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Timothy Brown @timothybrown.bsky.social · Aug 19

A fantastic interview with my dear friend and former UNLV cohort @loveshistory123.bsky.social about her research (and recent Journal of Arizona History article) into the incarceration of Japanese Americans on the Gila River Indian Community during World War II. www.kjzz.org/the-show/202...

When U.S. put a Japanese internment camp on Gila River reservation, 2 groups found common ground

During World War II, when Japanese Americans were relocated to internment camps, some of them came to Arizona — to another place where the U.S. government had “relocated” a group of people: the Gila R...

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Timothy Brown @timothybrown.bsky.social · Aug 11

I didn’t know that! But, it totally makes sense.

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Timothy Brown @timothybrown.bsky.social · Aug 5

Super excited that my first book review has been published! The review is of John Reeves’ Soldier of Destiny: Slavery, Secession, and the Redemption of Ulysses S. Grant. A big thank you to H-Net and my review editor at H-War for this opportunity. networks.h-net.org/group/review...

Brown on Reeves, 'Soldier of Destiny: Slavery, Secession, and the Redemption of Ulysses S. Grant' | H-Net

Reeves, John. Soldier of Destiny: Slavery, Secession, and the Redemption of Ulysses S. Grant. New York: Pegasus Books, 2023. 352 pp. $29.95 (cloth), ISBN 9781639365272. Reviewed by Timothy Brown (Univ...

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Timothy Brown @timothybrown.bsky.social · Jun 28

A poignant piece by @marthasjones.bsky.social. With an important reminder of the long historical battle for birthright citizenship in the aftermath of yesterday’s ruling from SCOTUS.

www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Opinion | The fight for birthright citizenship started with these Black Americans

We have endured years, decades, even centuries of confusion about citizenship.

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Timothy Brown @timothybrown.bsky.social · Jun 25

Gave it a shot after much contemplation:

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Timothy Brown @timothybrown.bsky.social · Jun 19

Couldn’t have said it better myself. A truly wonderful piece, building on the great scholarship of @profmsinha.bsky.social.

Berny Belvedere @bernybelvedere.bsky.social · Jun 19

Fantastic reflection by @profmsinha.bsky.social on how Black abolitionists laid the groundwork for emancipation by helping Abraham Lincoln eventually arrive at the position that slavery must be fully eradicated.

Abraham Lincoln Wasn't Born an Abolitionist, He Became One

We live in polarized times when freedom is threatened but this Juneteenth we should remind ourselves that we have overcome far worse

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Timothy Brown @timothybrown.bsky.social · Jun 9

My interview for a blog series to discuss my Graduate Assistantship with @uconnhumanities.bsky.social and share advice about applying skills to different positions. I also talked about my work with EPOCH (w/ @uconnhistory.bsky.social) and @shearites.bsky.social.
career.uconn.edu/blog/2025/06...

Enhancing Career Readiness: Doctoral Students at Work Featuring Timothy Brown, Graduate Assistant at the Humanities Institute

How his Graduate Assistantship has contributed to PhD student, Timothy Brown’s, career readiness.

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Timothy Brown @timothybrown.bsky.social · Apr 19

On the 250th Anniversary of the “Shot Heard Round the World” I feel it is fitting to post this fascinating recent piece by @eranzelnik.bsky.social about the continuing myths and afterlives of the Battles of Lexington and Concord. www.hnn.us/article/the-...

The Dangerous Afterlives of Lexington and Concord

How a myth about farmers taking on the British has fueled more than two centuries of exclusionary nationalism.

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Timothy Brown @timothybrown.bsky.social · Apr 17

Very much looking forward to today’s Draper Workshop on American Empire featuring panelists Greg Grandin, Moon Ho-Jung, @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social, @laurenfturek.bsky.social and moderated by @profmsinha.bsky.social.

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Timothy Brown @timothybrown.bsky.social · Apr 11

I had the distinct pleasure of hearing @eranzelnik.bsky.social talk about his fascinating new book during this week’s @uconnhistory.bsky.social Wednesday Workshop and receiving a signed copy (thx @profmsinha.bsky.social). Looking forward to reading it! And get yourself a copy too!

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Brad Simpson @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social · Mar 18

Trump Admin is targeting Patricia Navarro-Velez, a UNLV professor killed in a mass shooting n the UNLV campus in Las Vegas in 2023, for violating its racist and illegal DEI executive order. www.yahoo.com/news/unlv-pr...

UNLV professor killed in 2023 mass shooting is named as part of Trump’s DEI crackdown at colleges

Patricia Navarro-Velez, 39, one of three people gunned down in December 2023

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Timothy Brown @timothybrown.bsky.social · Feb 25

So sad to see this! The historic Nishikida Laundry in Gardnerville, NV faces impending demolition. While working for a preservation organization in the state I did background research into the building. This news hurts me knowing the rich history of it.

thenevadaindependent.com/article/gard...

Gardnerville laundry building linked to Japanese American heritage to be demolished - The Nevada Independent

The old Nishikida laundry building in Gardnerville holds ties to the detainment of Japanese Americans during World War II and is one of the state’s rare properties associated with Nevada’s Japanese Am...

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Timothy Brown @timothybrown.bsky.social · Feb 9

A fantastic piece by @rkdcolby86.bsky.social reminding us that the slave trade was very much alive during the Civil War and showing the struggles of formerly enslaved mothers to reunite with their children and family after the downfall of slavery.

www.smithsonianmag.com/history/afte...

After Confederate Forces Captured Their Children, These Black Mothers Fought to Reunite Their Families

During the Civil War, Confederates targeted free Black people in the North, kidnapping them to sell into slavery. After the conflict ended, two women sought help from high places to track down their l...

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Timothy Brown @timothybrown.bsky.social · Feb 3

A fantastic piece by @hngreen.bsky.social about her own effort at collecting Black visual culture not in traditional archives and what these images can tell us about Black Civil War memory. The piece makes me even more excited to pick up her new book!

www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2025/02/phot...

Photography, Visual Culture and Building a Black Civil War Memory Archive - The Journal of the Civil War Era

I am a collector of early African American photography and visual culture. I began my collection after attending a NEH Summer Institute focused on the visual culture of the American Civil War. I initi...

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KEW @kidadaewilliams.com · Feb 1

#They can’t take away what they didn’t give.

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ASALH - The Founders of Black History Month | About Black History Month

Learn about Black history by exploring your local community, reading books by Black authors, and visiting Black or African-American history museums.Explore a

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Timothy Brown @timothybrown.bsky.social · Jan 31

Ugh, I’m sorry! That’s so frustrating. I really hope they implement the ability to disable it across the board soon!

Timothy Brown @timothybrown.bsky.social · Jan 31

I should have mentioned there are instructions in the link for Mac.

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Timothy Brown @timothybrown.bsky.social · Jan 30

I have a PC. I followed these instructions and was able to disable Copilot in Word. Of course, it applies to Microsoft 365 so I’m not sure about other plans. support.microsoft.com/en-us/office...

How to turn off Copilot in Microsoft 365 Family and Personal subscriptions - Microsoft SupportYour Privacy Choices Opt-Out Icon

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Timothy Brown @timothybrown.bsky.social · Jan 30

I’ve found that you can disable Copilot by going into file and then options and there is a Copilot box to disable. However, this feature only works in Word so far (doesn’t apply to PowerPoint, Excel, Access, etc.). And I totally agree how infuriating it is, especially because of the annoying icon!

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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · Jan 30

This administration is trying to bar schools that receive federal funds from referring to any k-12 child as nonbinary or by their name or accurate pronoun (if the name or pronoun differs from that given at birth)

Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · Jan 29

This is as bad as one might expect.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling – The White House

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and

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Timothy Brown @timothybrown.bsky.social · Jan 28

My sincere condolences for your loss! 💐

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Lauren Turek @laurenfturek.bsky.social · Jan 26

Thank goodness: after an outpouring of public dissent, Lackland reversed its terrible decision and will thankfully be teaching recruits about the Tuskegee airmen and the Women Airforce Service Pilots again. A reminder that we must always push back: www.expressnews.com/news/article...

Air Force says new recruits will again learn about Tuskegee Airmen

The head of the service's San Antonio-based training command said a video about the pioneering Black aviators would remain in the basic training curriculum.

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Timothy Brown @timothybrown.bsky.social · Jan 26

I also heard this news while I was watching Tyler Perry’s The Six Triple Eight. The film has its issues but leaves a powerful message about the stories we don’t hear much about. I’ll attach here a great piece by historian Graham Cross about the film/real 6888th. theconversation.com/the-six-trip...

The Six Triple Eight helped rewrite the rules on who could be a soldier – the real story behind the Netflix film

The 6888th US battalion tackled entrenched racism as well as confronting the challenges of sexism in the military – but the film largely misses this intersection.

theconversation.com

Timothy Brown @timothybrown.bsky.social · Jan 26

Utterly egregious that the Tuskegee Airmen and the history of other African American service members are being erased in the training of recruits. All of this in the name of “anti-DEI.” www.expressnews.com/news/article...

Heeding Trump, Air Force won't teach recruits about Tuskegee Airmen

A video on the pioneering Black pilots, famed for their World War II exploits, was stripped from an Air Force basic training curriculum this week.

www.expressnews.com

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Deborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social · Jan 21

Birthright citizenship is on the lips and minds of many, given yesterday’s “executive order.” Recommend Martha Jones’s book to those seeking to inform themselves about the context of this concept.

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