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Dana A. Williams
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African American literature prof, dean of the Graduate School @Howard U. Soul-Story. Get Free or Die Trying.
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Paula Krebs @paulakrebs.bsky.social · May 10
I have discovered that lots of people who are not professional humanists are eager to help fund a lawsuit against the administration by professional humanists. Join us. Every $10 makes a difference. Tell your friends who want to do something.
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Paula Krebs @paulakrebs.bsky.social · May 8
Sorry to be this way, but just one hundred more $10 donations would get us to our goal for the lawsuit defending the NEH. Please chip in if you can, and ask a friend to. Thanks for considering this.

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Paving the Way: For the Future of the Humanities
Students and faculty members in the humanities face mounting challenges—from skepticism about the value of humanities education to deteriorating pay and working conditions. The MLA is committed to res...
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Dana A. Williams @danaawilliams.bsky.social · Feb 19
Celebrating both Harriet Tubman as ancestor and Tiya Miles as writer this #BHM ✊🏽 moment. Grateful for her witness tonight at Metropolitan AME, in the tradition of the Bethel Literary and Historical Society.
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Dana A. Williams @danaawilliams.bsky.social · Feb 17
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Help support, empower, impact, and inform our community! Become a sustaining member for Washington Informer today! Money Talk Financial education series dedicated to closing the racial wealth gap. AAR...
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Dana A. Williams @danaawilliams.bsky.social · Feb 17
In this age of misinformation and disinformation and shut outs of major news organs of national reputation, today’s #BHM ✊🏽 spotlight is the collective Black Press and its living children, The Afro and the Washington Informer. afro.com
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Help us continue to tell OUR Story and Subscribe today. Subscribers will not only receive some of our best journalism but they will also support the future of the AFRO. Not ready to subscribe yet? Ple...
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Dana A. Williams @danaawilliams.bsky.social · Feb 16
Looking forward to getting into this edited volume by the incomparable Stephen Henderson. Check it out: www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/B/Blac...

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Black Saturation
Committed to developing frameworks for defining and evaluating Black poetry, literary scholar Stephen E. Henderson (1925–1997) examined the question: What makes a poem Black? In his critical approach,...
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Dana A. Williams @danaawilliams.bsky.social · Feb 15
Thinking of home (the North American South) and the sacrifices of Medgar and Myrlie Evers…. Cowards shot him in his driveway. The movement toward and against cowards persists. ✊🏽#BHM
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Dana A. Williams @danaawilliams.bsky.social · Feb 14
Today”s ✊🏽 #BHM moment celebrates the father/son duo that always shows love for Black life and traditions: Amiri and Ras Baraka. #BornForThis
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Dana A. Williams @danaawilliams.bsky.social · Feb 13
🥰 thank you, sis! More to come on the release!
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Dana A. Williams @danaawilliams.bsky.social · Feb 12
Celebrating the life of Dr Jerry Ward on this day in Black History. ✊🏽BHM

Shout out to the @clascholars.bsky.social fam for a wonderful tribute to Dr Ward as we begin to mourn his transition. mississippiencyclopedia.org/entries/jerr...
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Dana A. Williams @danaawilliams.bsky.social · Feb 11
Today’s #BHM ✊🏽spotlight is the Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College. Dr Brenda Greene has been doing the slow, steady work of building for years. Love that for us! centerforblackliterature.org
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About Mission Statement What We Do About the Founder, Dr. Brenda M. Greene Staff, Affiliated Faculty, and Advisory Board Members Sponsors, Partners, and Supporters Testimonials Donate to CBL NBWC Abou...
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P. Gabrielle Foreman @profgabrielle.bsky.social · Feb 9
Join us on Feb. 14th, Frederick Douglass’s chosen bday, for a day of collective love for Black history! You can join thousands of others to help make American history accessible for everyone by transcribing fascinating historical records! #DouglassDay @douglassday.bsky.social
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Douglass Day @douglassday.bsky.social · Jan 16
This year's Douglass Day theme, "You Make History," emphasizes the power of communities in shaping the past, present, and future through storytelling, and the celebration of Black excellence. Join us on Douglass Day, February 14th, to honor this legacy and make history together!
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Dana A. Williams @danaawilliams.bsky.social · Feb 9
Been humming “We Who Believe in Freedom” all day (and beyond). Gratitude for Ella Jo Baker and Sweet Honey and the Rock… ✊🏽#BHM youtu.be/U6Uus--gFrc?...
Sweet honey in the rock - Ella's Song
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Dana A. Williams @danaawilliams.bsky.social · Feb 9
Spent some time with the wonderful board members of the Ben’s Chili Bowl Foundation today. You guessed it: today’s BHM spotlight is none other than Ms Virginia Ali and the Ali family. ✊🏽#BHM
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Dana A. Williams @danaawilliams.bsky.social · Feb 8
Today’s #BHM ✊🏽 spotlight is my HU English fam. Check out the student-run lit journal. It’s just so good. Check out an issue here: www.theamistad.com/copy-of-2023....
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Dana A. Williams @danaawilliams.bsky.social · Feb 7
✊🏽#BHM spotlight: @clascholars.bsky.social and Dr Hugh Gloster, CLA’s founder. To learn more about CLA, visit clascholars.org; and you can learn more about Dr Gloster there too.
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Dana A. Williams @danaawilliams.bsky.social · Feb 6
Book recommendations during BHM, yes! Joining you in week 2.
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Dana A. Williams @danaawilliams.bsky.social · Feb 6
#BHM ✊🏽

The incomparable Toni Cade Bambara on the role of the artist…
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Dana A. Williams @danaawilliams.bsky.social · Feb 5
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Proud Boys lose their trademark ownership to a Black church they vandalized, court rules
Court rules Metropolitan AME Church owns Proud Boys' trademark after the group fails to pay $2.8 million judgment.
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Dana A. Williams @danaawilliams.bsky.social · Feb 3
#BHM✊🏽 Love my #GramFam… Making Black history since 1901… 🐯
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Dana A. Williams @danaawilliams.bsky.social · Feb 2
#BHM ✊🏽
For today’s Black History Month post, I’m spotlighting the vision of perpetuity for the first and the finest, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Service to All Humankind 💕💚…
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Dana A. Williams @danaawilliams.bsky.social · Feb 1
#BHM✊🏽
Like so many of us, I come from a long line of freedom fighters. My granthfather had the courage to oppose the education apartheid regime in our home town. Here he is marking the moment before Williams v Kimbrough. He/We prevailed.
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Dana A. Williams @danaawilliams.bsky.social · Nov 24
I’ve made it over… 👋🏽
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