David Evans
@forthepoor.bsky.social
professor of history and author of the forthcoming book Damned Whiteness: How White Christian Allies Failed the Black Freedom Movement
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David Evans
@forthepoor.bsky.social
· Oct 9
Seminary professor’s new book examines the disconnect between Black freedom fighters and their white allies - EMU News
‘Damned Whiteness’ by David Evans publishes on Oct. 28 When Eastern Mennonite Seminary Professor David Evans set out to write his book about religious white progressives in the fight for
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Publication day is finally here!
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October 28, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Publication day is finally here!
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We're only a few weeks from publication! uncpress.org/978146969147...
Seminary professor’s new book examines the disconnect between Black freedom fighters and their white allies - EMU News
‘Damned Whiteness’ by David Evans publishes on Oct. 28 When Eastern Mennonite Seminary Professor David Evans set out to write his book about religious white progressives in the fight for
emu.edu
October 9, 2025 at 7:11 PM
We're only a few weeks from publication! uncpress.org/978146969147...
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Damned Whiteness
The memory of the long civil rights movement often celebrates white men and women who drew on their religious faith to support Black demands for racial justi...
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August 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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I learned something tonight:
the sound effects from the movie Cast Away sound a lot like the video game Minecraft. #tomhanks #gamer #minecraft #castaway
the sound effects from the movie Cast Away sound a lot like the video game Minecraft. #tomhanks #gamer #minecraft #castaway
August 10, 2025 at 3:26 AM
I learned something tonight:
the sound effects from the movie Cast Away sound a lot like the video game Minecraft. #tomhanks #gamer #minecraft #castaway
the sound effects from the movie Cast Away sound a lot like the video game Minecraft. #tomhanks #gamer #minecraft #castaway
This is where the Dems will definitely draw the line. Expect an alternative name suggestion to be in the headlines soon. I imagine something like "Immigrant Melania Trump Center." That'll show em!
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House GOP moves to rename Kennedy Center Opera House after Melania Trump
The Kennedy Center’s famed opera house could be renamed to honor Melania Trump, if House Republicans have their way. House Republicans on the Appropriations Committee approved an amendment to…
thehill.com
July 23, 2025 at 8:23 PM
This is where the Dems will definitely draw the line. Expect an alternative name suggestion to be in the headlines soon. I imagine something like "Immigrant Melania Trump Center." That'll show em!
thehill.com/blogs/in-the...
thehill.com/blogs/in-the...
Reposted by David Evans
This Supreme Court is an existential threat to the rule of law.'"
– Supreme Court Justice
Ketanji Brown Jackson
– Supreme Court Justice
Ketanji Brown Jackson
June 28, 2025 at 1:40 AM
This Supreme Court is an existential threat to the rule of law.'"
– Supreme Court Justice
Ketanji Brown Jackson
– Supreme Court Justice
Ketanji Brown Jackson
Proofs are here! We need to have more conversations about how we work together AND what we are working towards!
If you're interested in that conversation, Damned Whiteness is available for preorder. And you can get 30% off when you order from uncpress.org/book/9781469... using the code 01SOCIAL30
If you're interested in that conversation, Damned Whiteness is available for preorder. And you can get 30% off when you order from uncpress.org/book/9781469... using the code 01SOCIAL30
June 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Proofs are here! We need to have more conversations about how we work together AND what we are working towards!
If you're interested in that conversation, Damned Whiteness is available for preorder. And you can get 30% off when you order from uncpress.org/book/9781469... using the code 01SOCIAL30
If you're interested in that conversation, Damned Whiteness is available for preorder. And you can get 30% off when you order from uncpress.org/book/9781469... using the code 01SOCIAL30
Empire gone do what empires do.
June 22, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Empire gone do what empires do.
Ever wonder how the US went from 26 million in the streets supporting BLM to blatant anti-Black, anti-DEI, anti-immigrant, blatant fascism?
From Rebellion to Reaction w/ Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor & Asha Ransby-Sporn
Podcast Episode · The Dig · 06/08/2025 · 2h 9m
podcasts.apple.com
June 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Ever wonder how the US went from 26 million in the streets supporting BLM to blatant anti-Black, anti-DEI, anti-immigrant, blatant fascism?
Slept on classic:
Baby I'm Yours
Shai · If I Ever Fall In Love · Song · 1992
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June 20, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Slept on classic:
Happy freedom day!
a poster says no one is free until we are all free
ALT: a poster says no one is free until we are all free
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June 19, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Happy freedom day!
Has the US ever had democracy? Should people pursue it? What would be necessary to achieve it?
June 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Has the US ever had democracy? Should people pursue it? What would be necessary to achieve it?
What collective responsibility do people have for categories of oppression that do not directly affect them? And how do they assume that responsibility if deference politics insists that only those people most directly affected can research or speak to the oppression? #olufemitaiwo #elitecapture
June 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
What collective responsibility do people have for categories of oppression that do not directly affect them? And how do they assume that responsibility if deference politics insists that only those people most directly affected can research or speak to the oppression? #olufemitaiwo #elitecapture
POTUS's Big Beautiful Bill mirrors the Build Back Better alliteration of the previous administration. Once you see the mirror world as Naomi Klein explains in Doppelgänger it's difficult to unsee it. #politics #Biden #Trump #NaomiKlein
June 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
POTUS's Big Beautiful Bill mirrors the Build Back Better alliteration of the previous administration. Once you see the mirror world as Naomi Klein explains in Doppelgänger it's difficult to unsee it. #politics #Biden #Trump #NaomiKlein
If Harvard Law was a super team, today might be the beginning of their origin story.
May 23, 2025 at 3:59 AM
If Harvard Law was a super team, today might be the beginning of their origin story.
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America's chickens are coming home to roost. --Malcolm X
May 7, 2025 at 12:42 PM
America's chickens are coming home to roost. --Malcolm X
Reposted by David Evans
We see you Kennesaw State University Faculty Senate!
1st in the South to pass a resolution establishing a mutual defense compact w/ other institutions.
"Whereas, Faculty members must organize to effectively counter political attacks on higher education & defend #academicfreedom..."
#defendhighered
1st in the South to pass a resolution establishing a mutual defense compact w/ other institutions.
"Whereas, Faculty members must organize to effectively counter political attacks on higher education & defend #academicfreedom..."
#defendhighered
April 29, 2025 at 3:25 AM
We see you Kennesaw State University Faculty Senate!
1st in the South to pass a resolution establishing a mutual defense compact w/ other institutions.
"Whereas, Faculty members must organize to effectively counter political attacks on higher education & defend #academicfreedom..."
#defendhighered
1st in the South to pass a resolution establishing a mutual defense compact w/ other institutions.
"Whereas, Faculty members must organize to effectively counter political attacks on higher education & defend #academicfreedom..."
#defendhighered
Reposted by David Evans
“The secret to being a writer is that you have to write. It’s not enough to think about writing or to study literature or plan a future life as an author. You really have to lock yourself away, alone, and get to work.”
— Augusten Burroughs
#WritingSky #AcademicSky
— Augusten Burroughs
#WritingSky #AcademicSky
April 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
“The secret to being a writer is that you have to write. It’s not enough to think about writing or to study literature or plan a future life as an author. You really have to lock yourself away, alone, and get to work.”
— Augusten Burroughs
#WritingSky #AcademicSky
— Augusten Burroughs
#WritingSky #AcademicSky
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Damned Whiteness offers an unflinching history of white-led efforts at interracial organizing gone astray.
Damned Whiteness offers an unflinching history of white-led efforts at interracial organizing gone astray.
Damned Whiteness | David F. Evans | University of North Carolina Press
The memory of the long civil rights movement often celebrates white men and women who drew on their religious faith to support Black demands for racial justi...
uncpress.org
April 26, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Get 30% off when you preorder my book directly from UNC Press using code: 01SOCIAL30
Damned Whiteness offers an unflinching history of white-led efforts at interracial organizing gone astray.
Damned Whiteness offers an unflinching history of white-led efforts at interracial organizing gone astray.
Dems ready to race repubs to see who can run away from marginalized people the fastest.
Senate Democrat: Party needs to lose ‘weak and woke’ reputation
Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) is urging Democrats to focus on ways to “f—ing retake the flag” from President Trump and Republican majorities in the House and Senate, and is cal…
thehill.com
April 25, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Dems ready to race repubs to see who can run away from marginalized people the fastest.