Jeanne Theoharis
@jeannetheoharis.bsky.social
Distinguished Professor at Brooklyn College, Author of The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks and King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Life of Struggle Outside the South
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We’re thrilled to announce that @jessehagopian.bsky.social, campaign director at ZEP & editor at @rethinkingschools.bsky.social, has won the David H. Russell Award for Distinguished Research in the Teaching of English for his book “Teach Truth: The Struggle for Antiracist Education”!
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Teach Truth: The Struggle for Antiracist Education
Book — Non-fiction. By Jesse Hagopian. 2025. 302 pages. A call to defend honest education for our students, showing how we can reclaim suppressed history by creating beloved classroom communities and ...
www.zinnedproject.org
September 17, 2026 at 5:57 PM
We’re thrilled to announce that @jessehagopian.bsky.social, campaign director at ZEP & editor at @rethinkingschools.bsky.social, has won the David H. Russell Award for Distinguished Research in the Teaching of English for his book “Teach Truth: The Struggle for Antiracist Education”!
Learn more: ⬇️
Learn more: ⬇️
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"Myth-shattering book."
Today's #history book pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to author @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social & @thenewpress.bsky.social!
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Today's #history book pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to author @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social & @thenewpress.bsky.social!
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September 15, 2026 at 1:03 PM
"Myth-shattering book."
Today's #history book pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to author @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social & @thenewpress.bsky.social!
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Today's #history book pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to author @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social & @thenewpress.bsky.social!
Read/subscribe to Damn History: damn-history-16d93f.beehiiv.com/subscribe
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OPINION: Jeanne Theoharis and Erik Wallenberg: The unknown history of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Chicago housing movement https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/08/02/opinion-martin-luther-king-jr-marquette-park-march-1966/?share=inii2iarcumcjrcirptt #civilrights
Jeanne Theoharis and Erik Wallenberg: The unknown history of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Chicago housing movement
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August 2, 2026 at 10:44 PM
OPINION: Jeanne Theoharis and Erik Wallenberg: The unknown history of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Chicago housing movement https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/08/02/opinion-martin-luther-king-jr-marquette-park-march-1966/?share=inii2iarcumcjrcirptt #civilrights
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Happy Pub Day to:
ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE by Natasha Hakimi Zapata
KING OF THE NORTH by Jeanne Theoharis
THE EDUCATION WARS by Jennifer Berkshire and Jack Schneider
https://ow.ly/OhBS50ZHVNh
ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE by Natasha Hakimi Zapata
KING OF THE NORTH by Jeanne Theoharis
THE EDUCATION WARS by Jennifer Berkshire and Jack Schneider
https://ow.ly/OhBS50ZHVNh
September 1, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Happy Pub Day to:
ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE by Natasha Hakimi Zapata
KING OF THE NORTH by Jeanne Theoharis
THE EDUCATION WARS by Jennifer Berkshire and Jack Schneider
https://ow.ly/OhBS50ZHVNh
ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE by Natasha Hakimi Zapata
KING OF THE NORTH by Jeanne Theoharis
THE EDUCATION WARS by Jennifer Berkshire and Jack Schneider
https://ow.ly/OhBS50ZHVNh
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"They are the black box of domestic terrorism prosecutions, a shape-shifting space into which all sorts of constitutionally protected activities can be thrown and classified as suspect."
9/11’s Unlearned Lessons
The anti-terrorism cases that garnered little outrage should have concerned us all.
www.bostonreview.net
September 11, 2026 at 9:00 PM
"They are the black box of domestic terrorism prosecutions, a shape-shifting space into which all sorts of constitutionally protected activities can be thrown and classified as suspect."
On this 25th anniversary of 9/11 with coverage ranging from inane to Islamophobic, I wrote this to reckon with the ways Democrats as well as Republicans created a law enforcement infrastructure to go after Muslims & immigrants. We can't change it if we don't also hold Democrats accountable.
“Only by examining the birth of the massive law enforcement apparatus built in 9/11’s wake and the climate of fear that fueled it that can we understand how to dismantle it—a task no Democrat has yet attempted.”
@jeannetheoharis.bsky.social on the unlearned lessons from the domestic War on Terror:
@jeannetheoharis.bsky.social on the unlearned lessons from the domestic War on Terror:
9/11’s Unlearned Lessons
The anti-terrorism cases that garnered little outrage should have concerned us all.
www.bostonreview.net
September 11, 2026 at 10:18 PM
On this 25th anniversary of 9/11 with coverage ranging from inane to Islamophobic, I wrote this to reckon with the ways Democrats as well as Republicans created a law enforcement infrastructure to go after Muslims & immigrants. We can't change it if we don't also hold Democrats accountable.
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“Perhaps the greatest lesson of the past twenty-five years is that the tendency to advocate only for the innocent, for the most sympathetic, is not nearly enough.”
@jeannetheoharis.bsky.social on challenging the post–9/11 climate of fear:
@jeannetheoharis.bsky.social on challenging the post–9/11 climate of fear:
9/11’s Unlearned Lessons
The anti-terrorism cases that garnered little outrage should have concerned us all.
www.bostonreview.net
September 11, 2026 at 7:56 PM
“Perhaps the greatest lesson of the past twenty-five years is that the tendency to advocate only for the innocent, for the most sympathetic, is not nearly enough.”
@jeannetheoharis.bsky.social on challenging the post–9/11 climate of fear:
@jeannetheoharis.bsky.social on challenging the post–9/11 climate of fear:
This is one of the hardest pieces I've written in yrs—on the massive rights-abusing legal apparatus, both material support bans &immigration deportation/detention, that took hold after 9/11 & how ordinary people broke through fear to call out the injustices (even when civil rights orgs didn't).
“Only by examining the birth of the massive law enforcement apparatus built in 9/11’s wake and the climate of fear that fueled it that can we understand how to dismantle it—a task no Democrat has yet attempted.”
@jeannetheoharis.bsky.social on the unlearned lessons from the domestic War on Terror:
@jeannetheoharis.bsky.social on the unlearned lessons from the domestic War on Terror:
9/11’s Unlearned Lessons
The anti-terrorism cases that garnered little outrage should have concerned us all.
www.bostonreview.net
September 11, 2026 at 5:26 PM
This is one of the hardest pieces I've written in yrs—on the massive rights-abusing legal apparatus, both material support bans &immigration deportation/detention, that took hold after 9/11 & how ordinary people broke through fear to call out the injustices (even when civil rights orgs didn't).
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The 1980 Classified Information Procedures Act, enacted originally to prevent graymail by intelligence ofcrs accused of crimes (who could threaten to expose classified secrets) but now twisted to keep evidence classified from defendants, such as Fahad Hashmi:
www.bostonreview.net/articles/9-1...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/9-1...
9/11’s Unlearned Lessons
The anti-terrorism cases that garnered little outrage should have concerned us all.
www.bostonreview.net
September 11, 2026 at 4:53 PM
The 1980 Classified Information Procedures Act, enacted originally to prevent graymail by intelligence ofcrs accused of crimes (who could threaten to expose classified secrets) but now twisted to keep evidence classified from defendants, such as Fahad Hashmi:
www.bostonreview.net/articles/9-1...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/9-1...
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Must-read by @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social
"It is only by examining the birth of the massive law enforcement apparatus built in 9/11’s wake and the climate of fear that fueled it that we can understand how to dismantle it."
"It is only by examining the birth of the massive law enforcement apparatus built in 9/11’s wake and the climate of fear that fueled it that we can understand how to dismantle it."
The 1980 Classified Information Procedures Act, enacted originally to prevent graymail by intelligence ofcrs accused of crimes (who could threaten to expose classified secrets) but now twisted to keep evidence classified from defendants, such as Fahad Hashmi:
www.bostonreview.net/articles/9-1...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/9-1...
9/11’s Unlearned Lessons
The anti-terrorism cases that garnered little outrage should have concerned us all.
www.bostonreview.net
September 11, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Must-read by @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social
"It is only by examining the birth of the massive law enforcement apparatus built in 9/11’s wake and the climate of fear that fueled it that we can understand how to dismantle it."
"It is only by examining the birth of the massive law enforcement apparatus built in 9/11’s wake and the climate of fear that fueled it that we can understand how to dismantle it."
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“Only by examining the birth of the massive law enforcement apparatus built in 9/11’s wake and the climate of fear that fueled it that can we understand how to dismantle it—a task no Democrat has yet attempted.”
@jeannetheoharis.bsky.social on the unlearned lessons from the domestic War on Terror:
@jeannetheoharis.bsky.social on the unlearned lessons from the domestic War on Terror:
9/11’s Unlearned Lessons
The anti-terrorism cases that garnered little outrage should have concerned us all.
www.bostonreview.net
September 11, 2026 at 2:58 PM
“Only by examining the birth of the massive law enforcement apparatus built in 9/11’s wake and the climate of fear that fueled it that can we understand how to dismantle it—a task no Democrat has yet attempted.”
@jeannetheoharis.bsky.social on the unlearned lessons from the domestic War on Terror:
@jeannetheoharis.bsky.social on the unlearned lessons from the domestic War on Terror:
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"for the left, remembrance is no substitute for history"
Read @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social on the proliferation of material support prosecutions that target political association, one of the lasting effects of the assault on civil liberties that went into overdrive 25 years ago
Read @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social on the proliferation of material support prosecutions that target political association, one of the lasting effects of the assault on civil liberties that went into overdrive 25 years ago
9/11’s Unlearned Lessons
The anti-terrorism cases that garnered little outrage should have concerned us all.
www.bostonreview.net
September 11, 2026 at 2:52 PM
"for the left, remembrance is no substitute for history"
Read @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social on the proliferation of material support prosecutions that target political association, one of the lasting effects of the assault on civil liberties that went into overdrive 25 years ago
Read @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social on the proliferation of material support prosecutions that target political association, one of the lasting effects of the assault on civil liberties that went into overdrive 25 years ago
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9/11’s Unlearned Lessons
www.bostonreview.net/articles/9-1... @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social reminds us that the the forms of torture which became normalized after 9/11 included use of extended solitary confinement under draconian "Special Administrative Measures."
www.bostonreview.net/articles/9-1... @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social reminds us that the the forms of torture which became normalized after 9/11 included use of extended solitary confinement under draconian "Special Administrative Measures."
9/11’s Unlearned Lessons
The anti-terrorism cases that garnered little outrage should have concerned us all.
www.bostonreview.net
September 11, 2026 at 2:51 PM
9/11’s Unlearned Lessons
www.bostonreview.net/articles/9-1... @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social reminds us that the the forms of torture which became normalized after 9/11 included use of extended solitary confinement under draconian "Special Administrative Measures."
www.bostonreview.net/articles/9-1... @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social reminds us that the the forms of torture which became normalized after 9/11 included use of extended solitary confinement under draconian "Special Administrative Measures."
Free Joan Little directed by Yoruba Richen is at DCTV next week. You don’t want to miss it!
September 8, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Free Joan Little directed by Yoruba Richen is at DCTV next week. You don’t want to miss it!
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Great roundtable.
Conversations in Black Freedom Studies kicks off tonight with "Black Women & Biography" on Mary Church Terrell, Octavia Butler, Queen Mother Moore and Karen Lewis—featuring Alison Parker, Susana Morris, Ashley Farmer & Elizabeth Todd-Breland. Tune in 6:30 EST! youtube.com/live/l947bU8...
Conversations in Black Freedom Studies | Black Women and Biography
YouTube video by Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
youtube.com
September 7, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Great roundtable.
Conversations in Black Freedom Studies kicks off tonight with "Black Women & Biography" on Mary Church Terrell, Octavia Butler, Queen Mother Moore and Karen Lewis—featuring Alison Parker, Susana Morris, Ashley Farmer & Elizabeth Todd-Breland. Tune in 6:30 EST! youtube.com/live/l947bU8...
Conversations in Black Freedom Studies | Black Women and Biography
YouTube video by Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
youtube.com
September 3, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Conversations in Black Freedom Studies kicks off tonight with "Black Women & Biography" on Mary Church Terrell, Octavia Butler, Queen Mother Moore and Karen Lewis—featuring Alison Parker, Susana Morris, Ashley Farmer & Elizabeth Todd-Breland. Tune in 6:30 EST! youtube.com/live/l947bU8...
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Thinking about feminist powerhouses Coretta Scott King & Gloria Steinem & their fierce welfare rights work. CSK wrote, "We hear so much about the crisis of the black family ...We don’t hear enough about the remarkable courage, strength &dedication these mothers are passing onto the next generation.”
September 3, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Thinking about feminist powerhouses Coretta Scott King & Gloria Steinem & their fierce welfare rights work. CSK wrote, "We hear so much about the crisis of the black family ...We don’t hear enough about the remarkable courage, strength &dedication these mothers are passing onto the next generation.”
Thinking about feminist powerhouses Coretta Scott King & Gloria Steinem & their fierce welfare rights work. CSK wrote, "We hear so much about the crisis of the black family ...We don’t hear enough about the remarkable courage, strength &dedication these mothers are passing onto the next generation.”
September 3, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Thinking about feminist powerhouses Coretta Scott King & Gloria Steinem & their fierce welfare rights work. CSK wrote, "We hear so much about the crisis of the black family ...We don’t hear enough about the remarkable courage, strength &dedication these mothers are passing onto the next generation.”
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promoted @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social’s king of the north: mlk jr’s life of struggle outside the south to lunch time read
fantastic work of history and analysis
fantastic work of history and analysis
September 1, 2026 at 6:46 PM
promoted @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social’s king of the north: mlk jr’s life of struggle outside the south to lunch time read
fantastic work of history and analysis
fantastic work of history and analysis
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“Louise Vincent was a movement visionary who sought to build the collective power of drug users to demand essential human rights.”
@stahlidarity.bsky.social uplifts the trailblazing harm reduction movement sparked by drug user activist Louise Vincent, who died one year ago.
@stahlidarity.bsky.social uplifts the trailblazing harm reduction movement sparked by drug user activist Louise Vincent, who died one year ago.
One year after drug use activist Louise Vincent’s death, the movement she sparked struggles to pick up the pieces
Under Vincent’s leadership, the National Survivors Union blazed a trail for harm reduction, uplifted sex workers and mothers, and reframed drug use as a human rights issue
prismreports.org
August 31, 2026 at 9:02 PM
“Louise Vincent was a movement visionary who sought to build the collective power of drug users to demand essential human rights.”
@stahlidarity.bsky.social uplifts the trailblazing harm reduction movement sparked by drug user activist Louise Vincent, who died one year ago.
@stahlidarity.bsky.social uplifts the trailblazing harm reduction movement sparked by drug user activist Louise Vincent, who died one year ago.
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"How would you spend $1 million in your city? What would be your priorities?"
Students can be invited to imagine how their city’s money should be spent, and to realize that city budgets are not neutral.
Thanks to @caseygrants.bsky.social & Celina Su, teachers can request a free copy of this book ⬇️
Students can be invited to imagine how their city’s money should be spent, and to realize that city budgets are not neutral.
Thanks to @caseygrants.bsky.social & Celina Su, teachers can request a free copy of this book ⬇️
Reimagine Resource Distribution: Creating People's Budgets
If you are interested in exploring participatory city budgeting with your students, or maybe you already do, request a copy of the new book Budget Justice: On Building Grassroots Politics and Solidari...
www.zinnedproject.org
August 22, 2026 at 8:09 PM
"How would you spend $1 million in your city? What would be your priorities?"
Students can be invited to imagine how their city’s money should be spent, and to realize that city budgets are not neutral.
Thanks to @caseygrants.bsky.social & Celina Su, teachers can request a free copy of this book ⬇️
Students can be invited to imagine how their city’s money should be spent, and to realize that city budgets are not neutral.
Thanks to @caseygrants.bsky.social & Celina Su, teachers can request a free copy of this book ⬇️
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Organizer: The cup can be fuller. Let's get together to figure out how.
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Organizer: The cup can be fuller. Let's get together to figure out how.
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Science Fiction Writer: The cup is a crystalline super computer and the liquid is hyperintelligent, they want to know why humanity should be allowed to exist, you have 30 minutes to respond and the answer must be danced by a cat
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Science Fiction Writer: The cup is a crystalline super computer and the liquid is hyperintelligent, they want to know why humanity should be allowed to exist, you have 30 minutes to respond and the answer must be danced by a cat
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Cosmologist: The cup is dusty or full of gravitational waves
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Cosmologist: The cup is dusty or full of gravitational waves
August 22, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Organizer: The cup can be fuller. Let's get together to figure out how.
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Organizer: The cup can be fuller. Let's get together to figure out how.
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Nearly 2 weeks after severe storms hit Gary, IN (a 80% Black city), 22,000 residents are still without power. Schools are closed & grocery shelves are empty. Food critic Keith Lee is heading there this weekend to help recovery & amplify their voices. #GaryIndiana
August 21, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Nearly 2 weeks after severe storms hit Gary, IN (a 80% Black city), 22,000 residents are still without power. Schools are closed & grocery shelves are empty. Food critic Keith Lee is heading there this weekend to help recovery & amplify their voices. #GaryIndiana
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Yesterday I wrote of August losses and, sadly, another one came today: James Borders, IV, journalist, editor of the BLACK COLLEGIAN magazine, the NEW ORLEANS TRIBUNE, managing director of the National Black Arts Festival, and co-founder of Rites & Reason Theater at Brown. REST IN PEACE, dear James.
August 21, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Yesterday I wrote of August losses and, sadly, another one came today: James Borders, IV, journalist, editor of the BLACK COLLEGIAN magazine, the NEW ORLEANS TRIBUNE, managing director of the National Black Arts Festival, and co-founder of Rites & Reason Theater at Brown. REST IN PEACE, dear James.