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To celebrate #MLKDay 
& the last Sunday of the Age of Trump, another #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work from the last week. Happy reading! #twitterstorians
& the last Sunday of the Age of Trump, another #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work from the last week. Happy reading! #twitterstorians
One more video: I was so moved to see @BidenInaugural launch a historians video series, starting w/ @katemasur on Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural: https://twitter.com/katemasur/status/1350463637228572673?s=20
The vital follow-ups to #January6th have continued. Here’s a thread from @LaurenRKerby based on her book on Christian nationalists & the Capitol. https://twitter.com/LaurenRKerby/status/1348085866816802817?s=20
An excellent @Ideas_History guest post from @rebecca_fachner based on her work as a Capitol tour guide. https://s-usih.org/2021/01/the-capitol-what-i-know-and-what-ive-learned/
@SassyProf wrote for the @washingtonpost about five Lost Cause myths: https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/five-myths/five-myths-about-the-lost-cause/2021/01/14/78853464-55f9-11eb-a08b-f1381ef3d207_story.html
Excellent @AHAhistorians piece from @prof_gabriele on medieval imagery at the insurrection: https://www.historians.org/publications-and-directories/perspectives-on-history/january-2021/vikings-crusaders-confederates-misunderstood-historical-imagery-at-the-january-6-capitol-insurrection
Volume 1 Number 2 of @LDBurnett’s wonderful new newsletter The Mudsill was dedicated to #January6th: https://themudsill.substack.com/p/the-mudsill-vol-1-no-2
@NativeAmText wrote an important post-mortem on the Trump administration’s effects on American Indian Policy: http://michaelleroyoberg.com/current-events/the-trump-administration-and-american-indian-policy-a-post-mortem/
Here on #MLKDay weekend, @OfficialMLK3 wrote for @washingtonpost about federal executions & his father’s abhorrence for the death penalty: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/14/mlk-birthday-executions-death-penalty/
weekend, @OfficialMLK3 wrote for @washingtonpost about federal executions & his father’s abhorrence for the death penalty: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/14/mlk-birthday-executions-death-penalty/
The great @PenielJoseph on remembering King as we begin the year’s crucial work for racial justice: https://www.urbanitus.com/remembering-king-in-this-year-to-end-systemic-racism-defeat-white-supremacy-and-achieve-a-racially-just-country/
That also means remembering horrific histories such as those in @MLKFBI, as traced for @SmithsonianMag by @wolverinewilson: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/new-film-details-fbi-relentless-pursuit-dr-martin-luther-king-180976770/
Finally, as we gear up for a new semester, great piece from @joshua_r_eyler on how teaching the liberal arts more effectively just might save democracy: https://josheyler.wordpress.com/2021/01/15/the-liberal-arts-by-themselves-will-not-save-democracy-but-teaching-them-more-effectively-might/
& finally finally, I’ll reiterate my goal of sharing my forthcoming book Of Thee I Sing & the contested history of American patriotism w/any & all audiences & conversations.
http://americanstudier.blogspot.com/2021/01/january-15-16-2021-sharing-of-thee-i.html
http://americanstudier.blogspot.com/2021/01/january-15-16-2021-sharing-of-thee-i.html
PS. I’m sure I missed lots of important public scholarly writing & work, so share more pieces & threads here (including yours!), please! #twitterstorians
