#Freedmen

Victorio Milian

Victorio_M

Past:"The people of Texas are informed that in accordance with a Proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of rights

Kevin M. Levin

KevinLevin

Many of you have been following my tweets re: my current book project on Col. Robert Gould Shaw. Well, things have taken a turn, in part, thanks to my #BookSquad

Michael Harriot

michaelharriot

You do not EVER have to sharing video of a cop lynching a black man. Here’s why.A thread: If you want to show police brutality, you can go back to

Natalie Mendoza

mendozan21

Final projects for my fall courses focus on how history matters to the present: MexAm history students will propose public site of historical memory while WWII class will examine HS

Joshua D. Rothman

rothmanistan

Domestic terrorism carried out against lawmakers by white “militias” was extensive during Reconstruction, largely as a backlash against black freedom and civil rights. 1/ In Georgia, freedman Abram Colby was

Chad Williams

Dr_ChadWilliams

Some thoughts on #Juneteenth . The actual order issued by Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger on June 19, 1865 is a powerful teaching document. It captures the conflicting definitions of freedom

Nate Tinner-Williams

natemup

Who knew that the Catholic Church's first openly African-American seminarian did not actually become a priest?William Augustine Williams. 1853.I was reminded this week by a local priest. I can hardly

Lupe Mendez

thepoetmendez

Yt folks romanticize the founding of Texas: 1)it wasn’t “The South” 2)it was its own nation 3)it was a rebel stateThe truth: broke ass country hick white men didn’t like

Tweeting Historians

Tweetistorian

Hello again. @iandavidmorris here. Let’s wrap up our discussion on slave soldiers.https://twitter.com/Tweetistorian/status/1194388946861600769 As we have seen, in the first 200 years of Islam, enslaved people ran the households of wealthy

Daily Suffragist

DailySuffragist

Did you know that the first American woman to speak for equal rights in public, in front of men, was a Black woman? And that she made sure her speeches

Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)

HC_Richardson

After the Civil War, heroic individuals rebuild their lives and rededicated the nation. At the same time, angry and desperate men warped our politics in ways that still echo. Let's

Zaron Burnett III

Zaron3

despite what Hollywood has taught us, 1-in-4 cowboys were Blackcurious to learn more about Black cowboys? "Black Cowboys" is just for youhere's a thread of episodes...presented in chronological order, they

Haitian American Museum of Chicago (HAMOC)

HAMOC1791

Its Haitian Heritage Month. To celebrate and help take up your time during these uncertain times, we're going to recommend books on Haitian history and culture. #HaitianHeritageMonth #HaitianTwitter #haitian For

Benjamin Soskis

BenSoskis

1: Quick thread on statues and the relation btw how they are funded and what they represent, both figuratively & more broadly, w/ a focus on the Freedman’s Memorial in

Legacies of Slavery in North Carolina

SlaveLegaciesNC

#OTD in 1905 James Edward O'Hara, the second African American to represent North Carolina's Second district in Congress, died at his home in New Bern. 1/ O'Hara was not from

Michael Harriot

michaelharriot

Everyone's talking about impeachment and Clinton & Johnson as the only presidents ever impeached. But most people don't know WHY Johnson was impeached.So let me tell you the story about