Angus Johnston

@studentactivism

Historian and advocate of American student activism. CUNY prof, campus speaker. Sporadic personal tweets: . Queries: angus@fecko.com.

New York City
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Joined February 2009
Born on December 30
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  2. 31 minutes ago

    Huey Newton and Bobby Seale met at Merritt College in Oakland. Back when California's public colleges were free.

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    2 hours ago Brooklyn, NY

    Fred Hampton would have turned 67 last August. Imagine how much wisdom he'd have for us had he not been murdered at 21.

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  4. 2 hours ago

    I agonize over critical quote-tweets for that reason — if I'm not fair, I've put something out in the world that I can't take back.

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  5. 2 hours ago

    That's the messed up thing about it — it's not false enough to retract, but not quite true enough to justify itself.

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  6. 2 hours ago

    This quote isn't exactly a lie, but it wouldn't have gone viral the way it did if it had been placed in context.

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    7 hours ago

    Students at are occupying the President's office:

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  8. 7 hours ago

    America

    2:30 PM - 16 Feb 2016 · Details
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  9. 7 hours ago

    America.

    Quick Reminder: Wash your hands.
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  10. 7 hours ago

    America.

    2:07 PM - 16 Feb 2016 · Details
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  11. 7 hours ago

    Jeb's taking a pretty big gamble that there won't be a mass shooting or a police killing of a black kid tonight.

    America.
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    7 hours ago

    Love Sanders' treatment of the accusation he is trying running for office on a program that appeals to people.

    1:45 PM - 16 Feb 2016 · Details
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  13. 7 hours ago

    America.

    1:43 PM - 16 Feb 2016 · Details
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  15. 7 hours ago

    Clinton missed an opportunity to talk about predatory for-profit colleges here.

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  16. 8 hours ago

    Stepped up investigation and enforcement of K-12s by the Dept of Ed's office of civil rights would be a good thing.

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  17. 8 hours ago

    This is basically the domestic portion of any mainstream Democrat's State of the Union speech with a few cultural references tossed in.

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  18. 8 hours ago

    After slamming Bernie for proposing economic solutions to racial problems, the first concrete proposal in her speech is ... a jobs program?

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  19. 8 hours ago

    Schomburg. Just like Ginsburg, I always type that one wrong.

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  20. 9 hours ago

    Clinton speech on racism at the Schomberg Center in Harlem beginning in a few. Livestream here:

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    9 hours ago

    Education puts Americans into debt before they even get a chance to get started…

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