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Lynn Endowed Chair of History at Baylor | Forthcoming book on US diplomacy during American Revolution with Cornell University Press

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Ronald Angelo Johnson @ronajohnson.bsky.social · Sep 1

*Entangled Alliances* is available for PRE-ORDER from @cornellupress.bsky.social 📚

www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

Entangled Alliances by Ronald Angelo Johnson | Paperback | Cornell University Press

Entangled Alliances is a reinterpretation of the American Revolution through analysis of diplomacy in the emerging United States during decades of hemispheric transformation. Ronald Angelo Johnson bri...

www.cornellpress.cornell.edu

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Ronald Angelo Johnson @ronajohnson.bsky.social · 1d

When your JER co-editor buys & hypes your book. Thank you, @johannneem.bsky.social! 🙏🏾

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Look forward to talking about #America250 & US history later this week as part of the Emeritus Professors Endowed Lecture series.

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Hope everyone’s reaction to the book is as enthusiastic as your adorable assistant 😊🐶

Ronald Angelo Johnson @ronajohnson.bsky.social · 21d

Thank you 🙏🏾

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IT’S A REAL BOOK!!! My copy of ENTANGLED ALLIANCES arrived from @cornellupress.bsky.social! 📚

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Ronald Angelo Johnson @ronajohnson.bsky.social · 22d

Today, my @baylor.bsky.social US History seminar dives headlong into this marvelous book by Erica Armstrong Dunbar 📚

Ronald Angelo Johnson @ronajohnson.bsky.social · 26d

Everyone should have a friend like @econroykrutz.bsky.social! 🙏🏾📚

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Ronald Angelo Johnson @ronajohnson.bsky.social · 26d

Thrilled to talk about my new book ENTANGLED ALLIANCES with @cornellupress.bsky.social on the Declaration of Independence 250 year’s podcast. Take a listen! 📚🎙️
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Haiti and the Origins of American Diplomacy in the Declaration of Independence

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Ronald Angelo Johnson @ronajohnson.bsky.social · 27d

Delighted to have Rhondda R. Thomas join ou US History seminar today to talk with amazing @baylor.bsky.social students about her wonderful book Claiming Exodus. 📚 Grace. Brilliance. Power. 🙏🏾

Ronald Angelo Johnson @ronajohnson.bsky.social · 29d

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Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · Sep 7

Let’s kick off a new semester & season with my 240th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below, please share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️

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#ScholarSunday Thread 240

Published on September 7, 2025

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Ronald Angelo Johnson @ronajohnson.bsky.social · Sep 5

A year after @lesliemalex.bsky.social delivered the Edmondson lectures at @baylor.bsky.social, her words & presence continue to nourish my spirit.

Ronald Angelo Johnson @ronajohnson.bsky.social · Sep 3

Enjoy! 📚

Ronald Angelo Johnson @ronajohnson.bsky.social · Sep 3

Spent last week re-reading Tara Bynum’s insightful work for the book I’m writing with @princetonupress.bsky.social 📚👨🏾‍💻

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Ronald Angelo Johnson @ronajohnson.bsky.social · Sep 3

Exploring this gem by Rhondda Robinson Thomas with my amazing Black American History seminar students. 📚

Ronald Angelo Johnson @ronajohnson.bsky.social · Sep 3

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Ronald Angelo Johnson @ronajohnson.bsky.social · Sep 1

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Ronald Angelo Johnson @ronajohnson.bsky.social · Sep 1

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Ronald Angelo Johnson @ronajohnson.bsky.social · Sep 1

Your gif game is strong! Thank you 🙏🏾

Ronald Angelo Johnson @ronajohnson.bsky.social · Sep 1

Neville & Sable showing us the way on #LaborDay

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Ronald Angelo Johnson @ronajohnson.bsky.social · Sep 1

*Entangled Alliances* is available for PRE-ORDER from @cornellupress.bsky.social 📚

www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

Entangled Alliances by Ronald Angelo Johnson | Paperback | Cornell University Press

www.cornellpress.cornell.edu

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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · Aug 28

Our Fall public programs start one week from today! Join us as we kick off September's programs with "Politics and Memory: Civil War Monuments in Gilded Age New York" by Akela Reason. Join us in person or online on Thursday, September 4 at 7:00 pm. Register at americanantiquarian.org/node/13334

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Eric Deggans @edeggans.bsky.social · Aug 29

Another newspaper leaves the paper part behind. Sigh. https://bit.ly/3UTdLCy

A new chapter for the AJC

I write today with important news about The Atlanta Journal-Constitution as we embark on a new chapter for this storied institution and the city we serve.

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Ronald Angelo Johnson @ronajohnson.bsky.social · Aug 23

@amantiquarian.bsky.social Scholars’ Workshop in Early African American Print - January 2026

Application deadline: 15 October 2025

www.americanantiquarian.org/early-africa...

Scholars’ Workshop in Early African American Print | American Antiquarian Society

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