Erik Gellman @ESG2424
Professor of History, UNC history.unc.edu/faculty-member… Chapel Hill, NC Joined May 2012-
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Here is today's statement unanimously endorsed by the Labor and Working-Class History Association (@lawcha_org) board, of which I'm a part, condemning the use of police to violently break up peaceful protest on U.S. campuses. Feel free to share widely.
Join UNC History Professor Dr. Michelle King in a discussion about her latest book with @UNCAsiaCenter associate director Kevin Kim @FlyleafBooks on May 9th.
TODAY! Join @CaroOrtega_17 and me virtually at 5PM CT for a conversation on Strangers No Longer. Latinos in the Midwest, faith and politics, hospitality studies...what else do you need?
TODAY! Join @CaroOrtega_17 and me virtually at 5PM CT for a conversation on Strangers No Longer. Latinos in the Midwest, faith and politics, hospitality studies...what else do you need?
Excited to share that Black Folk has been awarded with a 2024 Philip Taft Labor History Prize! What a joy to have my work recognized by my peers, it means the world to me!!!!
A Place Like No Other, A Day Like No Other: 26 March 2024 Stay tuned for updates on how you can support the Asian American Center during GiveUNC Day!
Please circulate @lawcha_org $2,000 grant for research leading to article to a contingent or community college fac or indep scholar research working people in any period and place. Submit to: [email protected] by: 3/1 > Proj descr (750 w) > CV no more than 5 pages
.@ShawnFainUAW rips Trump for showing no support for workers during the 2019 GM strike. "He said nothing, he did nothing -- not a damn thing, because he doesn't care about the American worker."
Thrilled to announce this collaboration with @allofmilov!
Thrilled to announce this collaboration with @allofmilov!
Don't miss the next LAWCHA book talk 10/19, 7PM EDT for a discussion with @_VMueller as she presents her new book, Escape to the City: Fugitive Slaves in the Antebellum Urban South. @HNet_Humanities @Greeneland @UNC_Press @womnknowhistory Register: rb.gy/zzd2y
Another round of proposed, massive cuts to public higher ed, this time at UNC-Greensboro.
Another round of proposed, massive cuts to public higher ed, this time at UNC-Greensboro.
On 10/12, UNC held the "Frontiers of Business Conference". They invited union-busting Starbucks execs Ritch Allison and Candace Burnett as well as NC GOP transphobes 👎 Our hub joined CH students, @SBWorkersUnited, @NC_DSA, and many others to hold them accountable 📣 🤝 ☕
My first piece for The Atlantic, on feminism and fundraising: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
Excited to announce that @UNChistory is hiring an Assistant Professor of Asian American history, as part of a cluster hire in Asian American Studies. Please spread the word, DM/email with any questions, and see the specific posting to apply here: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/265921
We are excited to announce the acquisition of the JET magazine digital archive, made jointly with Columbia Libraries📚. The archive covers 1951-2014, from its inception to when the print edition was discontinued.
I reviewed two new books on second wave feminism—@KatherineLTurk’s The Women of NOW and @RShteir’s new biography Betty Friedan: Magnificent Disrupter—for this week’s issue of @NewYorker. newyorker.com/magazine/2023/…
Just found out the amazing @ChicagoMuseum reference librarian Lesley Martin is retiring. Read about her career and comment here: chicagohistory.org/staff-spotligh… So grateful for her help & advice for 20+ years. @ChiCollections @ChicagoBMRC
You Can Pre-Order My Book! One Day I'll Work for Myself: The Dream and Delusion that Conquered America. Coming out January 2024. Pre-order your copy between now and Friday and save 25%! barnesandnoble.com/w/one-day-ill-…
You Can Pre-Order My Book! One Day I'll Work for Myself: The Dream and Delusion that Conquered America. Coming out January 2024. Pre-order your copy between now and Friday and save 25%! barnesandnoble.com/w/one-day-ill-…
Thanks to Clara Bingham and The Guardian for this wonderful review of The Women of NOW : superb history of feminist growth and groundswell theguardian.com/books/2023/sep…
"Katherine Turk highlights both the radical roots of the women’s rights group and its lasting impact on American society." THE WOMEN OF NOW is on @csmonitor's August roundup csmonitor.com/Books/2023/082…
Austin McCoy @AustinMcCoy3
9K Followers 6K Following Historian, Old School Rap Specialist. Writing book on history of the Left in Midwest. Words @truthout HK fan. Words all mine. IG: ausmccoy
Dan Berger @dnbrgr
18K Followers 6K Following All of our heroes had criminal records || Writer of words, hater of prisons || Out now: STAYED ON FREEDOM https://t.co/BSs7HK8bdO…
Nelson Lichtenstein @NelsonLichtens1
6K Followers 992 Following Nelson Lichtenstein, UC Santa Barbara. His new book is A Fabulous Failure: The Clinton Presidency and the Transformation of American Capitalism.
Jacob Remes @jacremes
16K Followers 2K Following Labor, working-class, migration, and disaster historian of the US and Canada. Author of DISASTER CITIZENSHIP, professor at NYU Gallatin.
Blair LM Kelley, PhD @profblmkelley
46K Followers 5K Following writer/historian/distinguished professor/bestselling author of Black Folk/director @UNCSouth / #StudyingSegregation/The Oracle
Katherine Turk @KatherineLTurk
1K Followers 871 Following Prof @UNChistory; Author _Women of NOW_ @fsgbooks (2023); _Equality on Trial_ @pennpress (2016); next _SILKWOOD_ @OneSignalPub with @allofmilov. she/her/hers.
Max Felker-Kantor @mfkantor
2K Followers 1K Following historian of cities, race, policing, and carceral state | history prof. @ ball state u. | author of @UNC_Press JPP book Policing Los Angeles | opinions mine
melanie newport @melanienewport
8K Followers 3K Following Concerned citizen and historian in CT. AAUP member. THIS IS MY JAIL, @pennpress. series editor @uchicagopress. views do not reflect those of my employer!!!!
Julie Greene @Greeneland
4K Followers 3K Following Labor & immigration historian @UofMaryland. Resuscitating family farm in NE. Author of The Canal Builders. Tweeting on all that, plus literature.
Gordon Mantler @gomantler
588 Followers 608 Following Historian, teacher, writer, activist, Baltimore native, and author of Power to the Poor and now The Multiracial Promise
David Stein @DavidpStein
9K Followers 8K Following Asst Prof of History, UCSB. Fellow @rooseveltinst. Social movements & political economy—civil rights movement; economic policy; inflation; mass incarceration.
William Sturkey @william_sturkey
11K Followers 5K Following Historian. Writer. Teacher. Avid Reader. Associate Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania.
Davarian L. Baldwin @DavarianBaldwin
6K Followers 2K Following Urbanist | Historian | Cultural Critic|Ogun. @ScholarsForSJ. 2022 Freedom Scholar. Rep: @zoepagnamenta. Seeing around corners since '72
Toby Higbie @TobiasHigbie
3K Followers 3K Following UCLA History & Labor Studies. Posting personal opinions abt labor & migration history, worker organizing, higher ed policy. He/him. Find me on Bluesky: thigbie
Jonah Furman @JonahFurman
60K Followers 4K Following Communications Director at @UAW, and doing what I can to build a better labor movement. formerly of @labornotes, @berniesanders, @unitedteamsters, and more
Bob Hutton @HerecomesDrBob
4K Followers 5K Following Associate Professor of History, Appalachian Studies, and Divisive Concepts 👖 I like to steal, gamble, and rob.
Aimee Loiselle @LoiselleAim
727 Followers 1K Following writer, historian, educator, snacker, gardener Beyond Norma Rae: How PR + Southern Women Fought for Place in American Working Class (UNC Press 2023) TaxtheRich
Nick Juravich @NickJuravich
3K Followers 3K Following Teaching history and labor studies at @umassboston, tweets my own.
Dr. Robert Greene II @robgreeneII
13K Followers 9K Following President @AAIHS Pub Chair @ideas_history. Bylines: @thenation @dissentmag @jacobinmag @madebyhistory @oxfordamerican, etc. History prof. @claflinuniv1869
ellie c @ecampbell535
603 Followers 1K Following 🏳️🌈🖤💜🤍 ref librarian & law prof @UNClawlibrary MA & MFA @SouthernStudies also @workersunionunc she/her from AL
EyesOpenAmerica @eye_openamerica
330 Followers 615 Following I'm here as a way shower for others as we are coming into the new quantum age. learn how to navigate these exciting times with ease and grace!
Joan Lopez @JoanLopez68215
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Yer Neller @neller57941
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Celine Vachon @cel_vach
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Ashleigh Renfrew @renfrew88657
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taxtherich @kelgoodman
325 Followers 658 Following Historian, College Teacher, Member @WCU_APSCUF @MSUadjuncts. History of education from the bottom up and the classroom out. Class size is class struggle.
Santana Adell @santana_ad55150
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Evon Getty @GettyEvon7219
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Lawanda Hise @HiseLawand74862
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Ngoc Lindline @NLindline14007
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Maheo Olivier @maheoolivier
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Sunday Gibby @GibbySunda57625
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Mora Fars @FarsMora52833
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Roma Campillo @RoCampil
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Jerry Riccardo @JerrRiccard
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Jeff Thindwa @JeffThindwa
2K Followers 5K Following Global citizen, all things accountable government, engaged citizens, collaborative governance. Ex @GPSA_org @WorldBank. RTs, follows, likes no endorsement.
Tegan Martone @tegan15976
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Raeann Digerolamo @raea_digerola
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Oliva Gutierrez @gutierre_oli
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Minna Martone @MinnaMarto
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Tess Perna @perna_te
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Claudie Mallat @MallaClaudi
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Friday Night Funk 'n .. @sreddi_515
677 Followers 4K Following ems→polisci/sociology. lefty. fmr trivia contest champ. pdf hoarder 🏳️🌈 priv/nsfw/vent account: @515idders
Danica Ruiz @DanicaRuiz553
102 Followers 3K Following
Cecilia Márquez (she.. @ProfCeciliaM
2K Followers 1K Following History Prof @DukeHistoryDept @DukeU. "Making the Latino South" out now: https://t.co/v30RJossUZ…
M Ver Ploeg @Brookglad
6 Followers 19 Following
LABOR: Studies in Wor.. @labor_journal
252 Followers 124 Following The official journal for the Labor and Working-Class History Association @lawcha_org. Published by @DukePress
Zora Piskačová @zora_piskacova
603 Followers 548 Following Judgemental Central European(ist) | PhD Candidate @UNCHistory | Language Instructor | Interested in small towns, borders and people trying to cope.
Kevin Chase @kevmchase
801 Followers 5K Following
Marisela Ruiz @mruiz1207
17 Followers 152 Following ♡Lover of nature, Japanese anime, reading a good book, dancing, writing, questioning, and thinking.⋆˚✿˖ I am an English/ESL teacher and yo amo hablar español! ☆
Keeanga-Yamahtta Tayl.. @KeeangaYamahtta
128K Followers 2K Following Co-founder @hammerandhope, Professor @Princeton, #MacFellow 21
Austin McCoy @AustinMcCoy3
9K Followers 6K Following Historian, Old School Rap Specialist. Writing book on history of the Left in Midwest. Words @truthout HK fan. Words all mine. IG: ausmccoy
Dan Berger @dnbrgr
18K Followers 6K Following All of our heroes had criminal records || Writer of words, hater of prisons || Out now: STAYED ON FREEDOM https://t.co/BSs7HK8bdO…
Nelson Lichtenstein @NelsonLichtens1
6K Followers 992 Following Nelson Lichtenstein, UC Santa Barbara. His new book is A Fabulous Failure: The Clinton Presidency and the Transformation of American Capitalism.
Blair LM Kelley, PhD @profblmkelley
46K Followers 5K Following writer/historian/distinguished professor/bestselling author of Black Folk/director @UNCSouth / #StudyingSegregation/The Oracle
Katherine Turk @KatherineLTurk
1K Followers 871 Following Prof @UNChistory; Author _Women of NOW_ @fsgbooks (2023); _Equality on Trial_ @pennpress (2016); next _SILKWOOD_ @OneSignalPub with @allofmilov. she/her/hers.
Max Felker-Kantor @mfkantor
2K Followers 1K Following historian of cities, race, policing, and carceral state | history prof. @ ball state u. | author of @UNC_Press JPP book Policing Los Angeles | opinions mine
melanie newport @melanienewport
8K Followers 3K Following Concerned citizen and historian in CT. AAUP member. THIS IS MY JAIL, @pennpress. series editor @uchicagopress. views do not reflect those of my employer!!!!
Julie Greene @Greeneland
4K Followers 3K Following Labor & immigration historian @UofMaryland. Resuscitating family farm in NE. Author of The Canal Builders. Tweeting on all that, plus literature.
Gordon Mantler @gomantler
588 Followers 608 Following Historian, teacher, writer, activist, Baltimore native, and author of Power to the Poor and now The Multiracial Promise
Steven Greenhouse @greenhousenyt
68K Followers 393 Following Former NYT Labor Reporter—Century Foundation Sr. Fellow—Author of "BEATEN DOWN, WORKED UP: The Past, Present & Future of American Labor: "Engrossing..Panoramic"
David Stein @DavidpStein
9K Followers 8K Following Asst Prof of History, UCSB. Fellow @rooseveltinst. Social movements & political economy—civil rights movement; economic policy; inflation; mass incarceration.
Kim Kelly @GrimKim
129K Followers 12K Following Labor @inthesetimesmag / ‘FIGHT LIKE HELL: The Untold History of American Labor’/ columns @teenvogue @fastcompany / Salvo newsletter/ kimkellywrites@gmail 🏴
William Sturkey @william_sturkey
11K Followers 5K Following Historian. Writer. Teacher. Avid Reader. Associate Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania.
Davarian L. Baldwin @DavarianBaldwin
6K Followers 2K Following Urbanist | Historian | Cultural Critic|Ogun. @ScholarsForSJ. 2022 Freedom Scholar. Rep: @zoepagnamenta. Seeing around corners since '72
Toby Higbie @TobiasHigbie
3K Followers 3K Following UCLA History & Labor Studies. Posting personal opinions abt labor & migration history, worker organizing, higher ed policy. He/him. Find me on Bluesky: thigbie
Jonah Furman @JonahFurman
60K Followers 4K Following Communications Director at @UAW, and doing what I can to build a better labor movement. formerly of @labornotes, @berniesanders, @unitedteamsters, and more
Jacobin @jacobin
388K Followers 8 Following Jacobin offers socialist perspectives on politics, economics, and culture. Support our work and subscribe to our print magazine!
Bob Hutton @HerecomesDrBob
4K Followers 5K Following Associate Professor of History, Appalachian Studies, and Divisive Concepts 👖 I like to steal, gamble, and rob.
Newberry Library @NewberryLibrary
24K Followers 866 Following Research library + portal to more than 600 years of human history. Free + open to all since 1887.
Erika Lee @prof_erikalee
11K Followers 1K Following Historian @Harvard_History. Author, America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia & The Making of Asian America. Past @The_OAH President. Tweets are my own.
AAAStudies @AAAStudies
5K Followers 1K Following Advancing the field of Asian American Studies since 1979. https://t.co/WfenefUBUY; https://t.co/D8XjqYBdAO
LABOR: Studies in Wor.. @labor_journal
252 Followers 124 Following The official journal for the Labor and Working-Class History Association @lawcha_org. Published by @DukePress
Zora Piskačová @zora_piskacova
603 Followers 548 Following Judgemental Central European(ist) | PhD Candidate @UNCHistory | Language Instructor | Interested in small towns, borders and people trying to cope.
Zinn Ed Project @ZinnEdProject
62K Followers 7K Following Zinn Education Project: Teaching a People’s History offers free resources for teaching outside the textbook. Coordinated by @RethinkSchools & @TeachingChange
Edward Brudney @EdwardBrudney
127 Followers 195 Following Assistant Professor of History, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga "Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government."
Cecilia Márquez (she.. @ProfCeciliaM
2K Followers 1K Following History Prof @DukeHistoryDept @DukeU. "Making the Latino South" out now: https://t.co/v30RJossUZ…
Marisela Ruiz @mruiz1207
17 Followers 152 Following ♡Lover of nature, Japanese anime, reading a good book, dancing, writing, questioning, and thinking.⋆˚✿˖ I am an English/ESL teacher and yo amo hablar español! ☆
Marcie Ferris @marcie_ferris
47 Followers 181 Following
Sergio Gonzalez @SMGonzalezWI
1K Followers 972 Following Historian of Midwestern Latinos, labor, religion, and sanctuary. Author of Strangers No Longer: Latino Belonging and Faith in 20th Century Wisconsin.
Lauren Braun-Strumfel.. @Braun_Strumfels
364 Followers 148 Following Historian at intersection of US immigration policy & Italian migration. Partners in Gatekeeping @ugapress Managing Migration in Italy & the US @degruyter_pub
Labor Heritage @LaborHeritage1
433 Followers 621 Following Working to strengthen the labor movement through the arts, including music, film, poetry, written works, theatre, and artistic works.
Ben Railton @AmericanStudier
12K Followers 13K Following Prof of Amer Lit & Studies. Dad to 2 amazing young men. We the People: https://t.co/HSQd0cfKJa; Of Thee I Sing: https://t.co/bSkmCeE703. #ScholarSunday guru. he/him
Michele Fazio @MFazworks
115 Followers 130 Following working-class studies, #firstgen, oral history, social justice yoga, rowdy folk music, views here are my own
Michael Billeaux-Mart.. @michaelbilleaux
588 Followers 1K Following Historical sociologist studying race, class, and politics in North America, especially the Great Lakes region. Teaching @MadisonCollege, member @AFTWisconsin
Labor History Today @history_labor
22 Followers 31 Following Weekly podcast featuring gripping stories of the historic battles for worker rights and how they fuel today’s struggles: https://t.co/UwgyMRB4kT
Maniza M. Ahmed @ah_maniza
257 Followers 523 Following studying domestic work's history in the US @uchicago | proud cat mom 🐅 | @mtholyoke alum | @uchicagogsu bargaining committee | she/her
Southern Workers Asse.. @SWA_solidarity
3K Followers 499 Following Building worker power and solidarity across the South! #OrganizetheSouth Subscribe for updates and action alerts: https://t.co/dSexWMyrar
Sen. Graig Meyer @GraigMeyer
10K Followers 2K Following NC Senate District 23. Serving Orange, Person, and Caswell Counties. Listen, unite, lead.
Kristina Mensik @kristina_mensik
447 Followers 1K Following Ending jail + prison disenfranchisement w @dbbc_ma | PhD student @DukePoliSci studying AM + carceral politics | @dukegradunion | Cats are Miloš + Václav.
Richard Yeselson @yeselson
16K Followers 4K Following Editorial Board @dissentmag. Think I started trend of labeling modern US Right as “revanchist.” Charming in person, but we’re not there. Also NBA/Warriors.
Elisabeth Josefina Ma.. @Elisabeth_unfun
427 Followers 2K Following Georgetown History PhD student | Latinx urban history & history of education | Former high school history teacher | MA & EdM
Union of Southern Ser.. @RaiseUptheSouth
20K Followers 3K Following We’re building our union for service workers across the South by any means necessary. Press please DM. #OrganizetheSouth #UnionsforAll
Ajamu Amiri Dillahunt @adillahunt_
3K Followers 2K Following Assistant Professor in the Department of History at NC State. NCCU Alumnus.
Kathleen M. McHugh @kathmchugh
141 Followers 345 Following History PhD student at UNC | home economics, gender, science | crossword puzzle enthusiast | she/her
Seasick Records @seasickbham
4K Followers 126 Following Independent record store located in Birmingham, AL. We buy used vinyl! 4420A 4th Ave South
Brandon Johnson @Brandon4Chicago
46K Followers 859 Following Husband, father, teacher, and the 57th Mayor of the City of Chicago. Political account. Follow @ChicagosMayor for government account.
Regina Baker @ReginaSBaker
7K Followers 5K Following Associate Professor of Sociology @UNC | alum @MercerYou @universityofga @DukeU | hopeful for a better tomorrow.
Sara Nelson @FlyingWithSara
87K Followers 5K Following President of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA @afa_cwa, representing 50K at 19 airlines. Proud Union Flight Attendant since 1996. (she/her) Anti-fascist
Isaiah Ellis, Ph.D. @reticulate_
344 Followers 694 Following Postdoctoral Fellow @UofTReligion | US religion, infrastructure, urbanism, race & empire | Toronto/NYC
Sarah Milov @allofmilov
5K Followers 4K Following Historian @UVA. Author of THE CIGARETTE with @Harvard_Press. Now writing SILKWOOD with @KatherineLTurk for @onesignalpub. Recovering Floridian.
Ed Schmitt @schmikka
150 Followers 919 Following History Professor @ UW-Parkside, working on a biography of Dick Gregory, author of President of the Other America: Robert Kennedy and the Politics of Poverty.
Jorts (and Jean) @JortsTheCat
221K Followers 2K Following Jorts the cat. Jean helps me. [email protected]
Living New Deal @LivingNewDeal
2K Followers 2K Following Mapping the legacy of New Deal public works projects across America - and working towards a *New* New Deal. Help build an online library of New Deal resources!
Mala Waldron @mala_waldron
745 Followers 804 Following Jazz/Soul Vocalist, Pianist & Composer from NYC. Daughter of renown pianist-composer, Mal Waldron. Balances shows in Tri-State area with international touring.
CES Traditional Kinde.. @CESTraditionalK
88 Followers 12 Following Traditional Kindergarten Class Twitter (@CarrboroCubs)
Brooke Kroeger @brookekroeger
3K Followers 2K Following Journalist/Author/NYU Prof Emerita. Undaunted @aaknopf. NellieBly/FannieHurst/Passing/UndercoverReporting/Suffragents @ehlibrary president
Ted Gioia @tedgioia
87K Followers 4K Following Ted Gioia is author of 12 books, including The History of Jazz and Delta Blues. Follow me on Substack at https://t.co/F6G8RrzTIu.
Patrick Sheridan @Patriot_Pat1
2K Followers 2K Following Ph.D. student @universityofga studying railroads in TX and LA. Cartographer as a hobby. Opinions are my own. 🏳️🌈 Threads/IG: patfromwva97.
cats being weird litt.. @weirdlilguys
2.1M Followers 25 Following wlg fan club 🐈 dm for submissions + credit! • IG: @ catsbeingweirdlittleguys • partnerships: [email protected] • MERCH 👇👇
Scott Huffard @shuffard
2K Followers 3K Following History prof deep in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Wrote a book about trains (and capitalism): https://t.co/9dFdbc2zNq
Christopher Tounsel @ctounsel1
6K Followers 2K Following Believer | Married @tntounsel, dad | Historian and Director of African Studies, Univ. of Washington | Chosen Peoples (Duke UP), Bounds of Blackness (Cornell UP)
Seth Schindler @seth_schindler
2K Followers 1K Following Professor of Urban Politics and Development, Global Development Institute, University of Manchester. Views my own.
Labor Notes @labornotes
62K Followers 647 Following Putting the movement back in the labor movement since 1979.
Robyn Muncy @LeighMuncy
848 Followers 288 Following Prof of History, U of Maryland, College Park. Author of RELENTLESS REFORMER: JOSEPHINE ROCHE AND PROGRESSIVISM IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICA Opinions are my own
Carolina Baseball @DiamondHeels
96K Followers 186 Following 11 College World Series Appearances | 24 ACC Championships 🏆 | Head Coach - @CoachForbes_UNC | Instagram: carolinabaseball | 🐏⚾️
Alison Syring @AlisonSyring
875 Followers 911 Following acquisitions editor @illinoispress | please email [email protected]
Ben Sorensen @cerrunos1
71 Followers 246 Following I love labor history, Byzantium, anything Slovak, and Ajax Amsterdam! Go Steelers, too!Here is today's statement unanimously endorsed by the Labor and Working-Class History Association (@lawcha_org) board, of which I'm a part, condemning the use of police to violently break up peaceful protest on U.S. campuses. Feel free to share widely.
#OtD in Southern labor history, the story of an often forgotten fast food worker win in the South In 1972, a 24-day strike began at @ChurchsChicken in Atlanta that was part of a larger strike wave that year across the city. #UnionsForAll #LaborHistory
This weekend I'll be at the @WordOfSouthFest to talk about Ybor City and latinidad in FL ☀️ On our session, we'll share history, talk about writing, and discuss the importance of telling hard histories. Big thanks to @FlHumanities for assembling the session!
One of the most important, and least understood, facts about unions is that unions spread prosperity beyond their membership. To see how dramatic an effect this has, let’s compare work and life in “right to work” states to work and life in states without these anti-union laws.🧵
According to @JosephMcCartin, the @UAW victories in the South we could see this week would be "nothing short of an earthquake." And we're hoping to feel the rumble. theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…
Join UNC History Professor Dr. Michelle King in a discussion about her latest book with @UNCAsiaCenter associate director Kevin Kim @FlyleafBooks on May 9th.
Times change, these shrimps stay the same…
fair summary of my book, pre-order now!
40 is the new 30: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!! 75 is the new 65: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
We're happy to present this week's team member highlight, Janine Giordano Drake! @JanineGiordano
Excited to share that Black Folk has been awarded with a 2024 Philip Taft Labor History Prize! What a joy to have my work recognized by my peers, it means the world to me!!!!
Our 2023 book award winners! livingnewdeal.org/media-referenc… And thanks to all the nominees for writing their books and adding to New Deal, FDR & related scholarship & history! #History #books #booksWorthReading @HistoryBU @JannekenSmucker
Congratulations to author Joan Flores-Villalobos, whose book THE SILVER WOMEN has won the 2024 David Montgomery Award from @The_OAH and @lawcha_org for the best book on a topic in American labor and working-class history, just announced at #OAH24! ow.ly/VNMh50RfkEc
Shout-out to the @IATSE @animationguild workers who made tonight’s incredible @TheSimpsons “Night of the Living Wage” episode!
Endlessly proud of @SOHPoralhistory this weekend, my colleagues, and especially my students current and past, who showed up, asked questions, and reminded me why we at @UNCSouth do what we do. An incredible group of young minds dreaming and building a better South and world.
This double rainbow was alongside my driving route in southern Indiana for more than half an hour.
"Scattered and Fugitive Things tells the stories of...Black collectors, traveling from the parlors of the urban north to HBCU reading rooms and branch libraries in the Jim Crow south..." cup.columbia.edu/book/scattered…
Had the chance to speak with Dr. Laura López-Sanders of @BrownSociology today as part of a @RaceEthnicity new books series. This is an *excellent* book that labor studies scholars (across numerous disciplines) will find illuminating. Definitely read it!
New Today! The Manufacturing of Job Displacement by Laura López-Sanders! Take a look behind-the-scenes of a daily factory life in this new book.
#OnThisDay in 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his last speech, supporting more than 1,300 sanitation workers striking in Memphis to protest their poor working conditions and wages. More than 2,000 came to hear him speak. He shared the story of the Good Samaritan, where…
On This Day, April 2: Trouble in the Sweetest Place on Earth laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/e/april-2-trou…
Don’t let them fool you. RFK, Jr. received his funding from big Republican donors. Steve Bannon urged him to run! Why? Because he’s there to play spoiler. Democrats shouldn’t fall for it. A vote for RFK, Jr. is a vote to help Trump win, plain and simple.
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