#Historian

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This comment about my reflections as a historian thinking on the pandemic (form my AMA a few days ago) seems to have struck a chord with a lot of people

Seems the Telegraph waited two weeks and baked another vitriol pudding around the same draft document they worked the Newton angle on (https://twitter.com/AllyFogg/status/1386591258685157378). Purely cynical. They don't believe a word

We often hear this question in debates about the Empire: 'Is there a single positive thing to be said, in your view, about the British Empire?' The answer is no

Alex the Historian 🏳️‍🌈 | BLM

I have a lot I need to get off my chest, I think its important, at least, it's important to me. When I first became Alex the Historian in 2016,

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As a trained historian, who was a professional historian before law school, Scalia's "history" reads like an undergraduate history research paper. Originalism, done right, should be done with interdisciplinary research/analysi

Lincoln scholars rush to correct Kamala Harris, but she was almost certainly repeating a lie crafted specifically for the occasion by a historian. It wasn't some sort of "error," nor

Sergey Radchenko

Reading an unpublished manuscript by a brilliant young historian who will definitely rise to stardom. Makes me think: what are the ingredients that make brilliant historians? Here's my list, from

InDefenseOfToucans

Toucan's 1 step solution to being less wrong about the USSR or any other historical event. Step 1. Don't read one single primary account and assume it is universally correct.

Dr Eleanor Janega

This is why this disinformation is dangerous. It puts people at risk of contracting a deadly disease and also puts people at risk of massive fines. Magna Carta will not

Do you do #LocalHistory? Some of you know I’ve just joined the British Association for Local History (BALH) as an Outreach Committee member. I’ll be after insights from time to

As a Civil War historian, I essentially study four years of history. When I read or write about this period, the narrative often jumps back and forth in these four

Diana Butler Bass

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Trump was in Wilmington, NC today.In 1898, any hope of Reconstruction ended in Wilmington w/a fraudulent election, the overthrow of a biracial government, a "White Declaration of Independence," the murder

The True African History continued...Part 6I started with the work of the following guys and many others. 1. Dr. Chancellor Williams (1893-1992)He was an African-American sociologist, historian and writer. He

Metaphors & Memes

CulturedModesty

A Twitter archive of my @BlkPerspectives scholarship. #Blktwitterstorians The Importance of Sarah Forten's Abolitionist Poetry https://www.aaihs.org/the-importance-of-sarah-fortens-abolitionist-poetry/ via @aaihs Black Rights and Black Citizenshi

This "eminent historian" declares that Mughals invented Rakhi in 18th century. Such blatant lies contradict every available primary source. Anyone having elementary knowledge would laugh at these factually incorrect lies.

olive foster ✨

okay so, here is a theory for/thoughts about lootcrates and the monument decree, i guess (a thread ) all we know about the monument is that it will allow for