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Dr. John R. Legg

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Scholar of Indigenous & Digital Public History 📖 PhD, George Mason. Researching Indigenous mobility + diplomacy in the Civil War era. Book Review Editor H-CivWar. In Progress: _Degrees of Liberation_ editing w/ Lauren Lassabe Shepherd. web: johnlegg.org

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Feb. 6, 1939.

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Cate Denial @cjdenial.bsky.social · Aug 26

It's release day for -Of Many Minds-! Get your copy from Johns Hopkins University Press!

Cate Denial @cjdenial.bsky.social · Aug 11

My copy of the wonderful -Of Many Minds: Neurodiversity and Mental Health Among University Faculty and Staff- arrived! I'm honored to have the first essay in this collection; it's far past time for us to talk about all the minds that work (sometimes idiosyncratically, always creatively) in higher ed

A photograph of the cover of the book Of Many Minds. The main title is in bright blue, green, and red, and down the edges of the page you see a multitude of different pens, pencils, and highlighters, no two the same

A photograph of the first page of an essay, by me, called "For Those Who Do Not Love the Archives."

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Forbes @forbes.com · Aug 22

The ruling sided with environmental groups and the Miccosukee Tribe, who had filed a suit alleging that the facility built in the Florida Everglades violated federal environmental laws.

Federal Judge Orders ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ To Be Shut Down Within 60 Days—No New Detainees

The ruling sided with environmental groups and the Miccosukee Tribe, who had filed a suit alleging that the facility built in the Florida Everglades violated federal environmental laws.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Aug 19

from chandra manning's wonderful book "what this cruel war was over"

Nothing made slavery’s toxicity more obvious to Union troops than its effect on the fundamental unit of society, the family. For one thing, slave sales separated families. In the Upper South, where many Union soldiers were stationed in 1861, about one in three first marriages was broken by sale, and about half of all slave children were separated from at least one parent. 129 With their own eyes, soldiers saw slavery snap bonds between parents and children. The men of the Seventh Wisconsin were awakened by gunshots one November night. The following day, soldiers “learned, and saw the cause of the alarm in the form of two negro women—a mother and a daughter.” The pair had fled to Union lines to avoid the proposed sale of the “goodlooking” daughter into the so-called fancy trade, which soldiers viewed as a form of concubinage. Outraged by the plight and moved by the vulnerability of the mother and daughter, “every private in the ranks” cursed “that system which tramples on the honor of man, and makes merchandise of the virtue of women,” according to one member of the regiment. 130 When an Iowan encountered a young child about to be sold by her own father, who was also her master, he vowed, “By G–d I’ll fight till hell freezes over and then I’ll cut the ice and fight on.” 131

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Office of Mayor Michelle Wu 吳弭 @mayorwu.boston.gov · Aug 19

Last week, Boston received a letter from AG Bondi threatening to prosecute officials and withhold funds unless we cooperate with carrying out mass deportations.

The US Attorney General asked for a response by today, so here it is: stop attacking our cities to hide your administration’s failures.

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Dr. John R. Legg @legg.bsky.social · Aug 19

Unbelievable.

Dr. John R. Legg @legg.bsky.social · Aug 17

I've never had an issue with a MacBook.

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Rebecca Fachner @rebeccafachner.bsky.social · Aug 15

Cities aren’t scary.
You are scared.
There’s a difference

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Dr. John R. Legg @legg.bsky.social · Aug 13

...and that doesn't happen that quickly. Still trying to figure that out (I think comps really ruined reading for me).

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · Aug 9

It’s time to wake up - we are literally on the verge of losing our democracy if Donald Trump cheats his way to those seats in Texas.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Aug 7

Pritzker: Neither Texas nor the FBI at the federal level has the authority to arrest these Texas Democrats

They’re welcome to visit to take in the great views and enjoy the incredible restaurants we have. But they won’t be taking anyone home with them, or out of the state.

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Dr. John R. Legg @legg.bsky.social · Aug 9

Received page proofs for an article co-authored with @nielseichhorn.bsky.social in Civil War History (with excellent company)! Very excited to have this work out in the world this December! 🎉

A white page with black writing. A gray box that blurs other articles.

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Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · Aug 8

With all the news about the return of Confederate monuments, I wanted to share my Confederate Monuments Syllabus page. It includes op-eds going back to 2017, interviews, lectures, teaching resources, primary sources, and a bibliography. #sschat #historyteacher 🗃️ cwmemory.com/civilwarmemo...

Confederate Monuments Syllabus

A Crowdsourcing Project About Confederate Monuments and Civil War Memory The horrific murders committed by Dylann Roof of nine churchgoers in Charleston, South Carolina in 2015 catapulted the debate a...

cwmemory.com

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Dr. John R. Legg @legg.bsky.social · Aug 8

You’ll love Biloxi! We’ve already been a few times since moving to Hattiesburg.

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Dr. John R. Legg @legg.bsky.social · Aug 8

Fish gutters in New Orleans! Taken yesterday.

Dr. John R. Legg @legg.bsky.social · Aug 7

Are the issues only because people are “overwhelmed, distracted, or frustrated with the technologies”?

What about the environmental factors? What about data scraping issues? Why don’t you have an environmental historian on the committee?

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Misja Baas @misjabaas.bsky.social · Aug 2

Dune, 1965

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · Jul 31

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Dr. John R. Legg @legg.bsky.social · Jul 25

To my academic friends! I’m looking for online adjunct opportunities for this fall and spring semester. If your department is looking for online/asynchronous support in history, please check out my academic website to learn more about my work.

www.johnlegg.org

johnlegg.org

photo credit: Dr. Jen Andrella, Michigan State University, 2021.

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Dr. John R. Legg @legg.bsky.social · Jul 25

I am currently writing on NAGPRA in the US (Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act). I am curious how other countries handle repatriation of Indigenous remains, sacred objects, or items of cultural patrimony? #AskAnArchaeologistDay

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Dr. Jen Andrella @jenandrella.bsky.social · Jul 16

I know “A Century of Lawmaking” has been out of commission for a little while now, but I absolutely cannot stand the migration to congress.gov. It’s excruciating to search historical collections. I just want to browse the 1862 Congressional Globe 😢

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Dr. John R. Legg @legg.bsky.social · Jul 16

Does anyone have any contacts with the Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma or anyone who has cultural ties to Dickson Mounds in Illinois? Thanks in advance!

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Leon Jackson @drleonj.bsky.social · Jul 13

This is every scholar’s nightmare come true 🗃️

Sarah Bull @sarahebull.bsky.social · Jul 13

Earlier today, Patrick J. Kearney emailed me to tell me that he fabricated five letters allegedly written from James Campbell Reddie to Henry Spencer Ashbee, a transcription of which he has posted on his website +

scissors-and-paste.net/pdf/Reddie_L...

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Dr. John R. Legg @legg.bsky.social · Jun 23

Hokie Hokie Hokie A-I?

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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · Jun 15

Honestly I still can’t stop laughing 😂😅🤣

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Niko Bowie @nikobowie.bsky.social · Jun 12

Move to hold the agents who assaulted a sitting senator in contempt of Congress. Call for articles of impeachment against Noem. Stop working on crypto legislation. Demonstrate the stakes of what is happening in LA with your actions.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Jun 12

Sen. Chuck Schumer: "I just saw something that sickened my stomach; the manhandling of a United States Senator. We need immediate answers to what the hell went on."

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