#Reconstruction

Al Frame

al_frame

Thread for any Thistle fans thinking of boycotting away grounds. I’d far rather be there supporting the team but definitely a few clubs I’d struggle to give any money to

Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II

RevDrBarber

In life there are death pangs & there are birth pains. Today, I believe all our suffering has been birth pains toward a Third Reconstruction. The pain of succession led

Danté Stewart (Stew)

stewartdantec

The characterization of this moment as Reconstruction is right. What we are facing now is a moment of intense white backlash to Black citizenship and advancement, the white church’s complicity

Dorian Warren

dorianwarren

Each day feels like a new dumpster fire, but our country’s failure to provide us basic safety isn’t new. I want to talk about how we can learn from the

Chuck McShane

chuckmcshane

The Confederate monument building campagins of the 1890s were about erasing the history of multiracial gains of Reconstruction. While renaming streets, Charlotte could focus on Reconstruction leaders disappeared from the

Chris Dier

chrisdier

The election of 1876 was a contested election with no clear winner the next day. This election occurred during Reconstruction--the era after the Civil War which was marked by large-scale

Neil Warner

NeilWarner_

Profiles in Courage is a deeply problematic book whose biggest relevance to current US events is as an example of the historic strength of racist & anti-democratic politics. It attacked

Keri Leigh Merritt, Ph.D.

KeriLeighMerrit

What you are seeing here are the vestiges of slavery & Reconstruction.The Blue belt from Augusta to Columbus is aka the Black belt, where most of the states cotton was

Jonathan Ladd

jonmladd

The false but popular notion that all the original writers of the Constitution had conservative and inegalitarian views depends crucially on ignoring Reconstruction, and being able to trust that most

Brittney Cooper

ProfessorCrunk

Cruz is now citing the 1876 election as precedent for this madness. The Hayes-Tilden compromise ended Reconstruction after the Civil War by giving the GOP the presidency in exchange for

Charles Postel

CharlesPostel

The Grange. By 1872 it was largest mass organization in US history, organized farmers in many rural districts of MW, West & South as a political bloc hostile to Republican

Doctor Clune

erinclune

In 2005/6, I taught a seminar for BPI at Eastern Correctional Facility on one 728-page book: Black Reconstruction in America, by WEB Du Bois. I’ve been rereading my worn old

Narine

NarineNanaros

Debunking the artificially aging khachkar workshop: These photos were made by a Russian family in 2015 (travel-bloggers). You can find them in the blog http://kirill-anya.ru/2015/caucasus/24.html. These Khachkars are near the

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selgowiros

The faster that reconstruction based polytheists understand that they’re experiencing hiraeth / siraxta, the faster they’ll be able to shed it, and connect to the here and now, enabling them

karen - #BlackLivesMatter now more than ever

thesistakaren

As Black History Month begins, use this time to further your understanding of the century of oppression of Black Americans b/w the Civil War & the Civil Rights Movement -

Ludovico Brigante

lulubrigante

Two weeks into the Biden administration, the call for a Third Reconstruction appeared again — this time in its proper place — from a voice of establishment liberalism.https://twitter.com/lulubrigante/status/1320375245245734913 The expec

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