Jeanne Theoharis

Why we’re holding a teach-in about American history at the Smithsonian | Kellie Carter Jackson and Nicole Hemmer Podcasters, professors, journalists and ordinary citizens will gather in Washington as the Trump regime wages war on history

Don't miss this piece by @kcarterjackson.bsky.social & @pastpunditry.bsky.social about today's important teach-in in DC on the mall on the importance of teaching a full and accurate American history: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

An Exhibition of Silenced Artists Sends a Warning in New York City Don’t Look Now: A Defense of Free Expression centers art impacted by President Trump’s crackdown on DEI, anti-Palestine sentiment, and other forms of suppression.

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Even when I was at my most debilitated in the hospital, I knew how lucky I was compared to the millions of people behind bars. I knew that, despite the early ravages of and outrage about the pandemic behind bars, prevention measures were short-lived. Prison abolitionist Mariame Kaba has long called prisons “death-making institutions.” Now, the rise in incarceration (and a skyrocketing of immigrant detention), coupled with the nation’s lax approach to Covid-19 and health care behind bars, makes her characterization (yet again) a frighteningly accurate prophecy.

We've Entered the Gaslighting Phase of Covid in Prisons Covid is spreading, but incarcerated people are being told vaccines aren't necessary.

My latest for @thenation.com compares my recent Covid hospitalization with prisons’ lack of testing & treatment and, in some places, outright gaslighting www.thenation.com/article/soci...

King of the North: Part Two Historian Jeanne Theoharis returns to discuss her book, King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Life of Struggle Outside the South in conversation with Sherrilyn Ifill. This session is part of the...

Join us on Monday to learn about Freedom Day in Chicago (#tdih 1963) & more stories of Dr. King & the Civil Rights Movement in the North. Hear from @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social & @sifill.bsky.social

Classes are free with ASL interpretation & PD certificates. www.zinnedproject.org/news/king-of...

King of the North: Part Two Historian Jeanne Theoharis returns to discuss her book, King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Life of Struggle Outside the South in conversation with Sherrilyn Ifill. This session is part of the...

The right weaponizes Dr. King's legacy against social justice organizing.

Counter that misrepresentation with King's longstanding, radical critiques of Northern racism.

Join us for class on Monday, 7pm ET with @sifill.bsky.social,
@jeannetheoharis.bsky.social, & @jessehagopian.bsky.social
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So excited for this conversation on KING OF THE NORTH with the great @sifill.bsky.social and @jessehagopian.bsky.social on Monday at 7:00 EST. Join us!

12 Things You May Not Know About Rosa Parks Parks spent her life “rebelling against second-class citizenship.”

If you’re looking for a source of inspiration in our No Kings era, look to Rosa Parks. She saw young people as the key to carrying the Civil Rights movement forward. 20 years ago, she became an ancestor. #RestInPower @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social

Looking forward to this! Please join us.

MAJOR! (free streaming link) The award-winning 2016 documentary "MAJOR!" follows the life and campaigns of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a Black transgender elder who has been fighting…

The documentary I made with Miss Major 10 years ago is available to stream free on Vimeo. If you want to spend some time with her and her loved ones, and learn some abolitionist trans history while you're at it, updated streaming link is here: vimeo.com/whatdowewant...

King of the North: Part Two Historian Jeanne Theoharis returns to discuss her book, King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Life of Struggle Outside the South in conversation with Sherrilyn Ifill. This session is part of the...

I'm so looking forward to this conversation on KING OF THE NORTH with the great @sifill.bsky.social with @zinnedproject.bsky.social & @jessehagopian.bsky.social on Monday October 27 at 7:00 EST. All are welcome to tune in: www.zinnedproject.org/news/king-of...

Hi. The code isn't working for me. Is there a space in it or some sort of capitalization? I'm teaching a class on the 1960s and might want to offer it for extra credit for students.

Watch MAJOR! Online | Vimeo On Demand The award-winning documentary "MAJOR!" follows the life and campaigns of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a Black transgender elder who has been fighting for…

The documentary I made with Miss Major 10 years ago is on Vimeo on Demand. If you want to spend some time with her on screen tonight and learn some abolitionist trans history while you're at it, it's free to rent with the code "shinebright" vimeo.com/ondemand/major

Oct. 8, 1965: Enforcement of Civil Rights Act Curtailed in Chicago Schools Federal funds were quickly restored to Chicago public schools after they were withheld for continued segregation in schools, effectively curtailing enforcement of the Civil Rights Act in Chicago.

#tdih 1965 U.S. president halted enforcement of Civil Rights Act in Chicago. Fed funds restored to Chicago BoE after Daley confronted LBJ. They'd been withheld for racist school segregation. Democrats exempted the North.

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King of the North: Part Two Historian Jeanne Theoharis returns to discuss her book, King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Life of Struggle Outside the South in conversation with Sherrilyn Ifill. This session is part of the...

I'm so looking forward to this conversation on KING OF THE NORTH with the great @sifill.bsky.social with @zinnedproject.bsky.social & @jessehagopian.bsky.social on Monday October 27 at 7:00 EST. All are welcome to tune in: www.zinnedproject.org/news/king-of...

So honored that the great @sifill.bsky.social highlighted how much she loved KING OF THE NORTH and the ways it shows us whole dimensions of Martin and Coretta Scott King’s work that had been buried.

CBFS: Black Arts, Black Spaces and Black Performance YouTube video by Schomburg Center

Starting soon online: the Schomburg's Conversation in Black Freedom Studies on Black Freedom, Black Arts, Space and Performance: www.youtube.com/live/Q_Y_8Le...

So honored that the great @sifill.bsky.social highlighted how much she loved KING OF THE NORTH and the ways it shows us whole dimensions of Martin and Coretta Scott King’s work that had been buried.

CBFS: Black Arts, Black Spaces and Black Performance YouTube video by Schomburg Center

This Thursday October 2, the Schomburg's Conversations in Black Freedom Studies returns online at 6:30 EST for an important conversation on the role of Black Arts and Performance in the Black Freedom struggle. Tune in here! youtube.com/live/Q_Y_8Le...

Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month

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It was such a gift to be at Ebenezer Baptist Church with Rev. Warnock and get to talk about King of the North and the lessons looking at Dr. King's work outside the South, including his investment and belief in the leadership potential of gang members.

Black Arts, Black Spaces, and Black Performance In this virtual event on the spatiality of Black arts and performance, Julius B. Fleming Jr. will share his work on performance and the Civil Rights Movement. Jo-Ann Morgan will discuss the relationsh...

Join Julius Fleming, La Donna Forsgren, Jo-Ann Morgan, and me 5:30 on 10/2 for our conversation "Black Arts, Black Spaces, and Black Performance." This is the second event in0 the Schomburg Center's 13th season of Conversations in Black Freedom Studies.

www.blackfreedomstudies.org/events/fall-...

A shameful fact which tells its own story.

Appalling, appalling video. I genuinely think the NYPD should investigate for assault. There was no call at all for level of violence. She perhaps brushed him with her hands but she was not posing a threat at all.

In @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social new work, KING OF THE NORTH, she shows Dr. King's life, legacy, and relationships in a new light. Here she is at Ebenezer Baptist in Atlanta, discussing his gift for listening.

Book available here:
thenewpress.org/books/king-o...

Join us next Thursday October 2nd at 6:30 online for a conversation with Jo-Ann Morgan, Julius Fleming, La Donna Forsgren, and Courtney Thorsson for a conversation on Black Arts and the Black freedom struggle: www.eventbrite.com/e/cbfs-black...

@jamellebouie.net, that's true. Yet, most books on MLK Southernize him & miss whole swaths of his politics. They hew to the white media story that he discovers the North after Watts —which is simply not true. That's why I spent years writing this. There's a lot that we don't understand about King.

According to WaPo’s termination letter my post referencing Kirk’s views on Black women was not even brought up.

The Post’s stated reasons are *worse*.

Read the termination letter for yourself.

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Threatening Vulnerable People Is No Way to Mourn Someone Who Was Murdered Those who had nothing to do with the violence against Charlie Kirk are being menaced—just like always.

A white man killed another white man, but Black people are catching death threats.
So, instead of talking about white feelings again, I explored my own death threats, and tips for others who are unused to white America.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/poli...