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Jun 19, 2020 • 22 tweets • 17 min read • Read on X
It's #JUNETEENTH2020 and Black scholars, writers, and activists are providing so much wonderful context for this important holiday. Here is a thread of the articles, threads, and podcasts out today (plus a few terrific older ones worth revisiting) 1/
No better place to start than this deeply personal reflection on celebrating #Juneteenth by @agordonreed: newyorker.com/culture/person…
An incredibly moving essay by @marthasjones_ on how "naming is one essence of freedom" as part of the @nytimes section on #JUNETEENTH2020: nytimes.com/2020/06/18/sty… 3/
Also in the @nytimes, @jbouie argues for the importance of #Juneteenth as, "an occasion to reflect on the profound contributions of enslaved black Americans to the cause of human freedom" (& drawing on the work of @ProfMSinha & @marthasjones_ & others) nytimes.com/2020/06/18/opi…
.@jbouie's classic piece on #Juneteenth from 2014 in @Slate is also one of my favorite arguments for why it should be a national holiday: slate.com/news-and-polit… /5
The @USNatArchives has found what they believe to be the original #Juneteenth order (worth going to the original source!) and the @washingtonpost covers it here: washingtonpost.com/history/2020/0… /6
@USNatArchives @washingtonpost This interview with @PenielJoseph is a wonderful explanation of how celebrating #Juneteenth as a national holiday gives us a "springboard" to have a conversation about racism, past and present: kut.org/post/juneteent… 7/
.@DainaRameyBerry helps us sort through what #Juneteenth means for freedom today in today's episode of The Daily with @mikiebarb: nytimes.com/2020/06/19/pod… 8/
A quick (7-min) and useful explanation of #Juneteenth to send to friends and family on @NPR featuring @DainaRameyBerry & Hannibal B. Johnson: npr.org/2020/06/19/880… 9/
This short thread by @nhannahjones on how enslaved people emancipated themselves is an important reminder of the Civil War context in which #Juneteenth became possible: 10/
This thread on #Juneteenth from @Dr_ChadWilliams on the "conflicting definitions of freedom" within General Order No. 3 is also a great way to understand how primary documents from the past provide their own complications: 11/
This piece by @jelani9 reminds us that, #Juneteenth "exists as a counterpoint to the Fourth of July; the latter heralds the arrival of American ideals, the former stresses just how hard it has been to live up to them": newyorker.com/magazine/2020/… 12/
In @Essence @TeraWHunter beautifully shows how #Juneteenth was "the sign of a new beginning" much like our current moment: essence.com/feature/junete… 13/
In @TheAtlantic @kcarterjackson reminds us not to get caught up in corporate celebrations of #Juneteenth. The real meaning of the holiday is in the Black celebrations that have lasted for generations: theatlantic.com/culture/archiv… 14/
Finally, @NMAAHC has some terrific resources on the history of slavery and emancipation that are worth checking out/sharing with folks who know little about this important day: nmaahc.si.edu/blog-post/cele… 15/15
(Thanks for reading and do add anything useful I've missed! 16/15)
Adding a great thread on how emancipation day was celebrated in Indian Territory by @carriefudickar
And this wonderful piece on how #Juneteenth was and is celebrated in Mexico (h/t @analuciaraujo_ ): about.proquest.com/blog/eosblog/2…
Another great piece I missed: @BriannaNHolt's powerful personal reflections on #Juneteenth: nytimes.com/2020/06/17/opi…
One more terrific piece on the history and legacy of #Juneteenth by @bronaldbyrd in @GQMagazine: gq.com/story/the-livi…
.@DrIbram implores us to remember on #Juneteenth that enslaved people demanded a broader definition of freedom that included economic security and the end of racism in this short thread:
Always read @robgreeneII for clear and nuanced history and it’s relevance today. No exception with this terrific piece on #Juneteenth in @curaffairs: currentaffairs.org/2020/06/why-ju…

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This is good thread on the justices' sources in the Affirmative Action opinions & it hits on an important problem for professional historians appalled by this Court's use of history: the justices rely heavily on law review articles for their historical insight. 1/
Sometimes justices look at other sources from the era (leg debates, etc., along with previous cases), but they don't often read/cite good *scholarly interpretations* of sources in places like the AHR, the @JournAmHist or other journals like, say, the @JCWE1 for Reconstruction. 2/
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It’s always worth reading David Blight and this is a thoughtful piece connecting the 1850s to today. But I think the emphasis on #SCOTUS—comparing Dred Scott in the 1850s and our modern reactionary Court—is misguided for a number of important reasons. nytimes.com/2022/12/21/mag… 1/
First, we can’t project the power and authority of today’s Supreme Court onto the past. In the 1850s, few believed #SCOTUS held ultimate authority over constitutional meaning; the people retained the right to define what the constitution meant. 2/
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This important @adamliptak piece describes how #SCOTUS is accumulating more and more power at the expense of...every other institution in U.S. politics. It's paywalled, but the article draws on really important work that isn't. 1/ nytimes.com/2022/12/19/us/…
Perhaps most important of these is @marklemley's: "The Imperial Supreme Court" in the Harvard Law Review: harvardlawreview.org/2022/11/the-im… on the accumulation of #SCOTUS's power over U.S. political institutions from Congress to the Presidency to state and federal courts. 2/
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I know this is the myth that doesn't die, but there really was no Compromise of 1877. And the more we repeat this myth, the harder it is to see the most important similarity between 1876 & today: massive campaigns to suppress & intimidate Black voters.
@ebalexan and I have written about the problem with the Compromise myth here: washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/1…
And here: washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/0…
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Yang is rightly getting pilloried for this tweet, given the catastrophic effect Johnson had on Reconstruction and Black rights. But it's also worth pointing out what a poor analogy Lincoln's pop vote total & 19th-c. political parties more generally are to our 21st-c. politics. 1/
Unlike today, 19th-c. political parties were impermanent; they rose and died out as political issues changed and new coalitions formed. One consequence: it was *common* to have a 3- or 4-way race for the presidency. Lincoln was the 5th president not to win the popular vote. 2/
Choosing Johnson also was not some example of reaching across the aisle. First, bipartisanship was not a thing in the 19th c. Most partisans did not believe the other party was legitimate enough to compromise with or work with. (Cross-sectional cooperation was another matter.) 3/
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The memes my Constitutional History of the US to 1877 students made are too great not to share (with permission). Some of my favorites in this thread! The first inspired by @TheGNapp 1/
The students read Mary Bilder's terrific book, Madison's Hand and so they had a lot to say about Madison 2/
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