DeeDee Baldwin

I'm on Bluesky, so I must be out of Mississippi again... 😆

*waves* from New Orleans, where I'm gathering with a bunch of cool people from Monument Lab to talk about exciting projects in the works!

Jessica Perkins Smith, DeeDee Baldwin, Al Dorsey, and Beth Kruse at ASALH 2025

Presenting "Until It Is Faced: Using Primary Sources to Teach the History of Civil Rights in Mississippi" at @asalh-bhm.bsky.social with @jperksmith.bsky.social, Al Dorsey, and Beth Kruse #ASALH2025

this needs to be hammered into the skulls of every elite individual and institution

on every measure - reputationally, financially, morally - you come out better if you fight the guy

stand up! it’s the right thing to do and better for you in every way! how often does that happen?

Yesterday's ASALH panel on @ccp-org.bsky.social was great! @profgabrielle.bsky.social and @jimccasey1.bsky.social, if y'all ever want another librarian, let me know! 😁

Looking forward to my second day at @asalh-bhm.bsky.social! I'll be presenting "Until It Is Faced: Using Primary Sources to Teach the History of Civil Rights in Mississippi" with Al Dorsey and @jperksmith.bsky.social at 4:00. #ASALH2025 #TeachTheTruth

While I have Bluesky access, here are photos, info, and media links from our 150th anniversary commemoration of the Clinton Massacre on Sept 4-6: much-ado.net/legislators/... This season of organized white supremacist violence in 1875 brought about the end of Reconstruction in Mississippi.

I'm aliiiiive! I'm out of Mississippi and in Atlanta for @asalh-bhm.bsky.social, so I was able to get on Bluesky! Full day of panels today. My panel with Jessica Smith and Al Dorsey, "Until it is Faced: Using Primary Sources to Tell the Story of Civil Rights in Mississippi," is tomorrow at 4:00.

At least I can still access Bluesky on my phone. Hope that doesn't change. #Mississippi

“See, Mississippi is not actually Mississippi’s problem. Mississippi is America’s problem because if America wanted to do something about it, what’s been going on in Mississippi, it could have been stopped by now.”

—Fannie Lou Hamer

“REMEMBER IT WHEN I AM GONE” The Clinton Massacre 150th Anniversary Commemoration Events. On September 4, 1875, racist violence erupted at a community picnic (learn more), leading to the deaths of unknown numbers of African Americans in the months that followed. 150 years later, in 2025, we commit ourselves to learn from the past, to honor those who lost their lives, and to do better in the future.

During the first week of September, we'll be commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Clinton Massacre with several events in and around Clinton, Mississippi. Details at much-ado.net/legislators/.... Please help spread the word!

“REMEMBER IT WHEN I AM GONE” The Clinton Massacre 150th Anniversary Commemoration Events. On September 4, 1875, racist violence erupted at a community picnic (learn more), leading to the deaths of unknown numbers of African Americans in the months that followed. 150 years later, in 2025, we commit ourselves to learn from the past, to honor those who lost their lives, and to do better in the future.

During the first week of September, we'll be commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Clinton Massacre with several events in and around Clinton, Mississippi. Details at much-ado.net/legislators/.... Please help spread the word!

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The AI Slop Overload Does Not Taste Good - The Scholarly Kitchen AI-generated recipes are taking over the internet. How do they taste?

The AI Slop Overload Does Not Taste Good - The Scholarly Kitchen

I wonder when all the national media is going to start breathlessly reporting every day on how all the rollbacks of equity programs, scholarships, and social justice centers on college campuses at behest of this admin makes black, brown, trans, and queer folks feel unsafe

Jere Nash's new book, Reconstruction in Mississippi, 1862-1877

In today's mail! I've been waiting for this to come out. 😁 @upmississippi.bsky.social

Yes. There are some places where those signs are especially obscene, and this is one.

"I am, at any given moment, Schrodinger's criminal. So are you. So are all of us."

Emmett Till historical marker

The infamous sign that's been put up at NPS sites

Tallahatchie County courtroom where the Emmett Till murder trial took place

Till national monument sign with Confederate statue in foreground

Honoring Emmett Till's birthday at the national monument in Sumner, MS

This is the small newspaper clipping that I show to my Governor's School students to show the callous establishment reaction to the murder.

Trump Told Park Workers to Report Displays That ‘Disparage’ Americans. Here’s What They Flagged.

Trump Told Park Workers to Report Displays That ‘Disparage’ Americans. Here’s What They Flagged.

Descriptions and displays at scores of parks and historic sites have been flagged for review in connection with an executive order from President Trump.

Federal judge temporarily blocks Mississippi’s new DEI ban U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate on Sunday approved the request for a temporary restraining order sought by a coalition of civil rights and legal organizations on behalf of students, parents and educators.

Federal judge temporarily blocks Mississippi’s new DEI ban

U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate on Sunday approved the request for a temporary restraining order sought by a coalition of civil rights and legal organizations on behalf of students, parents and educators.

When you are feeling weary or despairing, remember that there are people in every corner of the world taking life affirming action in the direction of more justice. The fact that you can't see it all is a comfort because it means there is an excess of positive actions happening all at once. #onwards

This isn’t public service, and these are not public servants — The McPherson Square Group Fred Rogers, who entertained and taught children for more than 50 years, once said, “when I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You w...

"ICE isn’t helping anyone. They’re not making us safer or more prosperous. With every new headline, I find it harder to understand what role they’re playing that would allow us to even call them public servants."

I published some thoughts today on ICE and the meaning of public service.

Opinion | Why Scientists Need Your Tax Dollars Logan G. Havard writes about how federal funding cuts affect scientific research that could otherwise benefit people at the local and national levels.

OPINION: Amid federal budget cuts, "Mississippi has lost millions in science funding so far and is poised to lose tens of millions more for biomedical research from NIH alone," Logan Havard writes.

What It’s Like to Be a Student Who Hates ChatGPT “Everyone is using it”—almost everyone.

you've heard about the college kids who can't do anything without ChatGPT's help—but what about the students who oppose generative A.I. for myriad reasons and refuse to rely on it as a shortcut? well, I found and spoke with a few of them here: slate.com/life/2025/07...

We can circle the barn all day voicing opinions on using AI for writing but eventually you get to the heart of the matter, which is that you either enjoy thinking or you don’t.

My Mississippi State University Libraries colleague on how federal cuts are hurting universities' preservation of congressional papers

There are only three political positions in America today

1) I like the fascism

2) I'll acquiesce to the fascism (reasons for this one vary: cowardice, access, denial, misguidedly thinking that acquiescence is savvy, etc)

3) I oppose the fascism

The rest is details

"If you want to dismantle democracy, take out the people who can prove why it needs to exist." @staceyabrams.com at @mmei63.bsky.social on why authoritarians are afraid of teaching about people like Medgar Evers