Adam Lee Cilli

Assistant Prof @PittGreensburg. Author of Canaan, Dim and Far: Black Reformers & the Pursuit of Citizenship @UGAPress.

[Dr. Melissa Ford @MelissaFordPhD]

It’s super excited our @ASALH plenary on Black Pittsburgh has a poster! It’s a DON’T MISS if you’re coming to @AsalhConvention ! @LeeCilli @aaronbcowan @DKlanderud

[Adam Lee Cilli @LeeCilli]

Plugged my book like a jedi at my local library today…

Me: I see u have a Pittsburgh book shelf

Librarian: Yup

Me: Well, i have a new one to recommend if ur interested

Libr: U bet i am!

Me: Canaan, Dim and Far @UGAPress

Libr: I’ll look it up. Do u know the author?

Me:

[Dr. Melissa Ford @MelissaFordPhD]

I'm super pumped my #ASALH2024 panel on #BlackPittsburgh with @LeeCilli @DKlanderud @aaronbcowan and the OG Joe Trotter has been moved to a plenary session, Sept. 26! It is going to be 🔥! I can't wait! @AsalhConvention #ASALHPittsburgh

[Adam Lee Cilli @LeeCilli]

@JohnFea1 Thanks for the kind endorsement, John. Much appreciated!

[Adam Lee Cilli @LeeCilli]

@DVERandy Eh... I dunno. They're up 8-0. Maybe preserve the arm? Still...would be great to see what he could do with four more innings.

[Adam Lee Cilli @LeeCilli]

I am happy to announce that my website on the Great Migration to Pittsburgh is now live. It includes 53 oral history interviews with Black migrants. Check it out here!

https://t.co/LD0QClaSMP

[Adam Lee Cilli @LeeCilli]

@drjulieslowiak Congrats, Julie!

[PittResearch @PittResearch]

The National Endowment for the Humanities announced more than $26M in funding for humanities projects nationwide. Three Pitt faculty have each received a summer stipend grant to fund their projects. @LeeCilli @anetv https://t.co/YZwmhikX0f

[Black Perspectives @BlkPerspectives]

Today at @BlkPerspectives, @LeeCilli announces a new website, Migrant Voices, which "is meant to serve as a digital repository for scholars and laypersons alike to investigate and reconstruct the lives of Black migrants in Pittsburgh." Read more: https://t.co/dE5sSSGsX8

[Adam Lee Cilli @LeeCilli]

I am thrilled to share that have been awarded with a grant from @NEHgov to support my current book project on policing and criminal justice reform in the interwar period.

Inside Pitt Research | April 2024 https://t.co/nFmWDmW1CS

[Adam Lee Cilli @LeeCilli]

Registration for the 2024 AAIHS conference is now open! #AAIHS2024

https://t.co/wXxJgn25SY

[Adam Lee Cilli @LeeCilli]

For those interested in the important work of the Urban League over its many decades of service, my article in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia was just published.
https://t.co/xfvCw9YVN7

[Adam Lee Cilli @LeeCilli]

I guess I should be Googling my book more. Just found this positive review in @JournAmHist!

https://t.co/E3NRX1zatX

[Black Perspectives @BlkPerspectives]

Today on @BlkPerspectives, Rebecca Dudley reviews Bruce A. Ragsdale’s Washington at the Plow: The Founding Farmer and the Question of Slavery ( @Harvard_Press )—https://t.co/AFv35i2tyZ

[Black Perspectives @BlkPerspectives]

"Engaging with the worldviews of interwar-era Black reformers prompted me to consider the nature and meaning of activism," writes @LeeCilli in his response to our roundtable on his book, Canaan, Dim and Far. Read more today at @BlkPerspectives: https://t.co/RZ6Z8ozou5

[jwb @jwbernier]

Loved getting to read @LeeCilli’s book for @BlkPerspectives and learning more about Pittsburgh!

[Adam Lee Cilli @LeeCilli]

New Challenges, New Ideas, and Black Reformers of Pittsburgh https://t.co/kkWGWZyI5u

[Dr. Melissa Ford @MelissaFordPhD]

Just ordered @LeeCilli 's book and after reading this roundtable, I cannot wait to dive in. Can't wait to learn more about my adopted city! #pittsburgh #pittsburghhistory #blackpittsburgh

[Black Perspectives @BlkPerspectives]

Today at @BlkPerspectives, @DrHettie2017 begins our roundtable on @LeeCilli's Canaan, Dim and Far: "A noticeable strength of the text is the focus on the role that Black women played in reform efforts in Pittsburgh." https://t.co/Ae5cN5BS15

[Black Perspectives @BlkPerspectives]

@BlkPerspectives, the award-winning blog of the @AAIHS, is hosting a roundtable on @LeeCilli’s Canaan, Dim and Far: Balck Reformers and the Pursuit of Citizenship in Pittsburgh, 1915-1945 (@UGAPress) February 6–10, 2023—https://t.co/mt84AQzO54 #BHM