Timothy Brown
@timothybrown.bsky.social
PhD Candidate at UConn. Studying antislavery in Connecticut. Public Historian. He/Him. 🏳️🌈
Congratulations to @uconnhistory.bsky.social’s own Micki McElya on the publication of the highly anticipated Liberation Summer! An examination of the protests around the September 1968 Miss American Pageant. You can buy a copy below or wherever you buy books!
simonandschuster.com/books/Liberati…
simonandschuster.com/books/Liberati…
July 28, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Congratulations to @uconnhistory.bsky.social’s own Micki McElya on the publication of the highly anticipated Liberation Summer! An examination of the protests around the September 1968 Miss American Pageant. You can buy a copy below or wherever you buy books!
simonandschuster.com/books/Liberati…
simonandschuster.com/books/Liberati…
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This is the perfect time to read the entirety of Frederick Douglass’s famous speech, and not merely because of the date on the calendar.
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“What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” by Frederick Douglass
This is the perfect time to read the entirety of Frederick Douglass’s famous speech, and not merely because of the date on the calendar.
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July 4, 2026 at 3:42 PM
This is the perfect time to read the entirety of Frederick Douglass’s famous speech, and not merely because of the date on the calendar.
https://bit.ly/4p5zNQW
https://bit.ly/4p5zNQW
Name your top 15 shows ever, gut instincts only
I Love Lucy
30 Rock
The Golden Girls
Murder, She Wrote
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
John Adams
Bates Motel
Peaky Blinders
Penny Dreadful
The Office
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Monk
The West Wing
Parks & Recreation
Schitt’s Creek
I Love Lucy
30 Rock
The Golden Girls
Murder, She Wrote
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
John Adams
Bates Motel
Peaky Blinders
Penny Dreadful
The Office
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Monk
The West Wing
Parks & Recreation
Schitt’s Creek
Name your top 15 shows ever, gut instincts only
M*A*S*H
Breaking Bad
The Sopranos
Deadwood
The Pitt
30 Rock
Ted Lasso
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Bob Newhart
Six Feet Under
ER
Severance
Star Trek
Seinfeld
The Twilight Zone
M*A*S*H
Breaking Bad
The Sopranos
Deadwood
The Pitt
30 Rock
Ted Lasso
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Bob Newhart
Six Feet Under
ER
Severance
Star Trek
Seinfeld
The Twilight Zone
Name your top 15 TV shows ever, gut instincts only—
Kids in the Hall
MST3K
Simpsons
Homicide
News Radio
Arrested Development
The Shield
The Wire
Deadwood
Breaking Bad
Justified
Schitt's Creek
Shrinking
30 Rock
Veep
Kids in the Hall
MST3K
Simpsons
Homicide
News Radio
Arrested Development
The Shield
The Wire
Deadwood
Breaking Bad
Justified
Schitt's Creek
Shrinking
30 Rock
Veep
May 3, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Name your top 15 shows ever, gut instincts only
I Love Lucy
30 Rock
The Golden Girls
Murder, She Wrote
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
John Adams
Bates Motel
Peaky Blinders
Penny Dreadful
The Office
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Monk
The West Wing
Parks & Recreation
Schitt’s Creek
I Love Lucy
30 Rock
The Golden Girls
Murder, She Wrote
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
John Adams
Bates Motel
Peaky Blinders
Penny Dreadful
The Office
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Monk
The West Wing
Parks & Recreation
Schitt’s Creek
A fantastic piece by @profmsinha.bsky.social that expertly links American Feminism with the Abolition Movement.
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The Abolitionist Origins of American Feminism
From Mary Wollstonecraft to Sojourner Truth, the fight for women’s rights emerged alongside—and was fundamentally shaped by—the struggle to abolish slavery and secure universal human rights.
On the 2...
msmagazine.com
April 3, 2026 at 6:30 PM
A fantastic piece by @profmsinha.bsky.social that expertly links American Feminism with the Abolition Movement.
msmagazine.com/2026/04/02/t...
msmagazine.com/2026/04/02/t...
Looking forward to attending this screening @amantiquarian.bsky.social featuring wonderful archival research by @uconnhistory.bsky.social Dr. Cornelia Dayton on Phillis Wheatley and John Peters and in conversation with @profmsinha.bsky.social.
www.americanantiquarian.org/programs-eve...
www.americanantiquarian.org/programs-eve...
In Search of Phillis Wheatley Peters: A Short Historical Documentary | American Antiquarian Society
www.americanantiquarian.org
March 10, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Looking forward to attending this screening @amantiquarian.bsky.social featuring wonderful archival research by @uconnhistory.bsky.social Dr. Cornelia Dayton on Phillis Wheatley and John Peters and in conversation with @profmsinha.bsky.social.
www.americanantiquarian.org/programs-eve...
www.americanantiquarian.org/programs-eve...
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Today's read: former UCHI fellow Fiona Vernal (@uconnhistory.bsky.social) gave the keynote address at West Hartford, Connecticut's 30th annual celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
'Be Audacious': West Hartford Celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. - We-Ha | West Hartford News
West Hartford held the 30th annual ceremony on Monday, Jan. 19, 2026, with speakers reflecting on the life on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the awarding of the Earl Exum Servant Leader award. The…
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January 23, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Today's read: former UCHI fellow Fiona Vernal (@uconnhistory.bsky.social) gave the keynote address at West Hartford, Connecticut's 30th annual celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
My Top 10 Books I read this year. These books stood out the most as not only beautifully written studies, but ones that challenged my understanding of the meaning of freedom.
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December 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
My Top 10 Books I read this year. These books stood out the most as not only beautifully written studies, but ones that challenged my understanding of the meaning of freedom.
@kevinkenny.bsky.social
@kcarterjackson.bsky.social
@countesscanuck.bsky.social
@kevinkenny.bsky.social
@kcarterjackson.bsky.social
@countesscanuck.bsky.social
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Buffalo’s Michigan Street African-American Heritage Corridor: A Rising Cultural Destination for Travellers www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article...
Buffalo’s Michigan Street African-American Heritage Corridor: A Rising Cultural Destination for Travellers - Travel And Tour World
Explore Buffalo's Michigan Street African-American Heritage Corridor – a vibrant cultural hub showcasing Black history and heritage in Buffalo, NY.
www.travelandtourworld.com
December 27, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Buffalo’s Michigan Street African-American Heritage Corridor: A Rising Cultural Destination for Travellers www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article...
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I want to watch a six-part series on the Haitian Revolution 😕
November 17, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I want to watch a six-part series on the Haitian Revolution 😕
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Today's read: former UCHI fellow Fiona Vernal and UCHI graduate assistant Timothy Brown (@uconnhistory.bsky.social) premiered an exhibit titled: “Bloomfield Mosaic: Stories from our Jewish, African American, and West Indian Communities.” This exhibit features over 40 oral histories.
UConn Humanities Project Helps Bloomfield Preserve Its Cultural Mosaic - UConn Today
A new exhibition celebrates community history and highlights how UConn humanities research, led by professor Fiona Vernal, is helping Connecticut towns pres ...
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November 14, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Today's read: former UCHI fellow Fiona Vernal and UCHI graduate assistant Timothy Brown (@uconnhistory.bsky.social) premiered an exhibit titled: “Bloomfield Mosaic: Stories from our Jewish, African American, and West Indian Communities.” This exhibit features over 40 oral histories.
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Huge shout out to our own Timothy Brown! Check it out:
I’m quoted in this wonderful piece in UConn Today about our recently premiered Bloomfield Mosaic exhibit. This oral history project set out to capture the stories of the Jewish, African American and West Indian population of the CT suburb.
today.uconn.edu/2025/11/ucon...
today.uconn.edu/2025/11/ucon...
today.uconn.edu
November 13, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Huge shout out to our own Timothy Brown! Check it out:
I’m quoted in this wonderful piece in UConn Today about our recently premiered Bloomfield Mosaic exhibit. This oral history project set out to capture the stories of the Jewish, African American and West Indian population of the CT suburb.
today.uconn.edu/2025/11/ucon...
today.uconn.edu/2025/11/ucon...
today.uconn.edu
November 13, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I’m quoted in this wonderful piece in UConn Today about our recently premiered Bloomfield Mosaic exhibit. This oral history project set out to capture the stories of the Jewish, African American and West Indian population of the CT suburb.
today.uconn.edu/2025/11/ucon...
today.uconn.edu/2025/11/ucon...
A fantastic interview with my dear friend and former UNLV cohort @loveshistory123.bsky.social about her research (and recent Journal of Arizona History article) into the incarceration of Japanese Americans on the Gila River Indian Community during World War II. www.kjzz.org/the-show/202...
When U.S. put a Japanese internment camp on Gila River reservation, 2 groups found common ground
During World War II, when Japanese Americans were relocated to internment camps, some of them came to Arizona — to another place where the U.S. government had “relocated” a group of people: the Gila R...
www.kjzz.org
August 19, 2025 at 2:38 PM
A fantastic interview with my dear friend and former UNLV cohort @loveshistory123.bsky.social about her research (and recent Journal of Arizona History article) into the incarceration of Japanese Americans on the Gila River Indian Community during World War II. www.kjzz.org/the-show/202...
Super excited that my first book review has been published! The review is of John Reeves’ Soldier of Destiny: Slavery, Secession, and the Redemption of Ulysses S. Grant. A big thank you to H-Net and my review editor at H-War for this opportunity. networks.h-net.org/group/review...
Brown on Reeves, 'Soldier of Destiny: Slavery, Secession, and the Redemption of Ulysses S. Grant' | H-Net
Reeves, John. Soldier of Destiny: Slavery, Secession, and the Redemption of Ulysses S. Grant. New York: Pegasus Books, 2023. 352 pp. $29.95 (cloth), ISBN 9781639365272. Reviewed by Timothy Brown (Univ...
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August 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Super excited that my first book review has been published! The review is of John Reeves’ Soldier of Destiny: Slavery, Secession, and the Redemption of Ulysses S. Grant. A big thank you to H-Net and my review editor at H-War for this opportunity. networks.h-net.org/group/review...
A poignant piece by @marthasjones.bsky.social. With an important reminder of the long historical battle for birthright citizenship in the aftermath of yesterday’s ruling from SCOTUS.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | The fight for birthright citizenship started with these Black Americans
We have endured years, decades, even centuries of confusion about citizenship.
www.msnbc.com
June 28, 2025 at 9:53 PM
A poignant piece by @marthasjones.bsky.social. With an important reminder of the long historical battle for birthright citizenship in the aftermath of yesterday’s ruling from SCOTUS.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Gave it a shot after much contemplation:
June 25, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Gave it a shot after much contemplation:
Couldn’t have said it better myself. A truly wonderful piece, building on the great scholarship of @profmsinha.bsky.social.
Fantastic reflection by @profmsinha.bsky.social on how Black abolitionists laid the groundwork for emancipation by helping Abraham Lincoln eventually arrive at the position that slavery must be fully eradicated.
Abraham Lincoln Wasn't Born an Abolitionist, He Became One
We live in polarized times when freedom is threatened but this Juneteenth we should remind ourselves that we have overcome far worse
www.theunpopulist.net
June 19, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Couldn’t have said it better myself. A truly wonderful piece, building on the great scholarship of @profmsinha.bsky.social.
My interview for a blog series to discuss my Graduate Assistantship with @uconnhumanities.bsky.social and share advice about applying skills to different positions. I also talked about my work with EPOCH (w/ @uconnhistory.bsky.social) and @shearites.bsky.social.
career.uconn.edu/blog/2025/06...
career.uconn.edu/blog/2025/06...
Enhancing Career Readiness: Doctoral Students at Work Featuring Timothy Brown, Graduate Assistant at the Humanities Institute
How his Graduate Assistantship has contributed to PhD student, Timothy Brown’s, career readiness.
career.uconn.edu
June 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
My interview for a blog series to discuss my Graduate Assistantship with @uconnhumanities.bsky.social and share advice about applying skills to different positions. I also talked about my work with EPOCH (w/ @uconnhistory.bsky.social) and @shearites.bsky.social.
career.uconn.edu/blog/2025/06...
career.uconn.edu/blog/2025/06...
On the 250th Anniversary of the “Shot Heard Round the World” I feel it is fitting to post this fascinating recent piece by @eranzelnik.bsky.social about the continuing myths and afterlives of the Battles of Lexington and Concord. www.hnn.us/article/the-...
The Dangerous Afterlives of Lexington and Concord
How a myth about farmers taking on the British has fueled more than two centuries of exclusionary nationalism.
www.hnn.us
April 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM
On the 250th Anniversary of the “Shot Heard Round the World” I feel it is fitting to post this fascinating recent piece by @eranzelnik.bsky.social about the continuing myths and afterlives of the Battles of Lexington and Concord. www.hnn.us/article/the-...
Very much looking forward to today’s Draper Workshop on American Empire featuring panelists Greg Grandin, Moon Ho-Jung, @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social, @laurenfturek.bsky.social and moderated by @profmsinha.bsky.social.
April 17, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Very much looking forward to today’s Draper Workshop on American Empire featuring panelists Greg Grandin, Moon Ho-Jung, @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social, @laurenfturek.bsky.social and moderated by @profmsinha.bsky.social.
I had the distinct pleasure of hearing @eranzelnik.bsky.social talk about his fascinating new book during this week’s @uconnhistory.bsky.social Wednesday Workshop and receiving a signed copy (thx @profmsinha.bsky.social). Looking forward to reading it! And get yourself a copy too!
April 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I had the distinct pleasure of hearing @eranzelnik.bsky.social talk about his fascinating new book during this week’s @uconnhistory.bsky.social Wednesday Workshop and receiving a signed copy (thx @profmsinha.bsky.social). Looking forward to reading it! And get yourself a copy too!
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Trump Admin is targeting Patricia Navarro-Velez, a UNLV professor killed in a mass shooting n the UNLV campus in Las Vegas in 2023, for violating its racist and illegal DEI executive order. www.yahoo.com/news/unlv-pr...
UNLV professor killed in 2023 mass shooting is named as part of Trump’s DEI crackdown at colleges
Patricia Navarro-Velez, 39, one of three people gunned down in December 2023
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March 18, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Trump Admin is targeting Patricia Navarro-Velez, a UNLV professor killed in a mass shooting n the UNLV campus in Las Vegas in 2023, for violating its racist and illegal DEI executive order. www.yahoo.com/news/unlv-pr...