Melanated and Unapologetic—Justice Jackson and Black Women Claiming Space is live on Substack. Reflecting on cultural roots, Anita Hill’s courage, and Black women’s persistence shaping history and the Court. open.substack.com/pub/valencia...
Mother Nature pushed our Black History Month meeting into March—but we know Black history is 365. 📚✨
Thank you to our RECHS History Club members who brought the soul with Soul Food! For some, it was their first taste of collard greens, cornbread, or sweet potato pie. History you can taste. 🥧🥬🌽
Mother Nature pushed our Black History Month meeting into March—but we know Black history is 365. 📚✨
Thank you to our RECHS History Club members who brought the soul with Soul Food! For some, it was their first taste of collard greens, cornbread, or sweet potato pie. History you can taste. 🥧🥬🌽
Switching out the bookshelves for Women's History Month! Can't get students to read as much as I want, but still gonna be a classroom of books! #Read
I’m really struggling to imagine Congress without Rep Jasmine Crockett next year. We need more fighters, not fewer.
Years ago, I added 1984 to my Civics course because it felt necessary. Last year, I considered replacing it. Something told me not to.
Grading projects, I’m struck by how less “fiction” it feels to my classroom. That realization is unsettling.
The novel stays—for now. And that saddens me.
📢 Teachers — I am collecting stories for my upcoming book Bringing Religious Literacy to the Classroom: Global Competence for K-12 Social Studies (@routledgebooks.bsky.social ). 👉 More info & Share here: bit.ly/BRL2theClass... Deadline: April 1, 2026 #religiousliteracy #globalcompetence
In praise of archivists and librarians at HBCUs:
jacksonadvocateonline.com/from-tuskege...
A month of reflections on Black faith, community, and the men of Griggs v. Duke Power comes together in one essay. Explore how the Black church preserved memory, nurtured leadership, and held history in its pews. open.substack.com/pub/valencia...
Thank you! I see the intersection of our work and hope that it creates space for future collaboration! I hope your sessions went well.
Day 2 wrapped strong with way more educators than I expected for my session on the final day and the final session of the conference. Deeply grateful for the educators who came through with energy, questions, and community. Winston-Salem was a powerful setting for NCCSS’s new chapter. #NHTOY
Day 1 of the North Carolina Social Studies Conference done! #NHTOY #NCCSS2026
Our Pulitzer-winning "Friends of the Court" series began with this story that revealed how SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas had, for 20+ years, been treated to undisclosed luxury vacations by real estate titan and GOP megadonor Harlan Crow.
(Published April 2023)
“Black history isn’t just what happened, but how communities learned to survive systems designed to erase them. This week’s Black Friday History post: The Fathers We Don’t See in the Footnotes: Reclaiming Black Men from the Case File open.substack.com/pub/valencia...
Friends in the D.C. area.
Don't miss @brianjoneseducator.bsky.social & @edgeofsports.bsky.social in person on Wednesday Feb. 25 at @busboysandpoets.bsky.social (14th & V).
Hosted by @teachingchange.bsky.social & BBP.
Books onsite for purchase & signing.
Order from menu throughout the event.
When I need a trusted source for teacher resources, ZEP (@zinnedproject.bsky.social) is always at the top of my list.
And now, to see a “Forever Student” return to pour into our current scholars, that’s the power of teaching, of people, and of platforms like Zinn Education Project. ✊🏾📚
Of all the teacher duties I do in my classroom, one of my absolute favorites is switching out my bookcase to display and highlight the month’s theme! So loving Black History Month to spotlight one of the historians I am adding to my Fav List. Thank you, ZEP, for getting me his latest! 📚 #Read
A Friday happy hour toast to:
Bad Bunny—for his gorgeous joyous inclusiveness
Teal Robe Lady in Minnesota—for standing up for good & being a bad ass
Uncelebrated people around the USA helping neighbors. I celebrate you
Good teachers, librarians, & those standing tall for facts
We the People
Matthew Delmont joins David, Torie, and David Maraniss to discuss Until the Last Gun Is Silent, his examination of Black activism during the Vietnam War. Coretta Scott King and Dwight “Skip” Johnson get their due. If you think you know this chapter of history, think again. 🎙️📚 Listen" buff.ly/OW9tVyM
#TDIH 1946 Black WWII vet Isaac Woodard beaten & blinded by white SC police chief.
Learn how Woodard & NAACP organized, and Orson Welles took up his case on the air, in new @radiodiaries.bsky.social
series. They galvanized support for Army desegregation." ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/is...
I had to watch this twice to fully appreciate the Blackness of it. LOL
I don't know where this musuem is, but I will be finding out.😍
Thank you to everyone who celebrated with me 🖤
Honored to be named NCHE’s 2026 Paul A. Gagnon Prize recipient. Join us in Montgomery (March 2026) for my session, Road Tripping Through Black Routes & Resistance. Playlist recommendations welcome!
If you are an educator, scholar, or community leader committed to justice-centered education, I strongly encourage you register an learn more!
If you are an educator, scholar, or community leader committed to justice-centered education, I strongly encourage you to register for this event!
Right now, communities across the country are showing up for one another. That's not new, it's what people have always done. As history educators, you help students see that legacy: the long line of people who chose connection and solidarity.
Take care of yourselves and each other. We're with you.
Thank you @historyed.bsky.social NCHE for this honor!!
Congratulations!
Fugitive Slave Act forced question: "Were Northerners prepared to watch their neighbors, many of whom had lived in their communities for years, be violently removed from their homes or grabbed off the streets? For many, answer was no." - @jelaniya.bsky.social Read ⬇️
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
