RECOLLECT Keeping Us Together Martha Jones is part of Making Black America, the new documentary from Henry Louis Gates. Premiere: October 4, 2022 | Thrilled to be a part of @HenryLouisGates’ new series Making Black America: Through The Grapevine! #MakingBlackAmericaPBS: Building communities and attaining social, political and economic success in the face of racial segregation.
Art What to See Now Culture Type Recommends 50 Art Shows We Need to See ASAP. | 50+ Museum Exhibitions to See This Fall Feature Artists Henry Taylor, Fred Eversley, Barbara Chase-Riboud, Theaster Gates, Black Potters, Just Above Midtown Gallery & MoreAT A TIME WHEN NEW YORK CITY galleries and museums had little interest in African
RECOLLECT Another North Star The University of Rochester launches a Department of Black Studies. | On September 30, 2022, The @UofR Board of Trustees approved the Department of Black Studies. So grateful to be able to do this work; thankful for the urgency of students, faculty, staff, and all who supported this endeavor. #Meliora pic.
RECOLLECT Old Money Event: October 4, 2022 | The Colonial Treasure of la Négresse Gautiche: A Microhistory of a Monied Black Woman in the Haitian Revolution The Colonial Treasure of la Négresse Gautiche: A Microhistory of a Monied Black Woman in the Haitian RevolutionInstitute of Historical Research
RECOLLECT Black Beyond Data Event: December 9, 2022 | Looking forward to this @dorothyjberry event... https://t.co/CK3LjMS6j8 — James Neal (@james3neal) September 11, 2022
RECOLLECT Never Forget: Marronage. A new "old" exhibit is coming back. | Visit us at 94 Waterman St, RI, 02912 to check out the CSSJ's new exhibition, "Racial Slavery, Marronage, and Freedom: A 10th Anniversary Retrospective" and its accompanying catalog. The exhibition is on view through Spring 2023. https:
RECOLLECT September 26-30, 2022 TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION WEEK 2022 is a national program open to all schools across Canada. This year, our theme is “Remembering the Children”. Join us as we memorialize the children lost to the residential school system and honour Survivors and their families. Learning and commemorating the truth of our history
RECOLLECT Black Tudors? Now you know. A new course is teaching what many never knew they never knew. | Want to learn about #BlackTudors this #BHM #BlackHistoryMonth? You can start this FREE #online @FutureLearn course anytime! 6 weeks of examining evidence, learning from a range of experts & discussing with other learners. #FLBlackTudors https://t.co/GnhEPjcifX
RECOLLECT Ramifications Author Leslie Fenwick details how the long-term consequences of Brown v. Board of Education continue to be complex. | A new book by Howard University professor Leslie T. Fenwick shows how the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education led to the loss of Black educators and
RECOLLECT The New HCIC There's a new head curator in charge, and we couldn't be more excited! | Michelle Jacques Appointed Board President of Association of Art Museum Curators, Three Black Woman Will Hold Top Board Positions in 2023-24Incoming Board President Michelle Jacques THE ASSOCIATION of Art Museum Curators (AAMC) &
RECOLLECT Sister, Sister Event: October 3, 2022 | This Monday, October 3, catch @BlkNunHistorian in-person at @msmc_ny, speaking about her recent book "Subversive Habits."https://t.co/vQLLFgM4xO pic.twitter.com/5nIGeZcER0 — Duke University Press (@DukePress) October 1, 2022
RECOLLECT Black Environmentalisms Symposium It's our world. And yours, too. | Event: Yale University - October 13-14, 2022 Black Environmentalisms Symposium beginning Oct 13 @yale Scholars, writers, artists, and practitioners grappling with Black environmental precarity across the diaspora. Organized by @profiheka & Jonathan Howard #envhum #humanities https://t.co/AGoAiAhXmZ pic.twitter.com/
RECOLLECT AfricaTown Lives! Learn how the the Africans aboard the slave ship, Clotilda, made history. Never forget. Never, ever forget...who we are. | Exclusive: ‘Last American slave ship’ discovered in AlabamaThe schooner Clotilda smuggled African captives into the U.S. in 1860, more than 50 years after importing slaves was outlawed.National GeographicJoel
RECOLLECT Claim/Reclaim Boston's free Black community alongside the recognition of Harvard's legacy of slavery. | Have you checked out our virtual exhibition w/ The Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery initiative at @RadInstitute? We Claim/Reclaim Space is dedicated to Darby Vassall, who played an important role in Boston’
RECOLLECT The Freedom Award goes to...? Jeffrey Robinson, for the "Who We Are Project." Never forget. Never, ever forget...who we are. | Event: October 20, 2022 | This year's #FreedomAward Special Tribute will recognize a leader blazing an unforgettable trail! @jeff_robinson56 is the creator of “The Who We Are Project,” which includes
RECOLLECT Remaking, and Rethinking, Black Power #ThrowbackThursday @LeftOfBlack S8:E13: Remaking Black Power -- How Black Women Transform an Era with @drashleyfarmer https://t.co/pOtdNhBFta pic.twitter.com/vAz8495hX8 — Left of Black (@LeftOfBlack) September 29, 2022
RECOLLECT Food for the Road Call for Book Chapters! | My heart is heavy missing @ASALH this year...but my heart is glad to be working with amazing scholars @FarBano and @pwilliamsforson on this collection, TRANSNATIONAL CULINARIANS: WOMEN OF COLOR AND FOOD STUDIES. Deadline July 2023. https://t.co/CqNwKJeZDy Catch y'all next year!
RECOLLECT The term "African Diaspora" was coined by...? Survey said? The Mecca. | My student totally got it in their exam! ♥️: "African Diaspora is a concept that was born in Mecca. The Mecca, in this circumstance, refers to the campus of Howard University ... Joseph Harris is the founder of the term African Diaspora..." 💯♥️😀 #twitterstorians — Ana Lucia Araujo,
RECOLLECT Commence the Drama Zahi Hawass, one of the most prominent Egyptologists in the world, and who does not believe the ancient Egyptians were Black, says he has found one of the most important mummmies ever. | Prominent Egyptologist Claims He Has Discovered the Lost Mummy of Queen NefertitiThe location of Nefertiti’s tomb is
RECOLLECT What Was Taken Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil reports on the forgotten history of what California stole from Black families. Never forget. Never, ever forget.... | The forgotten history of what California stole from Black familiesA multigenerational fight for reparations is underway from Palm Springs to Gold Rush countryThe GuardianCaitlin Yoshiko Kandil