I wrote about this daguerreotype @nyhistory.bsky.social and its representation of a man who lived through slavery and the abolition of slavery in New York. www.nyhistory.org/blogs/caesar...

Say it Cory

NEH’s compliance with executive orders to exclude projects promoting “gender ideology,” “discriminatory equity ideology” and “environmental justice initiatives” is just 🤯🤯🤯. Who decides? White male history is enuf? www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

Write and call your Senators and to your Representative at the federal level. Public libraries are vital and under threat, cuts are especially debilitating in rural areas. Demand they speak up and defend the budget of IMLS. bookriot.com/imls-executi...

Historian / Library friends, can anyone recommend a good online course on conducting an oral history?

Invisible Histories is looking for volunteers who can assist with documenting and preserving information from DEIA offices that have been closed or are facing closure. Read more and sign up here:

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A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.”

I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott

More limits to access to information, staff cuts at the very top

Best recent subscription: @texasmonthly.bsky.social. They’re doing great work going deep on Trump and Texas culture, read here: www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/