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KEW @kidadaewilliams.com · 13d

Black history in Jamestown discussed at First Thursday talk www.yesweekly.com/news/jamesto...

Black history in Jamestown discussed at First Thursday talk

Ruby Sapp Leach has been researching her genealogy for more than 55 years. That’s over half of her 91 years. She has found many interesting things in deeds, censuses and

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Jake Calhoun @jjacobcalhoun.bsky.social · Jul 25

I’m so grateful to have had the opportunity to present on my team’s research into Brown’s Cove last night on behalf of the Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society. If you missed it, you can watch the presentation via the link below!

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Contours of Community: Digitally Mapping Brown's Cove

YouTube video by Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society

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Jake Calhoun @jjacobcalhoun.bsky.social · Jul 23

If you’re interested in Virginia history, be sure to come check out my talk tomorrow (07/24) on the history of Brown’s Cove, a region in western Albemarle County, on behalf of the Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Socety at 6:00pm at Lane Auditorium.

Register via the link!

albemarlehistory.org

The Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society

History is not the past; it is the story we tell about the past. Every person in Albemarle County and the City of Charlottesville has a unique and powerful story to tell.

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Rosie @rarebookrosie.bsky.social · Jul 4

This document is 1 of only 26 known remaining copies of the first printed version of the Declaration of Independence, printed in Philadelphia on the night of July 4, 1776 by John Dunlap. The paper it was printed on bears the watermark of King George III. @rareuva.bsky.social

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Jake Calhoun @jjacobcalhoun.bsky.social · Jun 28

I recently spoke with Sonja Sharp at @latimes.com about the violent history of the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878, and its significance to Trump's use of federalized troops in Los Angeles. Check out the article to learn more.

California hopes law from bloody era of U.S. history can rein in Trump's use of troops

California’s court fight to reign in the president's use of troops in Los Angeles now hangs on a 19th century law with grim origins and a Spaghetti Western-sounding moniker.

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Rosie @rarebookrosie.bsky.social · Jun 10

My recently finished entomology pieces, Goliathus orientalis and Danaus plexippus. 🪲🦋

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Jake Calhoun @jjacobcalhoun.bsky.social · Mar 25

I’m excited to announce that I’ve accepted a position as a Byron K. Trippet Assistant Professor of History and the David A. Moore Chair in American History at Wabash College. I feel deeply fortunate to have received this opportunity, and I’m thrilled to begin my new career in Indiana this fall!

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Jake Calhoun @jjacobcalhoun.bsky.social · Mar 22

It was such a great experience and privilege to speak at Louisiana’s Old State Capitol as part of their series on the history of Reconstruction!

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Rosie @rarebookrosie.bsky.social · Mar 22

For #InternationalDayoftheSeal, “Phoca” from Conrad Gessner’s “Historiae animalium,” volume 2, 1554. 🦭

#naturalhistory #rarebooks

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Rosie @rarebookrosie.bsky.social · Mar 19

If you’re in Baton Rouge tomorrow, @jjacob05.bsky.social is giving a public lecture on Louisiana's Black Militias and the Election of 1870 at Louisiana’s Old State Capitol! louisianaoldstatecapitol.org/exhibits-eve...

The Rise of Black Militias in Reconstruction-Era Louisiana |…

Join historian Dr. John Jacob Calhoun at the Old State Capitol for a deep-dive into the impact on the 1870 election and the fight for political power.

louisianaoldstatecapitol.org

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KEW @kidadaewilliams.com · Mar 5

After Decades, the Full African American Civil War Memorial Museum Is Finally Coming to DC www.washingtonian.com/2025/03/04/a... #blackhistorymonth #tellemwhatwedid

After Decades, the Full African American Civil War Memorial Museum Is Finally Coming

The finished museum is set to open in July.

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Nau Civil War Center @naucivilwar.bsky.social · Feb 6

Congratulations to Jon Grinspan (UVA PhD 2013) and Robert Colby (CLAS 2009), whose books are finalists for the 2025 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize!

To learn more, visit: www.gilderlehrman.org/about/announ...

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Jake Calhoun @jjacobcalhoun.bsky.social · Nov 15

Check out this piece I wrote in TIME about America's first Black voters and why their stories hold significance today.
time.com/7176913/firs...

What Democrats Can Learn from America’s First Black Voters

After the Civil War, Black voters faced danger and violence—and they fought for political power against all odds.

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