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Historian. Professor. Author of The Black Cabinet and biographies of Hattie McDaniel, Mae West, and Father Divine. Working on a biography of Mary McLeod Bethune. https://jill-watts.com

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That cake!

28.11.2025 07:12 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Restricted-Access Federal
Facility, Effective July 7, 2025
Effective July 7, 2025, the National Archives at College Park, MD, will become a restricted-access federal facility with access only for visitors with a legitimate business need. It will no longer be open to the general public. Security officers will enforce these restrictions, and your cooperation is appreciated.

Restricted-Access Federal Facility, Effective July 7, 2025 Effective July 7, 2025, the National Archives at College Park, MD, will become a restricted-access federal facility with access only for visitors with a legitimate business need. It will no longer be open to the general public. Security officers will enforce these restrictions, and your cooperation is appreciated.

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The National Archives at College Park is about to go dark; effective July 7, it’s becoming a restricted-access federal facility, meaning everyday Americans will no longer have public access to the very records that hold our government accountable.
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25.06.2025 00:06 πŸ‘ 48 πŸ” 30 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 5
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02.06.2025 01:07 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy #Caturday 🐈

07.06.2025 14:56 πŸ‘ 253 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations!

14.05.2025 02:00 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A National History Day display: "Alice Paul: How She Rocked the Vote," from the 2020 contest.

A National History Day display: "Alice Paul: How She Rocked the Vote," from the 2020 contest.

A National History Day display: "D-Day: How the Allies Broke Hitler's Atlantic Barrier, from March 2020, SW Michigan regional competition.

A National History Day display: "D-Day: How the Allies Broke Hitler's Atlantic Barrier, from March 2020, SW Michigan regional competition.

I just got confirmation that National History Day, a program that does more to ignite K-12 students' love of history, learning, and yes, even the United States than anything else I've ever seen, had all its funding cut yesterday by the DOGE-axe at the NEH - including for this year's ongoing contest.

03.04.2025 20:06 πŸ‘ 1663 πŸ” 823 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 242
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Project POTUS Pages - Presidential trivia and doodles Follow along as presidential doodler Heather Rogers brings the book percolating in her head to life

Gave my home page a little refresh. Check it out: www.potuspages.com

30.03.2025 15:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Today!!!

07.03.2025 15:02 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Glad it went well! Take care.

06.03.2025 18:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Sending you good thoughts

05.03.2025 17:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

"We know exactly what to do. We use our power-we organize, mobilize, we educate and we advocate." Kamala Harris at the
#NAACPImageAwards this evening

23.02.2025 02:44 πŸ‘ 243 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2
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Fun with Roosevelts! πŸ€“

21.02.2025 22:30 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Great Migrations: A People on The Move Great Migrations explores how a series of Black migrations have shaped America.

Episode Four of Great Migrations on PBS tonight. Watch all four on the PBS site. www.pbs.org/show/great-m...

19.02.2025 03:06 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

In case you missed it: β€œsocial justice” and β€œequity” now interpreted as illegal in education under this far-right U.S. administration. We are experiencing the rollback of civil rights protection that only lasted two generations in American history.

www.ed.gov/media/docume...

16.02.2025 17:11 πŸ‘ 193 πŸ” 81 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 6
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Happy Valentine's Day from DOGEhttps://www.doge.gov/savings

14.02.2025 22:56 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Emancipation statue, with Abraham Lincoln and Archer Alexander. Alexander escaped enslavement and warned the Union that his enslaver planned to destroy an important bridge.

Emancipation statue, with Abraham Lincoln and Archer Alexander. Alexander escaped enslavement and warned the Union that his enslaver planned to destroy an important bridge.

Happy birthday, #AbeLincoln! (Did you know the man in the Emancipation statue, Archer Alexander, was Muhammed Ali's great-great-great grandfather? Also, he warned the Union Army that his enslaver planned to destroy an important bridge.)

12.02.2025 11:14 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That was a great research paper!

12.02.2025 16:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you! So good to hear from you! Email me and tell me your news!!!

12.02.2025 16:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Best New TV Shows of January 2025 From 'The Pitt' to 'Asura'

Great Migrations: Episode Three--reverse migration back to the South. (Time magazine named it among the best TV Shows in January) time.com/7211890/best...

11.02.2025 23:11 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Thanks for the plug! We are so grateful for the support of the Henry Luce Foundation and Princeton University, which makes our work possible at @xroadproj.bsky.social.

07.02.2025 19:22 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

got your back here ❀️

08.02.2025 06:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Great Migrations: A People on The Move Great Migrations explores how a series of Black migrations have shaped America.

Great Migrations episodes 1 and 2 are streaming on PBS for free. Check them out. www.pbs.org/show/great-m...

05.02.2025 20:15 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Westward Migration The second wave of the great migration saw people traveling to the West,

Great Migrations Episode 2 on tonight! You'll hear about westward migration and California. www.pbssocal.org/shows/great-...

03.02.2025 19:58 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Poems, by Phillis Wheatley

Find the entire poem along with her book here: www.gutenberg.org/files/409/40...

03.02.2025 02:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Wonder from whence my love of Freedom sprung,
  Whence flow these wishes for the common good,
  By feeling hearts alone best understood,
  I, young in life, by seeming cruel fate
  Was snatch’d from Afric’s fancy’d happy seat:
  What pangs excruciating must molest,
  What sorrows labour in my parent’s breast?
  Steel’d was that soul and by no misery mov’d
  That from a father seiz’d his babe belov’d:
  Such, such my case.  And can I then but pray
  Others may never feel tyrannic sway?

Wonder from whence my love of Freedom sprung, Whence flow these wishes for the common good, By feeling hearts alone best understood, I, young in life, by seeming cruel fate Was snatch’d from Afric’s fancy’d happy seat: What pangs excruciating must molest, What sorrows labour in my parent’s breast? Steel’d was that soul and by no misery mov’d That from a father seiz’d his babe belov’d: Such, such my case. And can I then but pray Others may never feel tyrannic sway?

Searching for quiet inspiration and assurance today. Remembering Phillis Wheatley on freedom and tyranny. Link to the full poem in comments. #BlackHistoryMonth #PhillisWheatley

03.02.2025 02:55 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Take care! Sending you good vibes.

03.02.2025 02:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
"Democracy... cannot flourish amid fear. Liberty cannot bloom amid hate. Justice cannot take root amid rage. America must get to work... We must dissent from indifference... we must dissent from the fear, the hatred, and the mistrust." Thurgood Marshall

"Democracy... cannot flourish amid fear. Liberty cannot bloom amid hate. Justice cannot take root amid rage. America must get to work... We must dissent from indifference... we must dissent from the fear, the hatred, and the mistrust." Thurgood Marshall

02.02.2025 11:49 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a drawing of a fist with a purple bracelet around it ALT: a drawing of a fist with a purple bracelet around it

Happy Black History Month, and yeah, we're still doing that.

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Condolences to you and her family. Such a loss to the legal and academic communities.

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