Ronald Angelo Johnson
@ronajohnson.bsky.social
Lynn Endowed Chair of History at Baylor | Author of *Entangled Alliances: Racialized Freedom and Atlantic Diplomacy During the American Revolution (Cornell University Press, 2025)
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Today is the official PUBLICATION DAY for *Entangled Alliances* from @cornellupress.bsky.social!!! Save on your copy of the book with the QR code and discount code. 📚
I took The Page 99 Test on *Entangled Alliances* with @cornellupress.bsky.social. 📚
It was fun! Check it out ⬇️
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It was fun! Check it out ⬇️
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Ronald Angelo Johnson's "Entangled Alliances"
Ronald Angelo Johnson holds the Ralph and Bessie Mae Lynn Chair of History at Baylor University. He applied the “ Page 99 Test ” to his ne...
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January 21, 2026 at 1:55 AM
I took The Page 99 Test on *Entangled Alliances* with @cornellupress.bsky.social. 📚
It was fun! Check it out ⬇️
page99test.blogspot.com/2026/01/rona...
It was fun! Check it out ⬇️
page99test.blogspot.com/2026/01/rona...
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Happen to be in Minnesota on February 2? Then please join us for our first #BlackHistoryMonth event: the amazing @ronajohnson.bsky.social will give a lecture, titled "Shared Struggle: The American Revolution, the Haitian Revolution, and Black-White Diplomacy." 🗃️
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Talk by Ronald A. Johnson - Events Calendar - Carleton College
Calendar Events - History - Carleton College
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January 16, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Happen to be in Minnesota on February 2? Then please join us for our first #BlackHistoryMonth event: the amazing @ronajohnson.bsky.social will give a lecture, titled "Shared Struggle: The American Revolution, the Haitian Revolution, and Black-White Diplomacy." 🗃️
www.carleton.edu/history/depa...
www.carleton.edu/history/depa...
Excited to deliver the Willson Lectures at Wayland Baptist University next month.
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January 12, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Excited to deliver the Willson Lectures at Wayland Baptist University next month.
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www.wbu.edu/news-and-eve...
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I was asked by the French journal e-Rea to write about a book that was significant for my development as a historian. I chose The Slave's Cause by @profmsinha.bsky.social, which I realize will be turning ten next month. Happy anniversary to an inspiring book!
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journals.openedition.org/erea/21106
Manisha Sinha, The Slave’s Cause: A History of Abolition
En 2018 et 2019 a figuré au programme de l’agrégation externe d’anglais une question sur l’abolition de l’esclavage aux États-Unis entre 1776 et 1865. L’inscription d’une telle question au concours...
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January 9, 2026 at 3:39 PM
I was asked by the French journal e-Rea to write about a book that was significant for my development as a historian. I chose The Slave's Cause by @profmsinha.bsky.social, which I realize will be turning ten next month. Happy anniversary to an inspiring book!
journals.openedition.org/erea/21106
journals.openedition.org/erea/21106
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I had such a wonderful time talking to Holley about Edwin Booth, grief, and celebrity!
🎭 I talk with historian and author @elizamreese.bsky.social about Edwin Booth and the Theatre of Grief — exploring the intersections of art, family, and fate in the aftermath of Lincoln’s assassination. Listen here: redcircle.com/shows/6092bd...
#SayItWithHistory #EdwinBooth #HistoryPodcast
#SayItWithHistory #EdwinBooth #HistoryPodcast
Edwin Booth and the Theatre of Grief: A Conversation with Historian and Author Elizabeth Reese
Listen to Say It With History: Conversations That Shaped The Past with Holley Snaith on RedCircle
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January 9, 2026 at 11:23 PM
I had such a wonderful time talking to Holley about Edwin Booth, grief, and celebrity!
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The #JERPano is pleased to announce our newest team of Co-editors to begin this July.
Please join us in congratulating Lindsay Schakenbach Regele and Mark Boonschoft in their new roles!
Please join us in congratulating Lindsay Schakenbach Regele and Mark Boonschoft in their new roles!
December 12, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The #JERPano is pleased to announce our newest team of Co-editors to begin this July.
Please join us in congratulating Lindsay Schakenbach Regele and Mark Boonschoft in their new roles!
Please join us in congratulating Lindsay Schakenbach Regele and Mark Boonschoft in their new roles!
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How did 19th-century Black activists fight for accurate census data? Meagan Wierda traces the struggle from Shirley Chisholm (1970) to the Early Republic, examining Black New Yorkers’ petitions against the error-riddled 1840 census.
Read the #JERPano at: thepanorama.shear.org/2026/01/06/t...
Read the #JERPano at: thepanorama.shear.org/2026/01/06/t...
To Be Counted Is to Be Considered
Meagan Wierda illustrates the importance of accurate census data to the long history Black activists in the United States.
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January 6, 2026 at 7:11 PM
How did 19th-century Black activists fight for accurate census data? Meagan Wierda traces the struggle from Shirley Chisholm (1970) to the Early Republic, examining Black New Yorkers’ petitions against the error-riddled 1840 census.
Read the #JERPano at: thepanorama.shear.org/2026/01/06/t...
Read the #JERPano at: thepanorama.shear.org/2026/01/06/t...
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"Some sources catch the eye only on a second reading."
In a new #JERPano post, Michael E. Woods explains how a second pass through the archive revealed a lost letter containing the "Wilmington Doctrine," central to his JER article on proslavery politics.
thepanorama.shear.org/2025/12/31/a...
In a new #JERPano post, Michael E. Woods explains how a second pass through the archive revealed a lost letter containing the "Wilmington Doctrine," central to his JER article on proslavery politics.
thepanorama.shear.org/2025/12/31/a...
Diamonds in the Archival Rough
Michael Woods describes how a fortuitous archival discovery influenced his recent JER article.
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January 7, 2026 at 7:30 PM
"Some sources catch the eye only on a second reading."
In a new #JERPano post, Michael E. Woods explains how a second pass through the archive revealed a lost letter containing the "Wilmington Doctrine," central to his JER article on proslavery politics.
thepanorama.shear.org/2025/12/31/a...
In a new #JERPano post, Michael E. Woods explains how a second pass through the archive revealed a lost letter containing the "Wilmington Doctrine," central to his JER article on proslavery politics.
thepanorama.shear.org/2025/12/31/a...
Looking forward to discussing early US-Haiti relations with @historleans.bsky.social
& the @carleton.edu community next month. 🇺🇸🇭🇹
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& the @carleton.edu community next month. 🇺🇸🇭🇹
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January 8, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Looking forward to discussing early US-Haiti relations with @historleans.bsky.social
& the @carleton.edu community next month. 🇺🇸🇭🇹
www.carleton.edu/humanities/e...
& the @carleton.edu community next month. 🇺🇸🇭🇹
www.carleton.edu/humanities/e...
Thankful to @johnfea1.bsky.social for great questions about *Entangled Alliances* (@cornellupress.bsky.social) in The Author’s Corner! Check out the blog post.📚⬇️
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The Author’s Corner with Ronald Angelo Johnson
Ronald Angelo Johnson is Ralph and Bessie Mae Lynn Endowed Chair of History and Associate Professor at Baylor University. This interview is based on his new book, Entangled Alliances: Racialized Fr…
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January 7, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Thankful to @johnfea1.bsky.social for great questions about *Entangled Alliances* (@cornellupress.bsky.social) in The Author’s Corner! Check out the blog post.📚⬇️
thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/01/06/t...
thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/01/06/t...
I’ll be talking about *Entangled Alliances* (@cornellupress.bsky.social) in Dallas at SMU’s Center for Presidential History, 29 January. 📚🎙️
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Entangled Alliances: Racialized Freedom and Atlantic Diplomacy During the American Revolution – The Center for Presidential History
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January 5, 2026 at 3:26 PM
I’ll be talking about *Entangled Alliances* (@cornellupress.bsky.social) in Dallas at SMU’s Center for Presidential History, 29 January. 📚🎙️
blog.smu.edu/cph/event/en...
blog.smu.edu/cph/event/en...
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I started the new year with some updating of my CV for a required annual report, a task made easier by having some new public domain films on in the background as I worked.
January 1, 2026 at 10:02 PM
I started the new year with some updating of my CV for a required annual report, a task made easier by having some new public domain films on in the background as I worked.
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Includes an article by the GC History Program’s very own Melanie Rush! @cuny-ears.bsky.social @historygc.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
The last 2025 edition of @thejerpano.bsky.social is out!
December 31, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Includes an article by the GC History Program’s very own Melanie Rush! @cuny-ears.bsky.social @historygc.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
The last 2025 edition of @thejerpano.bsky.social is out!
December 31, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The last 2025 edition of @thejerpano.bsky.social is out!
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New job:
Director, Oral History Research Center, UNLV University Libraries
University of Nevada - Las Vegas
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Director, Oral History Research Center, UNLV University Libraries
University of Nevada - Las Vegas
jobs.h-net.org/jobs/69671
December 29, 2025 at 6:18 PM
New job:
Director, Oral History Research Center, UNLV University Libraries
University of Nevada - Las Vegas
jobs.h-net.org/jobs/69671
Director, Oral History Research Center, UNLV University Libraries
University of Nevada - Las Vegas
jobs.h-net.org/jobs/69671
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Historians lynnprobbins.bsky.social and jimambuske.bsky.social delve into the revolutions that reshaped the Atlantic world, from Britain's civil wars to Revolutionary Haiti, exploring the Enlightenment and everything in between.
December 29, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Historians lynnprobbins.bsky.social and jimambuske.bsky.social delve into the revolutions that reshaped the Atlantic world, from Britain's civil wars to Revolutionary Haiti, exploring the Enlightenment and everything in between.
OMG! @civicspod.bsky.social & I chat about French Foreign Minister Choiseul in our conversation about Entangled Alliances. What are the odds? 📚🎙️🇫🇷🇺🇸
www.civicsandcoffee.com/entangled-al...
www.civicsandcoffee.com/entangled-al...
December 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
OMG! @civicspod.bsky.social & I chat about French Foreign Minister Choiseul in our conversation about Entangled Alliances. What are the odds? 📚🎙️🇫🇷🇺🇸
www.civicsandcoffee.com/entangled-al...
www.civicsandcoffee.com/entangled-al...
Any conversation with @kawulf.bsky.social about a great new book is worth a listen! 📚
Such a joy to talk about The Predatory Sea with Karin Wulf as part of the JCB Reads series! 🗃️
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JCB Reads 2025 with Casey Schmitt
YouTube video by The John Carter Brown Library
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December 29, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Any conversation with @kawulf.bsky.social about a great new book is worth a listen! 📚
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Get ready to celebrate Bennett College at 100: One century committed to Black women’s higher education! #bennettcollege
December 29, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Get ready to celebrate Bennett College at 100: One century committed to Black women’s higher education! #bennettcollege
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Adolph Reed wants a usable past that is not so flat and reductionist. thewayofimprovement.blog/2025/12/29/r...
Review: On the flattening of Jim Crow history
This essay originally appeared at Current on January 27, 2023 The South: Jim Crow and Its Afterlives by Adolph Reed Jr. Verso, 2022. 161 pp., $24.95 In her foreword to Adolph L. Reed, Jr.…
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December 29, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Adolph Reed wants a usable past that is not so flat and reductionist. thewayofimprovement.blog/2025/12/29/r...
Talking with @civicspod.bsky.social was so much fun. One of the best interviewers in the business! 📚🎙️
He grabs your attention from the jump and does not let up until he has finished making his point. With the 250th anniversary of the Revolution on the horizon, I highly recommend adding Entangled Alliances to your bookshelf!
3/3
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3/3
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Entangled Alliances: The Global Roots of American Freedom with Dr. Ronald Angelo Johnson
Entangled Alliances: The Global Roots of American Freedom with Dr. Ronald Angelo Johnson page for Civics & Coffee
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December 29, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Talking with @civicspod.bsky.social was so much fun. One of the best interviewers in the business! 📚🎙️
Thank you! 🙏🏾 Much love to @cornellupress.bsky.social 🫶🏾
Entangled Alliances by @ronajohnson.bsky.social is a probing analysis about the power of diplomacy during the revolution - & critically the power and influence of Black Atlantic residents. Johnson artfully reframes our understanding of the revolution by highlighting the relationship between…
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December 29, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Thank you! 🙏🏾 Much love to @cornellupress.bsky.social 🫶🏾
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Raymond Schuyler & Four of His Children c. 1904 in Worcester, MA. Portrait made by photographer William Bullard. Mr. Schuyler was an active member of All Saints Episcopal Church, the Masons, the Knights of Pythias, & the NAACP.
December 27, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Raymond Schuyler & Four of His Children c. 1904 in Worcester, MA. Portrait made by photographer William Bullard. Mr. Schuyler was an active member of All Saints Episcopal Church, the Masons, the Knights of Pythias, & the NAACP.
At Purdue, @johnnysmith135.bsky.social & I swapped dissertation woes over Buffalo Wild Wings.
In 2025, Johnny published a new book with @basicbooksgroup.bsky.social & I wrote a new one with @cornellupress.bsky.social. 📚
Nice work, my friend! 🙌🏾
In 2025, Johnny published a new book with @basicbooksgroup.bsky.social & I wrote a new one with @cornellupress.bsky.social. 📚
Nice work, my friend! 🙌🏾
December 27, 2025 at 10:27 PM
At Purdue, @johnnysmith135.bsky.social & I swapped dissertation woes over Buffalo Wild Wings.
In 2025, Johnny published a new book with @basicbooksgroup.bsky.social & I wrote a new one with @cornellupress.bsky.social. 📚
Nice work, my friend! 🙌🏾
In 2025, Johnny published a new book with @basicbooksgroup.bsky.social & I wrote a new one with @cornellupress.bsky.social. 📚
Nice work, my friend! 🙌🏾
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Congratulations to Stephen Macedo & Frances Lee, whose book In Covid's Wake has been recognized as:
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
December 22, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Congratulations to Stephen Macedo & Frances Lee, whose book In Covid's Wake has been recognized as:
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...