So much content has disappeared. As a teacher I used EdSitement and NPS materials all the time. All b/c the people on power are afraid of actual history and critical thinking. #TeachTruth #HardHistories
On Dec. 1, 2025, all EDSITEment content a documentary and source initiative started under the Clinton admin was removed from the NEH site.
Tracking changes and erasures to federal sites matters! View this and others on the #JERPano Early Republic Tracker: thepanorama.shear.org/2026/04/13/n...
Tracking changes and erasures to federal sites matters! View this and others on the #JERPano Early Republic Tracker: thepanorama.shear.org/2026/04/13/n...
May 7, 2026 at 1:16 AM
So much content has disappeared. As a teacher I used EdSitement and NPS materials all the time. All b/c the people on power are afraid of actual history and critical thinking. #TeachTruth #HardHistories
This week I’m excited to be returning to Ann Arbor - under the auspices of the amazing Amanda Krugliak and the Institute for the Humanities - for the Curating Scholarship Workshop! #hardhistories
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Curating Scholarship: A Workshop on the Visual Presentation of Research | U-M LSA Institute for the Humanities
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December 4, 2024 at 2:53 AM
This week I’m excited to be returning to Ann Arbor - under the auspices of the amazing Amanda Krugliak and the Institute for the Humanities - for the Curating Scholarship Workshop! #hardhistories
lsa.umich.edu/humanities/f...
lsa.umich.edu/humanities/f...
Grateful to be part of this team and its commitment to telling the hard stories with courage and compassion. #francesellenwatkinsharper #hopkinsorphanasylum #hardhistories
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Re-Reading the News: Examining the legacy of Frances Ellen W...
Afro Charities hosts “Re-Reading the News” legacy series with Johns Hopkins University during its 150 year anniversary to honor the life and legacy of Frances E...
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September 20, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Grateful to be part of this team and its commitment to telling the hard stories with courage and compassion. #francesellenwatkinsharper #hopkinsorphanasylum #hardhistories
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“Making the Carlisle School a national monument, we make clear what great nations do: We don’t erase history; we acknowledge it, we learn from it, we remember, so we never repeat it again.” #HardHistories www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...
Biden creates national monument marking Indian boarding schools' history of oppression
For more than 150 years, the federal government separated Native American children from their families and sent them to institutions around the U.S., the White House said.
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December 10, 2024 at 2:34 PM
“Making the Carlisle School a national monument, we make clear what great nations do: We don’t erase history; we acknowledge it, we learn from it, we remember, so we never repeat it again.” #HardHistories www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...
Glad to be reminded by @marthasjones_ & the #HardHistories newsletter abt @rebeccaonion's piece on Grammarly and writing about slavery. Even more so to be reminded of @byeliseam thread that prompted it. https://x.com/byeliseam/status/1483570231570276353?s=20&t=p7KIxWF6g22BmbZwLX-FpQ
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November 18, 2024 at 11:39 PM
Glad to be reminded by @marthasjones_ & the #HardHistories newsletter abt @rebeccaonion's piece on Grammarly and writing about slavery. Even more so to be reminded of @byeliseam thread that prompted it. https://x.com/byeliseam/status/1483570231570276353?s=20&t=p7KIxWF6g22BmbZwLX-FpQ
I'm appreciating @ClintSmithIII's account of how his encounter w Jefferson, and esp via @agordonreed's _Hemingses of Monticello_, but also at Monticello itself, vaulted him into a new way of thinking about narratives of Americanness. (In #HardHistories webinar w @jmjafrx).
November 18, 2024 at 11:39 PM
I'm appreciating @ClintSmithIII's account of how his encounter w Jefferson, and esp via @agordonreed's _Hemingses of Monticello_, but also at Monticello itself, vaulted him into a new way of thinking about narratives of Americanness. (In #HardHistories webinar w @jmjafrx).