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David Evans
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professor of history and author of the forthcoming book Damned Whiteness: How White Christian Allies Failed the Black Freedom Movement
Publication day is finally here!
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October 28, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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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...
uncpress.org
August 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I learned something tonight:

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
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...
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
If Smoke had said "come on in!" Out of anger for his brother being killed, before Grace did, would we be as critical of him as some folks are of her for trying to protect her daughter? Why or why not? #sinners #grace
July 12, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Reposted by David Evans
This Supreme Court is an existential threat to the rule of law.'"

– Supreme Court Justice
Ketanji Brown Jackson
June 28, 2025 at 1:40 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
June 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Empire gone do what empires do.
June 22, 2025 at 9:04 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?
From Rebellion to Reaction w/ Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor & Asha Ransby-Sporn
Podcast Episode · The Dig · 06/08/2025 · 2h 9m
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June 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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
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
media.tenor.com
June 19, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Has the US ever had democracy? Should people pursue it? What would be necessary to achieve it?
June 18, 2025 at 5:18 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
June 4, 2025 at 5:24 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
June 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
If Harvard Law was a super team, today might be the beginning of their origin story.
May 23, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Put a fork in em.
May 13, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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May 9, 2025 at 3:58 AM
America's chickens are coming home to roost. --Malcolm X
May 7, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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
April 29, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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
April 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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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
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