Caroline Grego

Du Bois on what these assholes were really like

South Carolina summer (blazing heat and humidity not pictured)

Here's a companion piece I wrote explicating the archive undergirding my research. It centers a remarkable woman, Priscilla, and her ill-fated effort to manifest a fairer world for her daughter.

Most enslaved people never had their day in court, but that does not mean they lacked legal knowledge.

Was not expecting this 1934 report from FDR’s National Resources Board to go quite so hard

Yellow poster featuring a stylised sun flower to the left and black text tobthe right

Iconic anti-war poster, originally by US printmaker Lorraine Schneider, 1966
#ReframingWomenPrintmakers

They say in Harlan County
There are no neutrals there
You'll either be a union man
Or a thug for J. H. Blair

Which side are you on?

The best part of summer in the South

I’ll be giving a book talk tomorrow at USC-Lancaster — and there’s a link if you want to attend virtually: bit.ly/4hUpnPr?fbcl...

A request! I'm assembling my tenure portfolio this summer, and if you've ever assigned any of my work to a class, could you DM me?

Congratulations! That's really exciting, Mandy. The dept's lucky to have you!

Storied Charlotte – Storied Charlotte

One of the most astute historians of Charlotte, Tom Hanchett (aka @historysouth.org), has a new book, looking at affordable housing (or lack thereof) in Charlotte. UNCC prof and champion for local writers, Mark West, writes about it: pages.charlotte.edu/mark-west/bl...

Though they don't seem to be talking about it publicly, it's worth screaming from the rooftops that university presses have also lost NEH grants. NEH has a program to fund creating OA editions of books born of NEH funded research. Publishers apply directly for those grants, not scholars.

"Solidarity is the only answer." -- Robin D. G. Kelley on the lessons of Hammer and Hoe, in a 2013 interview from the American Quarterly. jstor.org/stable/41809...

To celebrate Mayday, Haymarket Books is having a huge sale on books about class war. Check it out, can’t recommend Haymarket enough!

From the August 30, 1930 edition of the Southern Worker (digitized here www.marxists.org/history/usa/...). Happy May Day!

It's here! The new Labor is a special issue assessing the 'Golden Age' of Social Democracy. We redesigned the journal for the first time in 20 years, and we explore rediscovered labor painter Phillip Tipperman, whose work graces our cover. @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social @lawcha.bsky.social

Oh wow! Thank you for sharing!

Picture of Caroline Grego’s book

Spotted in the wild (Drayton Hall, SC): @carolineegrego.bsky.social Hurricane Jim Crow

Students at UMass Amherst, UMass Boston, Harvard, Univ. of Michigan, UCLA, Arizona State, Cornell, Univ. of Oregon, Univ. of Texas, North Carolina State, Univ. of Colorado, Univ. of Minnesota, Minnesota State and more have all had visas revoked with NO DUE PROCESS.

Students at UMass Amherst, UMass Boston, Harvard, Univ. of Michigan, UCLA, Arizona State, Cornell, Univ. of Oregon, Univ. of Texas, North Carolina State, Univ. of Colorado, Univ. of Minnesota, Minnesota State and more have all had visas revoked with NO DUE PROCESS (links below)

I promise I did actually attend the OAH itself. But I also walked around Chicago a lot.

Got to pilgrimage to the Haymarket memorial during the OAH — the statue isn’t the most inspiring in its design, but the plaques on it are.

It's not *likely* illegal. It's *highly* illegal.

DOGE has now turned its sights on a small agency that provides support for community programs in every state. The National Endowment for the Humanities, which funds museums, historic sites, libraries, educators and media outlets across the country, has been told to slash staff by 70-80 percent.🧵

And overnight your friends at @nehgov.bsky.social staff have been placed on Admin Leave.

Today, approx. 135 of the 185 total NEH staffers woke up to the news that their positions were being RIFed. Then, almost all current grantees received emails cancelling their grants. I posted this on Fb, mostly for non-academics, but here's a bit about the impact of the 3 grants the NEH gave me: 1/

A National History Day display: "Alice Paul: How She Rocked the Vote," from the 2020 contest.

A National History Day display: "D-Day: How the Allies Broke Hitler's Atlantic Barrier, from March 2020, SW Michigan regional competition.

I just got confirmation that National History Day, a program that does more to ignite K-12 students' love of history, learning, and yes, even the United States than anything else I've ever seen, had all its funding cut yesterday by the DOGE-axe at the NEH - including for this year's ongoing contest.

I love that no one was brave enough to even sign their name to this.

Notify NHA about grant terminations! We are collecting information about current grants that have been canceled since March 31st, 2025. If you are looking to share a story about the impact of NEH funding on your work please use this for...

The National Humanities Alliance is collecting information on canceled NEH grants to share with congressional leaders. This is legit fact finding in support of competent lobbying. If you've had your grant canceled, do let them know.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

If you’ve ever sat on an NEH review panel (as many of us have), you know how difficult it is to win a grant. It’s an incredibly exacting process, with way too many excellent projects competing for funding. Awardees are scrutinized from every direction, with more rigor than DOGE can even imagine.