The World's Carol Hills spoke with Brooke Newman, an associate professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, about how she discovered that document and the king's announcement. https://theworld.org/media...
theworld.org
King Charles III expresses his support to investigate royal ties to slavery | Page 2 | The World from PRX
Buckingham Palace said the king is "profoundly serious" about looking into the British monarchy's direct ties to slavery. This follows the discovery of a document linking a previous king to the slave trade. The World's Carol Hills spoke with Brooke Newman, an associate professor ..
08:21 AM - Apr 08, 2023
📢The BNT has published historic slave registers online in a searchable format— transcribed from original registers for 1821, 1827, 1830, 1833-34 w/ permission of the Bermuda Archives. https://www.royalgazette.c...
royalgazette.com
BNT publishes historic Bermuda slave registers online - The Royal Gazette | Bermuda News, Business, Sports, Events, & Community |
The Bermuda National Trust has published historic Bermuda slave registers online in a searchable spreadsheet format. The spreadsheets, available through the Bermuda National Trust website, were transc...
12:29 PM - Mar 09, 2023
"It is appropriate that we commemorate the anniversary of the publication of the narrative of Mary Prince--the first of its kind to be published by an enslaved woman--192 years ago in the month of February: Black History Month." https://www.royalgazette.c...
royalgazette.com
Anniversary of publication of Mary Prince narrative - The Royal Gazette | Bermuda News, Business, Sports, Events, & Community |
In acknowledgement of Black History Month, The Royal Gazette continues the publication of stories throughout February on African-American, Black Bermudian and global African people, events and ins...
12:14 PM - Feb 23, 2023
By echoing this, you might just save a life.
LGBTQ+ Suicide Prevention resources:
LGBTQ+ Suicide Prevention resources:
12:43 PM - Feb 22, 2023
I love how my high-schooler is learning about so-called "family life" instead of basic sex ed, individual bodily autonomy, and gender equality.
10:56 AM - Feb 23, 2023
"The Department of History at the University of Utah seeks to appoint a Gordon B. Hinckley Postdoctoral Fellow in British Studies with a research specialization in Early Modern British History, including the history of the British empire."
https://www.h-net.org/jobs...
https://www.h-net.org/jobs...
09:34 AM - Feb 22, 2023
https://daily.jstor.org/di...
Enslaved: Peoples of the Historical Slave Trade brings together datasets from multiple sources in a single free website that anyone can use.
Enslaved: Peoples of the Historical Slave Trade brings together datasets from multiple sources in a single free website that anyone can use.
08:56 AM - Feb 21, 2023
Someone should ask governor Youngkin to explain his wife’s menstrual cycle including length, flow, & time between.
Then ask what products she uses, what they cost, & where she buys them.
Then ask him to explain peri/menopausal symptoms and treatment.
He should be asked every day.
Then ask what products she uses, what they cost, & where she buys them.
Then ask him to explain peri/menopausal symptoms and treatment.
He should be asked every day.
02:06 PM - Feb 16, 2023
09:23 AM - Feb 16, 2023
The Virginia Governor is Not a Friend of Women
07:36 AM - Feb 16, 2023
I'm thrilled to be on the list & in this company! Grateful to MacDowell
for the opportunity to work on #TheQueensSilence during my residency. https://www.macdowell.org/...
for the opportunity to work on #TheQueensSilence during my residency. https://www.macdowell.org/...
macdowell.org
MacDowell Awards Spring-Summer Fellowships to 142 Artists - MacDowell
MacDowell will welcome 142 artists from 23 states, D.C., and 11 countries for spring and summer residencies at the nation’s first artist residency program. They were granted from a pool of 1,822 applications from 54 different countries and every state except Hawaii.
03:59 PM - Feb 14, 2023
⭐️ NEW!
S1/E1 @DrBrookeNewman : Colonialism, slavery & secrecy
Laura Clancy and Brooke Newman address how the monarchy’s historical, and contemporary, relationship to systems of colonialism, imperialism, Empire, and the structures of secrecy make researching the monarchy so challenging.
S1/E1 @DrBrookeNewman : Colonialism, slavery & secrecy
Laura Clancy and Brooke Newman address how the monarchy’s historical, and contemporary, relationship to systems of colonialism, imperialism, Empire, and the structures of secrecy make researching the monarchy so challenging.
08:36 AM - Feb 14, 2023
Congratulations to Greg Smithers and Megan Kate Nelson on being longlisted for the Reading the West Non-fiction book award! 🥳
Reading the West Book Awards - Booksellers - Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers https://www.mountainsplain...
Reading the West Book Awards - Booksellers - Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers https://www.mountainsplain...
08:04 AM - Feb 14, 2023
These #Gotham book-award finalists all sound fantastic. NB: I’ve read Sweet’s The Sewing Girl’s Tale and highly recommend it: thoroughly researched, compelling, and beautifully written. I couldn’t put it down.
07:59 PM - Feb 13, 2023
#10K training accountability post: This AM we ran 4 miles. My trainer is content with my progress thus far. #GSDTrainer #Histgym
09:55 AM - Feb 10, 2023
While individuals acknowledge ancestral links to slavery-derived wealth the royal family remains silent, admitting nothing. "I felt ashamed & I also felt that it was my duty," Trevelyan says. https://www.telegraph.co.u...
12:13 PM - Feb 08, 2023
“The bill does not name specific books to ban, nor a system in which to vet the books. It does, however, come with a fear-mongering threat of a class three felony, which could cause a teacher to lose not only their teaching certificate, but their right to vote as well.”
https://www.independent.co...
https://www.independent.co...
07:18 AM - Feb 06, 2023
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“Which was more culturally significant, the Renaissance or Beyoncé?” she asks a Oxford prof. “So the work of a few straight white men just blows Beyoncé out of the water?!” 🤣https://www.nytimes.com/20...
10:21 AM - Feb 05, 2023
Random note: I just started training for my first ever 10k and boy does my body feel middle aged! Luckily, my German Shepard forces me to jog at a steady clip.
02:50 PM - Feb 03, 2023
With 🙄 headlines like this washingtonpost piece below,
I’m left wondering WTF journalists are doing right now to best serve and maintain a democratic society.
I’m left wondering WTF journalists are doing right now to best serve and maintain a democratic society.
09:00 AM - Feb 03, 2023
This is the Twitter sub I’ve been waiting to join. I’m excited to be here! Follow me for an eclectic mix of spouts about: history, books, hiking, pets, food and cocktails, TV/films, politics, the perils of fascism and white supremacy, travel, parenting teens, and whatever else strikes my fancy.
08:07 AM - Feb 03, 2023
