#ScholarSunday thread 143

Shared on September 3, 2023

Public scholarly labor is always worth celebrating, so on this #LaborDayWeekend here’s my 143^rd #ScholarSunday thread of great writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books. Share more below, enjoy, & solidarity in the work! #twitterstorians

First, a reminder that I now share these threads as well on the newsletter I created for that purpose, here:

Starting with a bunch of great pieces for #MOW60, including @republicofspin for @nytimes on John Lewis (gift article with no paywall):

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/27/opinion/john-lewis-march-on-washington.html?unlocked_article_code=mxoRq3WQcnJW1SZ2v7qj0fhDdNqJ0xGB_sk8C6QnkEkVfKzyF1YbMqHDttp5OhTMqWsrg9nS0VdVXd3vNPigFtpcQEwRIhUnptIWfsTf14VnZOViAbctcM3qelrqS46453Ju6Ckg2uyHyHzQgn0YqMJd3SynOOcax2IhdK5tdYfadtIZHikw8NPFmaIxOnl6H5gv75u5F7SFQfJOciUl-mUwV9_McQZmUZkF59YqNmNWT6ROcdaCkZR1KtYBGwp0qfox-Nv7p8nf1cWJerMv6aY7TzJbdiI9Yfzwr2X6_yFiVzO9rsmtnInqKYIfsTio7PF7GTosTiF95ePCBmKL76zXDQ8w5Qc&smid=tw-share

KevinLevin also wrote for his newsletter on John Lewis’ speech at the March:

"We Will March Through the South, Through the Heart of Dixie, the Way Sherman Did."

@robgreeneII wrote for @BlkPerspectives on the March’s anniversary (a lot more goodness from @BlkPerspectives later in the thread):

https://www.aaihs.org/on-the-sixtieth-anniversary-of-the-march-on-washington/

@SilasLapham wrote for his blog on the March, MLK, & Lillian Smith:

https://interminablerambling.medium.com/the-march-on-washington-martin-luther-king-jr-and-lillian-smith-869a436d36b3?sk=ca72cec17d51d54c32aed68c93c94398

I could link to every day of @HC_Richardson’s Letters from an American in these threads, but her entry on the March was especially excellent (h/t @Kembleford):

August 25, 2023

@HajYazdiha in @latimesopinion used the occasion of the March’s anniversary to consider immigrant communities & anti-Blackness:

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-08-28/march-on-washington-martin-luther-king-racial-progress-black-americans

For @Slate, @JoshClarkDavis excerpted his vital forthcoming book on police surveillance of the March & the Civil Rights Movement (h/t @willtchak):

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/08/march-on-washington-anniversary-police.html

Thanks to @SIfill_ for sharing this @POTUS @WashingtonPost op ed on the March’s anniversary & the continued fight for a more perfect union:

https://twitter.com/SIfill_/status/1696193022529007641?s=20

& on my AmericanStudies blog, I dedicated the week’s series to #MOW60 contexts, starting with this post on its 1941 origins:

http://americanstudier.blogspot.com/2023/08/august-28-2023-contextualizing-march-on.html

Turning to other great public scholarly writing, here’s @TheOtherRBG for @nursingclio on a frustrating & crucial story of women & the archives:

https://nursingclio.org/2023/08/30/why-the-first-woman-matters-traversing-barriers-in-the-archives/

@rachelswarns wrote for @USCatholic on the US Catholic church & slavery:

https://uscatholic.org/articles/202308/how-the-u-s-catholic-church-profited-from-slavery/

@KeriLeighMerrit shared her contribution to these vital @Gilder_Lehrman resources on the battle for the right to vote:

https://twitter.com/KeriLeighMerrit/status/1697357197259268222?s=20

Issue 2 of @HammerandHope is out now:

https://twitter.com/HammerandHope/status/1696855527978860805?s=20

& to highlight one particularly salient & stunning piece from that new issue of @HammerandHope, check out @TeraWHunter on Florida’s education battles & teaching American history:

https://hammerandhope.org/article/florida-history-slavery-ron-desantis-woke

Excellent new multimedia essay from @WalterDGreason on Black surveillance in colonial regimes of whiteness:

https://geniuslocus.com/2023/08/24/colonial-regimes-of-whiteness-legalized-black-surveillance-m-a-bekele-2023/

Speaking of Black surveillance but turning more to current events, here’s Rotimi Kuyoki for @truthout on the anniversary of Emmett Till’s lynching (h/t @theopedproject):

https://truthout.org/articles/in-honor-of-emmett-till-lets-build-a-world-where-black-youth-arent-targets/

Thanks to @DianeRavitch for highlighting this conversation between @victorerikray Richard Delgado & Aja Martinez on #CRT:

https://dianeravitch.net/2023/08/26/the-leaders-of-critical-race-theory-discuss-the-attacks-on-them-and-their-ideas/

@johnastoehr continues to share phenomenal work, including this piece on the Jacksonville mass shooting & the GOP’s paramilitary wing:

https://www.editorialboard.com/the-republicans-paramilitary-wing-reemerges-in-jacksonville/

As does @bleachbred for his @Medium column, here likewise on the Jacksonville shooting:

https://medium.com/the-polis/jacksonville-shooter-angry-young-white-men-gunviolence-and-the-ongoing-rabid-nature-of-right-wing-dfec067652a7?source=social.tw&_branch_match_id=892412826874196203&_branch_referrer=H4sIAAAAAAAAA8soKSkottLXz8nMy9bLTU3JLM3VS87P1c908Qqr9DUs9HJOAgB0k4%2BgIwAAAA%3D%3D

On gun violence more broadly, great reporting from @mjs_DC for @Slate on how Moms Demand is challenging the Supreme Court (h/t @JRakove):

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/08/moms-demand-action-gun-research-clarence-thomas.html

Bracing & important piece from @dennismhogan for @thebafflermag on West Virginia University’s ongoing attacks on the humanities:

https://thebaffler.com/latest/capture-the-flagship-hogan

@Will_Bunch’s @PhillyInquirer column continues to be the best space for analysis of our current moment, including this must-read on the media & authoritarianism:

https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/media-2020-election-trump-authoritarianism-20230827.html

& for an inspiring alternative perspective to those media failures, check out this @VanityFair profile of @jelani9 (h/t @michaelkruse):  

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/08/jelani-cobb-columbia-journalism-school-hot-seat

Lots of great new podcast episodes this week, including the latest @Unsung__History featuring @DWaldstreicher on Phillis Wheatley:

https://www.unsunghistorypodcast.com/phillis-wheatley/

For @NewBooksNetwork, @SusanLiebell also interviewed @DWaldstreicher on that phenomenal publication from @fsgbooks:

https://newbooksnetwork.com/the-odyssey-of-phillis-wheatley

Speaking of great new books, @draftingthepast’s 30^th episode features @llassabe:

https://draftingthepast.com/podcast-episodes/episode-30-lauren-lassabe-shepherd-shamelessly-reaches-out/

& @llassabe also excerpted that new book from @UNC_Press for @laphamsquart:

https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/possibilities-propaganda

Unfortunately @cafedotcom’s Now & Then only has a few more episodes, but before it goes @HC_Richardson & @jbf1755 will cover all things 2024, starting this week:

https://cafe.com/now-and-then/looking-ahead-to-2024-conventions-caucuses-and-the-balance-of-democracy/

I’ll also miss @DavidKurlander’s highly informative follow-ups to each Now & Then episode, like this excellent thread:

https://twitter.com/DavidKurlander/status/1697255024576135434?s=20

The new episode of @AWMuseum’s podcast features @sarahrrobbins & colleagues from the @Wheatley_Peters project:

https://americanwritersmuseum.org/podcast/episode-32-phillis-wheatley-peters/

& check out @sarahrrobbins’ blog for more on that project & Wheatley:

https://sarahruffingrobbins.com/2023/08/29/auto-draft/

The new episode of @DrtySexyHistory features Kaytlin Bailey of @oldprosonline talking about The American Plan:

https://twitter.com/DrtySexyHistory/status/1697734772661850543?s=20

For the latest episode of @HerbertHistory’s #HATM podcast, @NativeAmText talked the under-rated & excellent film Black Robe:

https://twitter.com/HerbertHistory/status/1697240436891668848?s=20

Chapter 4 of the @CLASandCoffee podcast features @SilasLapham & his daughter Juliette discussing efforts to ban Morrison’s The Bluest Eye:

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/classicsandcoffee/episodes/Chapter-4-The-Bluest-Eye--Part-2-e28aiu1

& check out this teaser for American Muslims: A History Revealed, featuring the voices of @asmamk @mmbilal & @aymanndotcom (h/t @EdwardECurtisIV):

In addition to the #MOW60 piece above, more goodness from @BlkPerspectives this week, including @Philadelphian91 on Philadelphia’s fight against gun violence:

https://www.aaihs.org/philadelphias-fight-against-gun-violence-poverty-and-crime/

Also for @BlkPerspectives, @brandonjrender interviewed @Dr_ChadWilliams about his new Du Bois book from @fsgbooks:

https://www.aaihs.org/w-e-b-du-bois-and-the-first-world-war-an-interview-with-chad-l-williams/

& finally for @BlkPerspectives, Taylor Prescott reviewed Margaret Burnham’s Jim Crow’s Legal Executioners from @wwnorton:

https://www.aaihs.org/jim-crows-legal-executioners/

Speaking of book reviews, @PublishersWkly has praised my colleague @katisjewell’s forthcoming college radio book from @UNC_Press:

https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781469677255?fbclid=IwAR2PL0TX6GTyGEsHXL--epI3aHvVsHBo6jqBg59PrZXZOc24FLz_oQwNwVA

& out now, & free to download, is @abigailandrews1 & 31 students’ Banished Men: How Migrants Endure the Violence of Deportation from @ucpress:

https://twitter.com/abigailandrews1/status/1696646028940697830?s=20

Gonna end with more favorites from the week as usual, including @jaredstacy for @Patheos on Tim LaHaye (h/t @dcarlabrams):

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anxiousbench/2023/08/beyond-left-behind-the-lost-legacy-of-tim-lahaye/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Sharing+the+Gospel&utm_content=46&lctg=4826406&rsid=P921fij81tyl8nn0&recipId=4826406&siteId=7DF2956C-D2F1-40D4-A777-98E450E58360?utm_medium=social&utm_source=share_bar

Bracing & moving essay from @saintsoftness for @clereviewbooks on returning to America (h/t @hering_david):

https://www.clereviewofbooks.com/writing/america-returns-collage

@MirelaCufurovic has launched a newsletter, starting with this great piece on the interconnections between history & storytelling:

Intertwining history with storytelling

I missed this important essay from @SadieLevyGale for @aeonmag on the use of “slum photos” to attack the poor:

https://aeon.co/essays/slum-photos-were-weaponised-against-the-people-they-depict

Gonna end with two pieces for #LaborDayWeekend (with more to come in next week’s thread I’m sure), starting with @GrimKim curating a labor history playlist from @Folkways’ catalog:

https://twitter.com/Folkways/status/1697665643800101325?s=20

& for my new @SatEvePost Considering History column, I wrote about the foundational history of the fight for labor unions in America:

https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2023/09/considering-history-the-foundational-fight-for-american-labor-unions/

PS. I’m sure I missed plenty as ever, so please share more writing & work, podcasts, new & forthcoming books below, including on #MOW60 & Labor Day. Thanks, happy reading, listening, & learning, & solidarity, all! #twitterstorians