Shawna Williams Jackson

Professor of US History
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[Stephanie Howell @mrshowell24]

🎤 Every story has power.

Join @gret and me at ISTE + ASCD 2026 for Stories That Matter: Poetry, Voice, and Digital Storytelling as we explore how students can amplify their voices through creative expression and digital storytelling.

#ISTELive26 #ASCDAnnual26

[Michelle Obama @MichelleObama]

It was such a joy getting to spend time with Joe and Jill, George and Laura, and Bill and Hillary last week. Barack and I will always be grateful for your constant friendship and support of our family over the years. 

(And George, thanks for the mints!)

[Martin Luther King III @OfficialMLK3]

In 1953, Black residents of Baton Rouge were in the middle of a historic bus boycott. Black riders made up 80% of the city's bus passengers but were not allowed to sit. For eight days, they refused to ride. The Baton Rouge City Council was forced to the table. It was one of the first organized challenges to segregation in the South, and two years later, Montgomery followed their lead.

[Shawna Williams Jackson @ProfessorMickM]

@HarmoniEquality love the Lego camera Mickey

[Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk]

A quote from my new book.

[Jazz the Professor @Jazzieeiswhoiam]

#OTD Jun 22, 1908: A white mob lynched 9 Black men in Sabine County, TX, within a 24-hour period. The reign of racial terror began when a white farmer was shot to death in his home by an unknown assailant on the evening of June 21st.
#History
https://t.co/MIrN21nwsS

[Dr. Catlin Tucker @Catlin_Tucker]

A teacher-paced station rotation still asks every student to learn at the same speed—it just does it in smaller groups.

Real flexibility means students control when they move, what they choose, & how they demonstrate learning.

4️⃣ models that make that possible: https://t.co/of4dtzHJA1

#BlendedLearning #UDL

[Lazzyyyyyy @em_Lazzy]

Imagine being the sitting president and still not making to the guest list. Trump just became the first president in history to get left out from presidential center dedication.

[HBCU LEGENDS @hbculegends]

TSU's Ocean of Soul featured in Vogue!
@TexasSouthern | @VogueMagazine | @hbculegends

Read: https://t.co/CKHqnkaKDe

[Stephanie Howell @mrshowell24]

🎤 Every story has power.

Join @gret and me at ISTE + ASCD 2026 for Stories That Matter: Poetry, Voice, and Digital Storytelling as we explore how students can amplify their voices through creative expression and digital storytelling.

#ISTELive26 #ASCDAnnual26

[ASALH @ASALH]

Fort Monroe ceremony marks 15 years of remembering African lives lost in the Middle Passage #ASALH2026 https://t.co/U9aPEkMnEg

[Mass Center for the Book @MassBook]

This Juneteenth we'd like point you to a list of books we compiled with librarians across the state of Massachusetts as a way to learn more about the African American Freedom Struggle. https://t.co/c77eMv3Xhh

[Molly Mc @Twolly_Th]

@GalvestonIsland Some early celebrations pics from Corpus.

https://t.co/OvJckrFwdv

[F(r)iction @FrictionSeries]

📕📙📘📗The National Museum of African American History & Culture has a great list of recommended reads for Juneteenth and beyond. History, cookbooks, fiction and more!

🔗 Check it out via their website https://t.co/kTKovOuf2v
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#juneteenthreading #storytelling #history

[Wu Tang is for the Children @WUTangKids]

Happy Juneteenth!

Time for the annual schoolhouse rock style history lesson about slavery and the origins of Juneteenth from @theroots

[U.S. National Archives @USNatArchives]

Now through June 21, the National Archives Museum will display General Order No. 3, delivered in Galveston, Texas on the morning of June 19, 1865.

Reserve your tickets and see this, along with the Emancipation Proclamation, which resides in the Rotunda: https://t.co/JKKl8hXuGm

[The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History @Gilder_Lehrman]

Join us for #InsidetheVault on Thursday, July 2 at 7 pm ET! Dr. Denver Brunsman will discuss the list of grievances in the Declaration of Independence. This is a free online program for history enthusiasts of all ages!

Learn more and register: https://t.co/RHnUAuGTnc

[The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History @Gilder_Lehrman]

⌛Don't forget to register for summer Gilder Lehrman Teacher Seminars Online! Ten courses will be offered, including "The Civil War Through a Military History Lens," taught by Lorien Foote.

This course will run from June 29 to July 3. Register by June 22: https://t.co/ysI474fXZR

[Nwando @NwandoAchebe]

68 years ago today, Things Fall Apart changed world literature.

As Chinua Achebe’s daughter and a historian, I remain grateful for the legacy he left us: the conviction that every people deserve the right to tell their own stories.

Happy Achebe Day.

#AchebeDay

[Sylvia R. Garcia @LaCongresista]

🎉 CELEBRATING JUNETEENTH THIS WEEKEND!

Two of many events:
📍 Juneteenth Jubilee - Acres Homes Multi-Service Center - June 20
📍 Juneteenth Community Celebration - Lone Star College-Houston North - June 20

Bring the family. Honor the history. Celebrate the freedom. 🖤❤️💚