Thread by @womnknowhistory

.@Netflix produced an entire 6-part series on #MalcolmX without any #women scholars. We would like to let #WhoKilledMalcomX directors & producers @philbhere, @Rdretzin, @yoshaylaharris & @Nani_Ife know that #Womenalsoknowhistory. We exist and refuse to be ignored. @wkmxdocseries

Contrary to popular belief, there are many women scholars who are experts on the Civil Rights Movement, Black Power, and Black nationalism. Our database includes many. Here are just a few women scholars you should have asked to add greater depth to your series.

Meet @JeanneTheoharis, a Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Brooklyn College. She is the author of several award-winning books, including 'The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks' (Beacon Press). #Womenalsoknowhistory

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Meet @drashleyfarmer, an award-winning historian of Black Power. She is the author of 'Remaking Black Power: How Black Women Transformed an Era' (University of North Carolina Press).

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Meet @KeishaBlain, an award-winning historian of Black nationalism and Black internationalism. She is the author of 'Set the World on Fire: Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for Freedom' (University of Pennsylvania Press).

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Meet @dmcguire13, an award-winning historian of the Civil Rights Movement. She is the author of 'At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape and Resistance-a New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power' (Knopf)

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Meet @spelmandiva, Associate Professor of History at Miami University of Ohio. She is the author of 'Harambee City: The Congress of Racial Equality in Cleveland and the Rise of Black Power Populism' (University of Arkansas Press).

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Meet @mfphillips, Assistant Professor of Africana Studies at Lehman College, City University of New York. She is the author of a forthcoming book on former Black Panther Party member, Ericka Huggins.

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Meet @racewomanist, an expert on Civil rights and Black Power and Black women’s history in the US. She is the author of 'The Revolution Has Come: Black Power, Gender, and the Black Panther Party in Oakland' (Duke University Press)

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These are just a *few* of the many women scholars directors & producers @philbhere, @Rdretzin, @yoshaylaharris & @Nani_Ife could have approached for their series on #MalcolmX. Instead, they chose to prioritize men's voices. We challenge them to do better. @netflix