Jana
@janawrites.bsky.social
Author of Vivid (Spotify, Amazon, Barnes & Noble).
Find me at www.JanaJJones.com
Find me at www.JanaJJones.com
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A little while back, I interviewed Tamara Lanier about her fight to get photos of her ancestors back from Harvard University. Today, she announced that Harvard was settling the case! Here's our conversation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQcR...
Tamara Lanier: "From These Roots"
YouTube video by enochprattlibrary
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May 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM
A little while back, I interviewed Tamara Lanier about her fight to get photos of her ancestors back from Harvard University. Today, she announced that Harvard was settling the case! Here's our conversation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQcR...
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I’m reading this fantastic piece by Jonathon Sturgeon in Harper’s.
I now have a fair amount of experience with Louisville. He captures many of its stunning nuances. Nowhere has felt closer to slavery to me. Not richmond (which was the leader until now). Not MS.
harpers.org/archive/2025...
I now have a fair amount of experience with Louisville. He captures many of its stunning nuances. Nowhere has felt closer to slavery to me. Not richmond (which was the leader until now). Not MS.
harpers.org/archive/2025...
Sons of Good Fathers, by Jonathon Sturgeon
On some killings in Kentucky
harpers.org
May 24, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I’m reading this fantastic piece by Jonathon Sturgeon in Harper’s.
I now have a fair amount of experience with Louisville. He captures many of its stunning nuances. Nowhere has felt closer to slavery to me. Not richmond (which was the leader until now). Not MS.
harpers.org/archive/2025...
I now have a fair amount of experience with Louisville. He captures many of its stunning nuances. Nowhere has felt closer to slavery to me. Not richmond (which was the leader until now). Not MS.
harpers.org/archive/2025...
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Happy 55th Jordan Knight!
Still a bop!
Still a bop!
Jordan Knight - Give It To You (Official Video)
YouTube video by JordanKnightVEVO
youtu.be
May 18, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Happy 55th Jordan Knight!
Still a bop!
Still a bop!
I’m playing my Stevie playlist
May 10, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I’m playing my Stevie playlist
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Dr. Carla Hayden will always be our Librarian of Congress ❤️🩹
1st woman, 1st African American Librarian of Congress. Your presence is a blessing to libraries. We love you! ✨
Thank you for your service 💜
apnews.com/article/donald-trump-library-of-congress-carla-hayden-20a1862ce6d2e0d51a84a37b264ce2ef
1st woman, 1st African American Librarian of Congress. Your presence is a blessing to libraries. We love you! ✨
Thank you for your service 💜
apnews.com/article/donald-trump-library-of-congress-carla-hayden-20a1862ce6d2e0d51a84a37b264ce2ef
President Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden
President Donald Trump has abruptly fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden as the White House continues to purge the federal government of those perceived to oppose the president and his agenda.
apnews.com
May 9, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Dr. Carla Hayden will always be our Librarian of Congress ❤️🩹
1st woman, 1st African American Librarian of Congress. Your presence is a blessing to libraries. We love you! ✨
Thank you for your service 💜
apnews.com/article/donald-trump-library-of-congress-carla-hayden-20a1862ce6d2e0d51a84a37b264ce2ef
1st woman, 1st African American Librarian of Congress. Your presence is a blessing to libraries. We love you! ✨
Thank you for your service 💜
apnews.com/article/donald-trump-library-of-congress-carla-hayden-20a1862ce6d2e0d51a84a37b264ce2ef
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My 2x Great Aunt Vallateen Virginia Dudley Abbington looks quite dandy! She was a teacher, social worker, AKA (1925) & plaintiff in a NAACP case led by Thurgood Marshall for equal pay for teachers. I have always been inspired by her. nkaa.uky.edu/record.php?n...
May 6, 2025 at 1:20 AM
My 2x Great Aunt Vallateen Virginia Dudley Abbington looks quite dandy! She was a teacher, social worker, AKA (1925) & plaintiff in a NAACP case led by Thurgood Marshall for equal pay for teachers. I have always been inspired by her. nkaa.uky.edu/record.php?n...
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So much of what is told about what happened in Baltimore came from the top down: from city leaders, from national news outlets, and from mainstream news here. We wanted a piece that was told from the perspective of everyday people. baltimorebeat.com/a-mass-movem...
A Mass Movement: A History of the Baltimore Uprising, From the Ground Up
On the morning of April 12, 2015, at about 8:48 a.m., a 25-year-old Black man named Freddie Carlos Gray Jr. allegedly made eye contact with a police officer at the corner of North and Mount, where he ...
baltimorebeat.com
April 15, 2025 at 1:02 PM
So much of what is told about what happened in Baltimore came from the top down: from city leaders, from national news outlets, and from mainstream news here. We wanted a piece that was told from the perspective of everyday people. baltimorebeat.com/a-mass-movem...
Those 20 years after Katrina Essence covers have me out here crying like a baby.
a woman is crying while sitting next to another woman who is smiling .
ALT: a woman is crying while sitting next to another woman who is smiling .
media.tenor.com
April 16, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Those 20 years after Katrina Essence covers have me out here crying like a baby.
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Charlie Wilson announces "Uncle Charlie’s R&B Cookout Tour" with Babyface, K-Ci Hailey and El DeBarge
Charlie Wilson Announces 'Uncle Charlie’s R&B Cookout Tour' With Babyface, K-Ci Hailey and El DeBarge
Charlie Wilson has teamed up with Babyface, K-Ci Hailey and El DeBarge to announce Uncle Charlie's R&B Cookout Tour.
ratedrnb.com
April 15, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Charlie Wilson announces "Uncle Charlie’s R&B Cookout Tour" with Babyface, K-Ci Hailey and El DeBarge
It’s starting to click why I’m not much of a cozy mysteries fan.
I don’t like intrusive people.
I don’t like intrusive people.
April 14, 2025 at 7:24 PM
It’s starting to click why I’m not much of a cozy mysteries fan.
I don’t like intrusive people.
I don’t like intrusive people.
Another excellent podcast:
The Empty Grave of Comrade Bishop hosted by Martine Powers. 🔥🔥
The Empty Grave of Comrade Bishop hosted by Martine Powers. 🔥🔥
April 13, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Another excellent podcast:
The Empty Grave of Comrade Bishop hosted by Martine Powers. 🔥🔥
The Empty Grave of Comrade Bishop hosted by Martine Powers. 🔥🔥
I shouted this out on Twitter a good while back but I wanted to give a mention here as well: the Unreformed podcast by @jduffyrice.bsky.social is absolutely phenomenal. Check it out when you can.
April 13, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I shouted this out on Twitter a good while back but I wanted to give a mention here as well: the Unreformed podcast by @jduffyrice.bsky.social is absolutely phenomenal. Check it out when you can.
Little children with very commanding voices trip me out. Because how are you a preschooler sounding like a battle-tested senior VP?
April 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Little children with very commanding voices trip me out. Because how are you a preschooler sounding like a battle-tested senior VP?
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Surround yourself with the kind of people who support their local library.
April 11, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Surround yourself with the kind of people who support their local library.
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Our government feels like when Scar took over after Mufasa died. Just a bunch of ecological damage and hyenas running around this mf.
April 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Our government feels like when Scar took over after Mufasa died. Just a bunch of ecological damage and hyenas running around this mf.
Also, Calvin Michaels (my favorite musicologist) did a phenomenal deep dive on New Jack Swing.
youtu.be/Fdr-mcqUA34?...
youtu.be/Fdr-mcqUA34?...
New Jack Swing: The Impact on Music, Dance, Culture & The Industry #MusicTalk
YouTube video by Calvin Michaels
youtu.be
April 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Also, Calvin Michaels (my favorite musicologist) did a phenomenal deep dive on New Jack Swing.
youtu.be/Fdr-mcqUA34?...
youtu.be/Fdr-mcqUA34?...
The Luther doc, the Sly Stone doc and now the Funk doc. Music nerd bliss!
April 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The Luther doc, the Sly Stone doc and now the Funk doc. Music nerd bliss!
Same
You know what I miss badly?
The wipes and hand sanitizer at the entrance of every store.
Ain’t no reason that ended.
The wipes and hand sanitizer at the entrance of every store.
Ain’t no reason that ended.
April 8, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Same
Was listening to When I See You yesterday and Fantasia did a run that was so Clark Sisters coded. cc @dopegirlfresh.bsky.social
April 8, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Was listening to When I See You yesterday and Fantasia did a run that was so Clark Sisters coded. cc @dopegirlfresh.bsky.social
When young me would randomly shout out “GURL!” it was because of this song.
Between that and the eenie meanie minee moe part - top tier
Between that and the eenie meanie minee moe part - top tier
71 YEARS OLD TODAY 🎂
Happy Birthday to Gregory Abbott
Happy Birthday to Gregory Abbott
April 3, 2025 at 1:21 AM
When young me would randomly shout out “GURL!” it was because of this song.
Between that and the eenie meanie minee moe part - top tier
Between that and the eenie meanie minee moe part - top tier
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The choice to have people snatched up by plain clothes officers is absolutely a signal to all those white supremacist militia groups…
March 30, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The choice to have people snatched up by plain clothes officers is absolutely a signal to all those white supremacist militia groups…
DC Go-Go and the New Orleans Brass Band culture are first cousins in sound and feel.
March 30, 2025 at 1:17 PM
DC Go-Go and the New Orleans Brass Band culture are first cousins in sound and feel.
Love this!!! 😂
March 27, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Love this!!! 😂