AFAM at SLU

African American Studies at Saint Louis University | Scholarship in service to the Black World

[Azadeh Shahshahani @ashahshahani]

The letter comes after @ProjectSouth and 50 other orgs wrote to the Georgia Congressional delegation urging release of detained people https://t.co/bJ5vUDJ86G

[Shawn Leigh Alexander @S_L_Alexander]

@SShonekan @UMassAfroAm @KUafs @UnivOfKansas Thank you @SShonekan! I look forward to collaborating w/ you, all those in #UMassAfroAm & #AAASKU & the field of #BlackStudies, particularly those in the region, @Dahktin [@AfamSlu] Dr. Langley [@MUBlackStudies] & @thinking4achang [@AFAM_OU]

[AFAM at SLU @AfamSlu]

Global Flare-ups Of COVID-19 Hot Spots: https://t.co/LgPrAKqstS --->"two countries have seen recent increases: In reports earlier this week, Germany saw 900 new cases in a 24-hour period and as of Thursday, Singapore has identified more than 750 new cases"

[AFAM at SLU @AfamSlu]

Insight: Fact Check My Feed: Finding The Falsehoods In ‘Plandemic’ https://t.co/DsH93U6jX3

[African American Studies, Princeton @PrincetonAAS]

"During the past 300 years, three major pandemics have devastated Philadelphia: Yellow Fever in 1793, the Spanish Flu in 1918 and COVID-19 in 2020. In each instance, society was presented with misinformation and misperceptions related...," read more: https://t.co/BJvYpsqjy6

[Saint Louis University @SLU_Official]

Today is not commencement day at Saint Louis University. That is still to come. But it's still a day to mark — however you choose to. Join us as we celebrate and honor the class of 2020: https://t.co/UgZ7Fjm3Io

[BlackStudiesProject @bspucsd]

The Black Studies Project Presents:
"COVID-19 and Black Communities in California and Beyond" - Virtual Panel + Q&A - 5/20/20 5-7 PM PDT
Register in Advance: https://t.co/Ho7XtarR3S

[J.T. Roane @JTRoane]

Check out this nice feature interview with @tomzoellner highlighting the spatial dynamics of the 1831 Rebellion in Jamaica— 'Island on Fire': A New Book about the Revolt that Ended Slavery in the British Empire https://t.co/rqpqd5WwL9

[St. Louis American @StLouisAmerican]

SLU will award first two Suggs Scholarships in mid-June https://t.co/oKRi5QfKro

[AFAM at SLU @AfamSlu]

"Blackness’s tie to tight spatial control and confinement,extending between living spaces and formal carceral institutions, and from slavery to the present, puts Black people at greater risk for disease: https://t.co/MkWg2nzMJR #COVID19

[Black Perspectives @BlkPerspectives]

Also today on @BlkPerspectives, Gabriella Onikoro-Arkell offers, “Confinement and Disease from Slavery to the COVID-19 Pandemic”— https://t.co/Q2NKvX365q

[St. Louis American @StLouisAmerican]

Businesses may open, but the virus is still here https://t.co/KdwXYTAwSO

[Martha S. Jones @marthasjones_]

We’re kicking off the ⁦@nytimes⁩ “Unfinished Work” series: “The Road to Women’s Suffrage,” with ⁦⁦@ValerieJarrett⁩, ⁦@kate_c_lemay⁩ and Susan Ware, @jennyschuessler⁩, and me. Next Tues, May 19th, at 4. Join in. Ask hard questions. https://t.co/XtDkPWGJ8E

[AFAM at SLU @AfamSlu]

SLU to drop admission requirements for ACT/SAT in 2021 https://t.co/fXiTgE7kEA via @stltoday

[AFAM at SLU @AfamSlu]

a great resource.

[Clayborne Carson @ClayborneCarson]

I just added “American Prophet: The Inner Life and Global Vision of Martin Luther King, Jr.” to Martin Luther K… https://t.co/3hgpbTCeHu

[AFAM at SLU @AfamSlu]

preserve the archives!

[SchomburgCenter @SchomburgCenter]

This 1920 front page of Marcus Garvey’s newspaper The Negro World is from the digital collection of our research and reference division. View our 2017 online exhibition “The Black New Yorkers” to see past editions of the paper. https://t.co/x7HSn5wzLB #SchomburgCenter

[St. Louis Magazine @stlmag]

Fauci says drug being tested at SLU has 'significant positive effect' in treating COVID-19 https://t.co/IJTWHSnIW0