The Movement History Initiative

Welcome back, Duke students! 💙📚

No better way to get to know your university than by visiting the #archives. Come explore stories of student #activism & #Blackhistory that shape #Duke.

📍 Stop by the John Hope Franklin Research Center!

#BackToSchool #Duke #Archives
📸: duke.is/8/6q82

Honoring Dr. Zoharah Simmons, SNCC veteran & lifelong activist.

In 1964, she joined #SNCC in Laurel, MS, building Freedom Schools & fighting segregation. Her work for Black liberation & women’s rights continues to push the #Movement Forward!!

Learn more➡️ snccdigital.org/people/gwen-...

On August 6, 1965, the Voting Rights Act became law — a victory won through SNCC’s organizing, Selma’s courage, and relentless struggle.

The fight isn’t finished. We honor the past by continuing the work.
#VotingRightsAct #OnThisDay #CivilRights

Check out more ways to celebrate, remember, and grow during Black August and make sure to follow for more in-depth #MovementHistory ➡️ buff.ly/xUgO3hW

#BlackAugust #Liberation #Freedomforall

The Fourth of July rings hollow when freedom remains unfinished business. None of us are free until all of us are free. #SNCC knew freedom for some has never meant freedom for all—and the fight for true liberation continues!

#July4th #Liberationforall #Freedom

#OTD in Movement History ✊
One man’s courage became a movement’s turning point. On this day, James Meredith began his 220-mile March Against Fear.

The legacy lives on. Follow us for more #MovementHistory.
Learn more at buff.ly/Xyk2hAl

#Marchagainstfear #SNCC #NAACP

Today, we honor a revolutionary! His fierce call for #Black self-determination shaped #SNCC’s evolving strategies and global vision. He challenged the limits of American #democracy and inspired movements to dream bigger.

#MalcolmX

#OTD in #MovementHistory… the Supreme Court declared that separate is not equal. Brown v. Board wasn’t just a legal victory—it was a promise to future generations. The struggle for justice continues, and so does the dream. ✊🏾

#BrownvBoard #EqualEducation

🎉 Today we celebrate the courageous #DianeNash. One of the founding members of #SNCC and a fearless strategist behind the #FreedomRides and #Selma campaigns, Nash showed the world what disciplined, loving resistance could do!

Learn More➡️ buff.ly/G61hs5g
#Movementhistory

May 7, 1955: Murder of Rev. George W. Lee Rev. George W. Lee, one of the first African Americans registered to vote in Humphreys County since Reconstruction and head of the Belzoni, Mississippi NAACP, was murdered.

The post below includes more about the life and murder of Rev. George Lee from @mhimovement.bsky.social, the Civil Rights Movement Archive, and a free, streaming 43-min. documentary about the Rev. George Lee case by @keithabeauchamp.bsky.social
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/re...

Septima Clark - SNCC Digital Gateway Septima Poinsette Clark pioneered the link between education and political organizing, especially political organizing aimed at gaining the right to vote.

Septima Poinsette Clark's teaching contract was not renewed in 1956 because of her affiliation with NAACP. #TeachTruth

Read @mhimovement.bsky.social profile of Septima Clark on SNCC Digital Gateway below. Defend right to teach "literacy for liberation."
snccdigital.org/people/septi...

Tonight’s the night!

Join us virtually as we listen and learn from the women of SNCC and their experiences within the movement!

Will we see you there?

Click the link to register and join the conversation! buff.ly/h6Wf6jF

Ready to learn from Movement Veterans?
We’re going in on Women, Gender & Organizing this Monday at 7PM EST.

Come be in community—virtually.
🖇️Click the Link to RSVP! buff.ly/h6Wf6jF

#SNCC #BlackLiberation #OralHistory

Join SNCC Veterans: Judy Richardson and Dottie Zellner, Movement Historian: Emilye Crosby, and Moderator: Jessica A. Rucker during a virtual community conversation!!

Register here buff.ly/h6Wf6jF

This #NationalPoetryMonth 📜, step into the soul of a movement. “In the Furrows of the World” (1967) by Charlie Cobb offers #poetry rooted in #resistance — forged in the civil rights struggle and filled with hope, rage, and vision.

Read it here ➡️ buff.ly/fxMOqta

#SNCC

Ready for our next Virtual Community Conversation??

Date: Monday, April 21st
Time: 7 p.m.- 8 p.m.
Topic: Women and Gender ♀️

Click the link to learn more!! buff.ly/h6Wf6jF

#SNCC #MovementHistory #GrassrootsOrganizing

April 9, 1898: Paul Robeson Born Paul Robeson was one of the most important figures of the 20th century. He was a “renaissance man” — an acclaimed athlete, actor, singer, cultural scholar, author, lawyer, and internationally-renowned...

Paul Robeson, born #tdih 1898 was one of the most important figures of the 20th century.

He was a “renaissance man” — a lawyer, intellectual, cultural scholar, author, speaker, actor, singer, athlete, and internationally-renowned political activist.
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/pa...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: SNCC & Grassroots Organizing: Women & Gender Roundtable Discussion. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. SNCC & Grassroots Organizing: Women & Gender Roundtable Discussion Join SNCC veterans Judy Richardson and Jennifer Lawson, and Movement scholar Emilye Crosby for this roundtable discussion on Women a...

Join the #SNCC Vets to discuss the Importance of #Women and Gender within the #Movement!

HAPPENING NOW!

Click the link to join the livestream: duke.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

We're in for an exciting weekend at Claflin University. #SNCCVeterans Judy Lawson and Judy Richardson are hosting a 2-day Roundtable & Workshop alongside #SNCCHistorian Emilye Crosby!

All are welcome to attend.

See here for more details: sncclegacyproject.org/sncc-grassro...

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📢 HISTORY MADE! Senator @CoryBooker (NJ) @booker.senate.gov just delivered a 24+ hour filibuster, setting a new record in the #Senate!

Standing firm against injustice, he invoked the words of Civil Rights icon and SNCC leader John Lewis, urging us all to get into #GOODTROUBLE! 💪🏾 #MovementHistory

Ready to join the #Movement?

Follow us for powerful stories, organizing wisdom, and actionable ways to keep the fight for justice alive. History isn’t just something we look back on—it’s the fuel that moves us forward. 💪🏾🔥(6/6🧵)

#MovementHistory #SNCC #GrassrootsPower

Through this work, we’ve built two Critical #OralHistory programs, K-12 Teacher Institutes, workshops, a #votingrights conference, and more—all to keep movement history alive and in action. 📚✊🏾(5/6🧵)

Learn more here: library.duke.edu/rubenstein/f...

We've brought together today’s organizers and SNCC veterans for real, #intergenerational conversations—because the past holds the keys to today’s challenges. (4/6🧵)

Tap in and hear the lessons firsthand ⬇️ 🎥 tinyurl.com/nmvpcj4n4n

SNCC Digital Gateway A documentary website that tells the story of how young activists in SNCC united with local people in the Deep South to build a grassroots movement for change that empowered the Black community and tr...

From this collaboration, we built the SNCC Digital Gateway—a deep dive into the strategies and stories of #organizers who put everything on the line for
#freedom. (3/6🧵)

Explore the history that still shapes our movements today ⬇️ 🔗 snccdigital.org

MHI is a collaboration between #SNCC veterans, today’s #activists, and #scholars. Together, we’re preserving the legacy of #grassrootsorganizing —because real change starts with the people. ✊🏾(2/6🧵)

What is the Movement History Initiative (MHI), you ask? 🤔

Well, it all started in 2013… with a powerful idea: to tell the history of the Civil Rights Movement from the inside out and the bottom up. 🧵👇