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1/ First MAJOR update since 2017 & big changes to @MonroeWorkToday! 
Foremost, a new name to honor *Mrs.* Work: history recalls a bright mind in her own right, working on the same projects from home. Perhaps Booker T. Washington knew he had 2 employees for the price of 1...?
Foremost, a new name to honor *Mrs.* Work: history recalls a bright mind in her own right, working on the same projects from home. Perhaps Booker T. Washington knew he had 2 employees for the price of 1...?
2/ ...or perhaps 
is what's always been behind a #GreatManHistory. This change was two years in the making, from a talk at #aeri2018 by @findauut, reflecting on who gets naming rights in a project like this.
May it be the first of many.
is what's always been behind a #GreatManHistory. This change was two years in the making, from a talk at #aeri2018 by @findauut, reflecting on who gets naming rights in a project like this. May it be the first of many.
3/ This update also reflects a 2-year collab with scholar @demarlewisiv to reach back to 1877 with better coverage of white supremacy violence. Such improvements were made possible by the public research of @cfeimster @drakbailey @lynchingsites & #JamesPotter (d.2016-RIP)
This update also reflects a 2-year collab with scholar @demarlewisiv to reach back to 1877 with better coverage of white supremacy violence. Such improvements were made possible by the public research of @cfeimster @drakbailey @lynchingsites & #JamesPotter (d.2016-RIP)
4/ The basemap of the http://bit.ly/lynchingmap is a much better portrayal of the contested terrain of the USA at the dawn of 1910. May it specifically jar us all to reconsider our assumptions when we go back in time.
The basemap of the http://bit.ly/lynchingmap is a much better portrayal of the contested terrain of the USA at the dawn of 1910. May it specifically jar us all to reconsider our assumptions when we go back in time.
5/ The map itself has new features to help your students explore and to aid your research. And for the very first time: every marker is fully bilingual (English/Spanish), along with the entire site.
The map itself has new features to help your students explore and to aid your research. And for the very first time: every marker is fully bilingual (English/Spanish), along with the entire site.
6/ Finally: today we join the big tent of #PlainTalkHistory, a resource forever-free to high schoolers (or anyone else). "Each record here has a footnote inviting you to investigate for yourself. Every citizen has a duty to know this story. This history belongs to everyone."
Finally: today we join the big tent of #PlainTalkHistory, a resource forever-free to high schoolers (or anyone else). "Each record here has a footnote inviting you to investigate for yourself. Every citizen has a duty to know this story. This history belongs to everyone."
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Note: We know this moment of pandemic may not be the right one to revisit the grief & anger at one of #whitesupremacy's most traumatic histories. But the challenge of raising informed Ss never leaves us. That time will return, and @MonroeWorkToday will be ready.
Note: We know this moment of pandemic may not be the right one to revisit the grief & anger at one of #whitesupremacy's most traumatic histories. But the challenge of raising informed Ss never leaves us. That time will return, and @MonroeWorkToday will be ready.
