Thread by @AmericanStudier

Here it is, my 97th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes & conversations, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below & enjoy, all! #twitterstorians

Starting with a few great pieces for Monday’s contested holiday, including @Scandalous for @IndyVoices on the cultural conflicts behind those debates:
independent.co.uk/voices/columbu…

Beautiful #IndigenousPeoplesDay essay from @Ruth_HHopkins for @AtmosMag:
atmos.earth/indigenous-peo…

& it’s a few years old, but I’ll never miss a chance to share @NativeAmText on these vital questions:
michaelleroyoberg.com/discovery-and-…

@DocJuniorNow wrote for @JSTOR_Daily on the Native American writer & activist Christine Quintasket (Mourning Dove) (h/t @MYOS4):
daily.jstor.org/christine-quin…

Here’s @TulikaBose for @sciam on a contemporary, scientific activist & hero:
scientificamerican.com/article/this-i…

& @lylajunetweets reports for @IndianCountry on the striking scholarly work revising our understanding of horses & indigenous histories alike:
indiancountrytoday.com/news/yes-world…

Phenomenal @JohnBlakeCNN piece on a prescient & progressive Frederick Douglass speech we should all remember alongside “What to the Slave”:
cnn.com/2022/10/11/us/…

Also for @CNNOpinion, here’s @KeishaBlain on the many forms of justice for Emmett Till:
edition.cnn.com/2022/10/13/us/…

@AleciaReports & @brooklynrwhite wrote for @Essence on the histories of Black majorettes & dance lines:
essence.com/feature/majore…

Compelling essay from @NatGeo’s Bill Newcott on the Fisk Jubilee Singers (h/t @araujohistorian):
nationalgeographic.com/history/articl…

Speaking of Nashville, wonderful @NashvilleScene reporting on the city’s Black residents during the Civil War (h/t @Pubhistorian):
nashvillescene.com/news/pithinthe…

Exciting news of a new @Northeastern archive from @CRRJ_NEUSL’s Margaret Burnham (with support from @MIT Chancellor Melissa Nobles):
news.northeastern.edu/2022/10/07/bur…

Turning to current events, @TheRaDR wrote for @RNS on vital Civil War lessons for the ongoing aftermath of 1/6:
religionnews.com/2022/10/14/wha…

While @Thom_Hartmann traced contemporary lessons from @harveyjkaye’s book on Thomas Paine:
hartmannreport.com/p/thomas-paine…

Lots of great new podcast eps this week, including @Unsung__History’s latest ep featuring Alda P. Dobbs:
unsunghistorypodcast.com/mexican-revolu…

The newest @draftingthepast ep has dropped, featuring the awesome @abbymullen:

draftingthepast.com/podcast-episod…

@KeriLeighMerrit appeared with @rjeskow on @TZHRJ to discuss her new co-edited book After Life & personal pandemic histories:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

@NewBooksNetwork episode on another important new book, @jde2022’s The Future of American Decline:
newbooksnetwork.com/the-future-of-…

Here are @PepePierce & Sarah Biscarra Dilley on the @UMinnPress podcast discussing their edited collection Allotment Stories (h/t @CJSlaby):
share.transistor.fm/s/3bb3a636

The debut episode of @HrishiHirway’s Book Exploder features @pronounced_ing:

https://twitter.com/HrishiHirway/status/1580262876282904576?s=20&t=zM7_89Kcq_CT4i6DtLV32w

New @StraightWhiteJC episode featuring a chapter from @BradleyOnishi’s forthcoming book Preparing for War:

open.spotify.com/episode/4T6MNW…

See also this vital @kkdumez interview on @NewsHour:
pbs.org/newshour/show/…

Congrats to @NewBlackMan’s Left of Black, @DukeU’s longest running web series, as it starts its 13th season:

newblackmaninexile.net/2022/10/left-o…

Check out this clip from @EdgeofSports’ new film Behind the Shield on power, politics, & the NFL:
vimeo.com/757328290

& speaking of new films, The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks (adapted from @JeanneTheoharis’ book) will premiere on @peacock this coming Tuesday:

https://twitter.com/soledadobrien/status/1578842649188261888?s=20&t=Siwl2ATQk7mPmyg5PAaV8w

Tons of goodness from @madebyhistory this week, including @ansleyquiros on the passing of another Civil Rights icon, Charles Sherrod:
washingtonpost.com/made-by-histor…

Also for @madebyhistory, @e_turiano on what Ketanji Brown Jackson has brought to the #SupremeCourt:
washingtonpost.com/made-by-histor…

Also also for @madebyhistory, @efrazier_geog on the relationship of politics to humanitarianism in our refugee policies:
washingtonpost.com/made-by-histor…

Also also also for @madebyhistory, @emilyjlevine @mitchellatedf & Ari Kelman on what universities can learn from their histories of antisemitism:
washingtonpost.com/made-by-histor…

For @madebyhistory’s ongoing series on attacks on education, @DiaDamico on conservative panics over teachers & academic freedom:
washingtonpost.com/made-by-histor…

Finally for @madebyhistory, @Kidiocus on how racism & homophobia helped enable Jeffrey Dahmer’s crimes:
washingtonpost.com/made-by-histor…

The newest @BlkPerspectives forum focused on “Black Women & the Brown Decision,” kicked off by @AAIHS President @DrHettie2017:
aaihs.org/black-women-at…

@ghodges0 continued the @BlkPerspectives forum with a piece on Marion Thompson Wright:
aaihs.org/marion-thompso…

Lacey Hunter’s contribution to the @BlkPerspectives forum focused on the under-appreciated & amazing Mamie Clark:
aaihs.org/mamie-clarks-u…

Tejai Beulah Howard’s piece in the @BlkPerspectives forum highlighted the efforts of the inimitable Pauli Murray:
aaihs.org/how-pauli-murr…

& the @BlkPerspectives forum concluded with an excerpt from Tomiko Brown-Nagin’s new book on Constance Baker Motley (from @penguinrandom):
aaihs.org/the-legal-mind…

Speaking of new books, @CenserbilityVA’s The Princess of Albemarle is out from @uvapress (h/t @KevinLevin):

https://twitter.com/CenserbilityVA/status/1579521784747282432?s=20&t=zCLO2-ydxARbt5Qsbc8mYQ

@surlybassey highlights a vital re-release from @haymarketbooks, of the too long out of print classic Black Women Writers at Work:

https://twitter.com/surlybassey/status/1579550350956441601?s=20&t=zCLO2-ydxARbt5Qsbc8mYQ

@JLWeisenfeld shares another recent release, @wmcalvoquiros’ Undocumented Saints from @OxUniPress:

https://twitter.com/JLWeisenfeld/status/1581006403967516674?s=20&t=QF_r37yfqcRC_1YhheKQUw

@thenation excerpted Robin D.G. Kelley’s contribution to the newly published After Life (h/t @DigitalHistory_):
thenation.com/article/societ…

& now available for pre-order is @JTRoane’s Dark Agoras from @NYUpress:
nyupress.org/9781479847679/…

Gonna end with a couple more favorites from the week, including @MittelstadtJen & @lisalevenstein for @chronicle on the real fight for academic freedom:

https://twitter.com/SFNDHE/status/1579438095656976384?s=20&t=Siwl2ATQk7mPmyg5PAaV8w

& @KeeangaYamahtta wrote for @NewYorker on who’s left out of the debate over “learning loss” (h/t @WalterDGreason):
newyorker.com/news/essay/who…

Finally, re-sharing two very different pieces from Railton men this week. My latest @SatEvePost Contributing History column highlighted the crucial anti-fascist journalism of Dorothy Thompson:
saturdayeveningpost.com/2022/10/consid…

& for my latest AmericanStudies Guest Post, Aidan Railton wrote on what @Strava has meant for his evolving running career:

americanstudier.blogspot.com/2022/10/octobe…

PS. I’m sure I missed plenty as ever, so please share more writing, podcasts, new & forthcoming books, especially your own! Thanks & happy reading, listening, & continuing conversations, all! #twitterstorians