Patrick Connelly

Tweets my own. American religious/civil rights history. Emory/UofSC alum. Fan of Arsenal FC, cursed sports teams, Mississippi gas station food, The Joshua Tree.

[Patrick Connelly @PLConnelly]

Some personal news...👀

I can't thank @heathwcarter enough for his support and encouragement to pursue a #ReligiousBio of Medgar Evers. This is only a start, but already, it's been a journey.

[Heath Carter @heathwcarter]

I am delighted to share that @PLConnelly will publish a #ReligiousBio of Medgar Evers in the @eerdmansbooks Library of Religious Biography series. The book will come complete with a foreword by @JemarTisby. Can’t wait!

[Patrick Connelly @PLConnelly]

Securing a positive review from famous U2 skeptics at Pitchfork? I've seen enough.

[Pitchfork @pitchfork]

Carnaval De Luz rides on the back of hard lessons and pushes forward, with a lighter heart and unlikely grace

https://t.co/SauZbA4gGy

[Angie Thomas @angiecthomas]

When my mom was a little girl, she heard the gunshots that killed Medgar Evers.

This year she got to vote for Mississippi’s first Black senator since reconstruction.

This means something.

Congrats @scott_colom ✊🏽

[Patrick Connelly @PLConnelly]

History made in Mississippi, where the legacy of Medgar Evers endures.

[Jake Tapper 🦅 @jaketapper]

Just sent to me: Folks at the Mississippi NAACP office watching @CNN project @ScottColom’s Senate win. We referenced Medgar Evers in our coverage and that’s the office where Evers worked — bullet holes in the windows from that era remain.

[Jennifer A. Frey @jennfrey]

I find it amazing that we are supposed to carry on with our professional and personal lives as if the tech insiders telling us we are all going to die or be slaves "pretty soon" is not, you know, a thing that might stop us in our tracks and demand immediate, collective politics.

[Neil McCormick @neil_mccormick]

My thoughts on @U2's new album, a party at the end of the world - bold, bright and a little bit silly, full of tears and laughter and dancing, and the ghost of Dolly Parton telling us to get our act together before its too late. #U2
https://t.co/W8Sw2PMhhR

[Patrick Connelly @PLConnelly]

Excellent reporting and compelling storytelling by @newsbysamuels (who provides a gift link below) of both the big picture and granular details of a historic Senate race where the margins matter.

[Robert Samuels @newsbysamuels]

Young Black women in rural Mississippi are trying like hell to make sure no ballot gets thrown out unfairly in the Scott Colom race. They are DMing friends and chasing down people who need to verify their IDs. My story (gift link) on the phenomenon: https://t.co/cyNLXmO47d

[Patrick Connelly @PLConnelly]

Wow.
https://t.co/ewy2tooEqn

[McKay Coppins @mckaycoppins]

Two thoughts on this:

1. A man so consumed with hatred that he’d rather go to hell than forgive his enemies is a tragedy. I’d pity him if he was my neighbor or president.

2. This is the most interesting Trump interview I’ve seen in a long time. Feeling good about my prediction that @Douthat60 would be great on 60 Minutes.

[Patrick Connelly @PLConnelly]

@roddreher Not only David French but millenia of classical and Christian thought--the Western civilization so many claim to be saving by supporting Trump.

[Patrick Connelly @PLConnelly]

@karenehowell Is this a subtweet about what Georgia is doing to Ole Miss

[Patrick Connelly @PLConnelly]

HEISMAN UPDATE:

[South Carolina Football @GamecockFB]

LANORRIS SELLERS.

[Patrick Connelly @PLConnelly]

I see The Autobiography of Medgar Evers, a valuable collection of letters, speeches, documents from Evers. Among the many great ads of this campaign, there was this closing ad:
https://t.co/KXZeWKLdQt

[Scott Colom @scott_colom]

I had a great time stopping by two Jackson staples: Offbeat, a cool local record shop, and Marshall’s Music & Bookstore, the oldest Black-owned bookstore in the country. Of course I left with a new record for my wife and picked up a book for my daughters.

Small businesses are a source of pride in our communities and a big part of what makes Mississippi special. In the U.S. Senate, I’ll work to make sure our entrepreneurs and small business owners have the support and resources they need to keep our local economies thriving.

[Patrick Connelly @PLConnelly]

Best local coverage of Mississippi Senate race, w/ vote count and reporting updates 👇

[Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman]

Follow our live election blog for the latest in Mississippi's U.S. Senate race and more tidbits like this: https://t.co/Keb3o93uz5

[Patrick Connelly @PLConnelly]

Interesting curricular development at Harvard:
https://t.co/cAsppffVVT

[Patrick Connelly @PLConnelly]

A few thoughts here in MS on a potentially historic upset in the Senate race. First, Mississippi is only 1 of 3 states w/o open early voting & a state where Republicans dominate statewide elections. The Democratic Party invested little $$ here. But... 1/9
https://t.co/xOYgh202iH

[Patrick Connelly @PLConnelly]

Speaking of history, if Colom wins, he will be the first Black senator from Mississippi since Reconstruction. Don't forget that Mississippi sent the first two Black Senators to Washington in American history, Hiram Revels in 1870 and Blanche Bruce in 1875.
Mississippi matters.

[Patrick Connelly @PLConnelly]

A few thoughts here in MS on a potentially historic upset in the Senate race. First, Mississippi is only 1 of 3 states w/o open early voting & a state where Republicans dominate statewide elections. The Democratic Party invested little $$ here. But... 1/9
https://t.co/xOYgh202iH

[Patrick Connelly @PLConnelly]

This was @scott_colom's closing ad. Unique in that it did not mention his opponent but implicitly connected his candidacy w/ a profoundly important chapter and person (Medgar Evers) in Mississippi's history. Voting rights were a major priority for Evers.
https://t.co/QM46YqpNMW

[Scott Colom @scott_colom]

Medgar Evers was killed in his driveway because he refused to accept a Mississippi where some were denied the right to vote.

He stood with thousands who marched, organized and sacrificed so future generations could have a voice. We owe it to them not to take that right for granted. On Tuesday, honor their legacy. Vote.