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Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD @learothawms.bsky.social · Jan 15

Sunsets and silhouettes. Dakar, Senegal.
#photography📷
#landscape #seascapes #sunsets #senegal

Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD @learothawms.bsky.social · 13h

Always welcome! Happy to help!

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KEW @kidadaewilliams.com · 15h

Artist Michelle Browder’s 'Mothers of Gynecology' project is an act of resistance, challenging the silences around the ugly history of medical apartheid's impact on Black women. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

One woman's quest to reclaim the ugly history of Black maternal health

Artist Michelle Browder's Mothers of Gynecology project is an act of resistance.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 20h

"I just decided, when someone says you can't do something. DO MORE OF IT."

-Faith Ringgold (1930-2024)

#WomensArt #FridayFeeling

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Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD @learothawms.bsky.social · 16h

Let’s go shopping. Istanbul. Turkey.
#urbangaze
#photography
#FridayFieldTrip

Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD @learothawms.bsky.social · 17h

Go to Settings>>Moderation and look for the contents filter.

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Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD @learothawms.bsky.social · 1d

In the meeting room of the Carnegie Library in #northnashville about to talk about the McKissack Brothers and Black Architects.
#BlackBuilders
#architecture
#teachhistory

Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD @learothawms.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you!🙏🏾

Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD @learothawms.bsky.social · 1d

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6 Works to Know by Faith Ringgold: How the Artist Fights Racism and Inspires Hope

Faith Ringgold has been fighting racism and inspiring joy in her art for decades. See six works to know by the artist.

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Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD @learothawms.bsky.social · 1d

I am grateful for his work and honored that some of our lynching research from Nashville is featured in the memorials in Montgomery. It is hard but very necessary work.

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Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD @learothawms.bsky.social · 1d

Civil Rights Lawyer Bryan Stevenson on How America’s Story Should Be Told www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

Civil Rights Lawyer Bryan Stevenson on How America’s Story Should Be Told

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Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD @learothawms.bsky.social · 4d

Even though the wind and rain has had their way with them, my Peppermint roses are hanging in there!
#roses
#flowersky

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Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD @learothawms.bsky.social · 4d

TMW I spot a recently published work in an art exhibit that features some of Nashville’s most 🔥🔥🔥 artists. ☺️🧵
#PromiseLand
#artmuseum
#art
#booksky

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Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD @learothawms.bsky.social · 6d

🙋🏾‍♂️🙋🏾‍♂️🙋🏾‍♂️

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Donna Stern @dvsmemphis.bsky.social · 6d

Support Memphis Library Workers!

Library workers are essential employees for Memphis and Shelby County. They provide an array of services and they serve a majority of underserved communities.

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Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD @learothawms.bsky.social · 6d

Now Playing. John Coltrane. I’m Old Fashioned.

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I'm Old Fashioned by John Coltrane on Apple Music

Song · 1958 · Duration 7:57

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Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD @learothawms.bsky.social · 6d

Goodnight Moon…
#moonoverhermitage
#nightsky
#astrophotography
🧵

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Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD @learothawms.bsky.social · 7d

I’m not sure if this is the face eating leopard but I bet he would if given the opportunity.
#nashvillezoo

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Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD @learothawms.bsky.social · 7d

So happy to see this.

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Georgia's highest court sides with slave descendants fighting to protect threatened island community

Georgia's highest court is siding with Black landowners in a zoning dispute affecting a historic Gullah-Geechee community.

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Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD @learothawms.bsky.social · 8d

Now playing. Miles Davis. Générique. 🎺

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Générique (BOF

Song · 1958 · Duration 2:48

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Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD @learothawms.bsky.social · 8d

Playing hide and seek with the 🌖#MoonOverHermitage. 🧵
#astrophotography
#moonshot
#moonlightandsilhouettes

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Sean Parker @seanforfive.bsky.social · 8d

You should be getting @nashvillebanner.bsky.social and @citycastnash.bsky.social in your inbox every morning.

Also Axios Nashville which does not appear to be on bsky?

Nashville Banner @nashvillebanner.bsky.social · 18d

Hey followers, this is Steve Cavendish, Editor here at the Banner. Over the next two weeks, we have a goal to add 400 subscribers to our free daily newsletter. We need your help. Sign up below for access to our reporting even before it hits your feed, and spread the ... news.

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Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD @learothawms.bsky.social · 8d

The entire city is literally a museum of Black Architecture. I learned a lot working on this tour.

Angela Sutton (she/her) @drangelasutton.bsky.social · 8d

For fans of architecture, did you know that Nashville, TN has SO MUCH Black architecture that there's an entire driving tour you can take to see the 9 most prominent buildings? Written by our own @learothawms.bsky.social it is FREE on Nashville Sites.
nashvillesites.org/tours/mckiss...

Nashville Sites

nashvillesites.org

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Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD @learothawms.bsky.social · 8d

I got it.

Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 8d

Millions of veterans got this email from the official VA account with a blatant political smear and lie about the government shutdown yesterday. This is a massive violation of the law and federal regulations using our government resources for political actions.

Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD @learothawms.bsky.social · 9d

Woohoo! 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾