The Gray Sage

The future blends history and technology. Afrofuturism reveals the path forward.

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Coogler and Jordan

Sinners cast

Mosaku superstar

Delroy, legend

For outstanding achievement in cinema, history, and culture, the winner is … #Sinners

“If you saw an economy teetering on the brink, the only advice I’d give the administration is don’t do anything rash… don’t do anything silly.... I have a feeling that advice may have come a week too late.”

On Captain Lemba and marronage

On the carceral impulse

Peter Rachleff, professor emeritus

Dr. Suzanne Rivera, college president

Lissette Acosta Corniel shared her study of Santo Domingo and the origins of transatlantic bondage for the James Brewer Stewart memorial lecture at Macalester College. #history

Deeply evil and not at all the case when I began teaching in 1999. You wouldn't have much left over, but you could eat without having a side hustle.

Everyone my age and older needs to call out the ridiculously low wages being paid to PK-12 practitioners these days.

Leaked Interior Department database reveals US plans to revise historical information The U.S. Interior Department said a database revealing how President Donald Trump's administration planned to revise information on key phases of ​American history at national park sites was deliberat...

""Employees who altered internal records and leaked in an effort to hurt the Trump administration will be held accountable," the spokesperson added."

Reckoning With Girlhood: A Women’s History Month Watch Party Join Historians At The Movies on March 8 at 8pm Eastern as we revisit Troop Zero—and the radical power of girls who refuse to disappear.

It's Women's History Month and we've got something fun planned for Sunday. Like what we're doing? Follow along here or on Substack. Both are free. And share to keep the stories coming. #HATM
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My entire life the systematic murder and incarceration of Black people has been a daily norm that just runs in the background of American life and has been perpetuated by every major institution and publication and when you talk to or about Black folks you need to take into account that context

Dow asks Texas to legalize plastic pollution from its plant Facing multiple lawsuits, North America’s largest chemical manufacturer requests an “unprecedented” permit amendment to authorize its discharge of polyethylene pellets into coastal waters.

Dow asks Texas to legalize plastic pollution from its plant - Texas Tribune www.texastribune.org/2026/03/02/t...

SCOTUS just blocked a state court ruling that required a new congressional seat in Staten Island.

The NY court's ruling, upheld by a state appeal court, would have likely delivered a new congressional seat for Democrats.

SCOTUS conservatives grant the stay: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

BREAKING: Credible whistleblower discloses that FBI forensic experts were ordered to stand down from processing the scene where Renee Good was killed, because Kash Patel did not want Good referenced as a “victim” in the warrant.

"This Is What AI And Greed Does" - Video Game 'Preservation Service' Myrient Is Shutting Down "I can no longer afford to run the site"

"This Is What AI And Greed Does" - Video Game 'Preservation Service' Myrient Is Shutting Down. (Repost)

“Over at Haiti Then & Now blog, Celucien L. Joseph interviewed Ronald Angelo Johnson about his new @cornellupress.bsky.social book *Entangled Alliances: Racialized Freedom & Atlantic Diplomacy During the American Revolution*.” 📚

Before you go to sleep, take a look at this list of great reads. #ScholarSunday

Bostopia’s Evan George serves Boston daily news from a lefty perspective "You don't need to pretend to [to be neutral] or be worried about [what people think]. Because now it just sounds like you're hiding things and nobody trusts or believes that anymore."

"I am almost exclusively reliant on the work of journalists from The Boston Globe, from the Boston Herald, from a number of other great outlets ..." www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/bost...

Caribbean countries pledge humanitarian support for Cuba amid rising tensions with US Disagreement among Caricom members hampers unified response on Cuban sovereignty and US intervention in the region

"Caribbean countries have pledged to support Cuba through a humanitarian crisis exacerbated by a US fuel embargo, after a leaders summit defined by regional divisions...."

CARICOM pledging support - Jamaica still feeling from Hurricane Melissa

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

#LibraryLife
Scholar Sunday for everyone.

Graphic History Company. NJ History.

Two centuries of pain led to the entrenchment of a lynching culture that has barely changed over the last 140 years.
#Blackademics

Also, in 1944, the Youth Council of the LA Branch of the NAACP organized an event entitled the "Motion Picture Unity Awards." Winners included Lena Horne, Dooley Wilson, and Rex Ingram. Here are excerpts of the event's program: #NAACPImageAwards

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I'm very glad that WE honored MBJ for his ridiculously incredible work in Sinners #NAACPImageAwards

"A lie—no matter how powerful the person is—is still a lie. And the truth—no matter how small the person is—is still the truth.”

Give Ryan Coogler all the things.

#NAACPImageAwards

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& the 57th naacp award for Entertainer of the year goes to goes to Michael B. Stack/Smoke Jordan!! 👏🏾👏🏾 💐 💐 #NAACPImageAwards

For such a time as this. NJ Institute for Social Justice.

The Timothy Thomas Fortune Cultural Center, Red Bank, NJ

The Black Speculative Arts Movement

Shifting Landscapes, Hallowed Grounds, Harambee City, and Afrofantastic TV

Sharing new art about rare Black history.

Iran has closed the Straits of Hormuz. 20 to 30% of all oil flows through the Straits of Hormuz. Oil traders here in Houston are predicting oil that was trading at $73 a barrel will soar to over $100 by Monday morning. Energy stocks will soar. So will the cost at the pump. All Trump’s fault #PB #USD

Great news!

Book cover for The Black Fantastic 20 Afrofuturist Stories

The Black Fantastic: 20 Afrofuturist Stories, edited by me, is a nominee for best collection for the @bsfa.bsky.social Awards! @libraryofamerica.bsky.social

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Vaughn has worked incredibly hard on our public scholarly website, & it's a wonderful model for how we can create our own spaces & solidarity, to share our own work & also offer resources for all of us. Please check it out & subscribe for free to help support those goals! 🗃️ @hcrichardson.bsky.social

Screen grab of the NYT website at 10:45pm PT. Helene Cooper reporting "A U.S. official said American military strikes on Iran are underway."

The U.S. is now attacking Iran.

Tinton Iron Works, 1682. Jenn Zammar for the Graphic History Company

The study of the enslavement of Africans in British North America must focus on the use of their labor to create infrastructure in places like the Tinton Iron Works (NJ).

Their bodies were the primary capital resource in the growth of the thirteen colonies. #BlackSky

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The James Brewer Stewart Memorial Lecture on TRANSATLANTIC BONDAGE featuring Professor Lissette Acosta Corniel at Macalester College
#history