jeannetheoharis.bsky.social
Distinguished Professor at Brooklyn College, Author of The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks and King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Life of Struggle Outside the South
👤 Joined on 12 November 2024
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@jeannetheoharis.bsky.social#tdih 1965 U.S. president halted enforcement of Civil Rights Act in Chicago. Fed funds restored to Chicago BoE after Daley confronted LBJ. They’d been withheld for racist school segregation. Democrats exempted the North. Read ⬇️ by @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/en...
Show PostAs a person raised Presbyterian who turned into a lapsed Unitarian, and is currently reading King of the North, this checks all the boxes.
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Show PostWe’re thrilled to announce that @jessehagopian.bsky.social, campaign director at ZEP & editor at @rethinkingschools.bsky.social, has won the David H. Russell Award for Distinguished Research in the Teaching of English for his book “Teach Truth: The Struggle for Antiracist Education”! Learn more: ⬇️
Show PostI was thrilled to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Books Through Bars NYC, an all-volunteer group I co-founded. Since 1996, BTB NYC has sent app 168,000 book packages to people in 38 states (one package has multiple books). Help them keep sending books to imprisoned readers: booksthroughbarsnyc.org
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