a generation... Winning... is about building the largest coalition possible.

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  17. Apr 8

    "The truer deeper facts of Reconstruction . . . is at once so simple and human, & yet so futile. There is no villain, no idiot, no saint. There are just men; men who crave ease and power." - WEB DuBois More on Reconstruction by

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  18. Apr 7

    Thanks. Yes, curious what you both think.

    . thx for this piece giving context to the new adaptation! I hadn’t realized Wright & Baldwin had different views on the novel. Curious what you thought of the premiere & v curious whether has thoughts on all of this!
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  19. Apr 6

    On tonight, on My take on it in A ‘Native Son’ Reimagined, With James Baldwin in Mind

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  20. Apr 5

    Thank you!!!!

    Boosting this great piece by my colleague !
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