Rutgers Slavery and Freedom Studies Working Group

Interdisciplinary group focusing on histories of slavery + freedom from antiquity to the present. Co-conveners @Y__Barragan, @NJeremieBrink, + @CulturedModesty.

[ABWH Truth @ABWHTruth]

Current Members: The end of @ABWHTruth's membership year is QUICKLY approaching (Sept. 30)! Renew your membership TODAY!

Prospective Members: Join our mission, today! And do you have graduate students interested in ABWH? Sponsor them as well for $25!

https://t.co/niJOVMcbze

[ASWAD @aswadiaspora]

Friendly reminder that we are still accepting nominations for another week! Deadline 8/15.

[Carl Suddler @Prof_Suddler]

🚨NEW PUB ALERT🚨
My new journal article, “Dodgers, Delinquents, and What Jackie Robinson Can Teach Us about the Intersection of Sports and the Carceral State,” is out today in @ModAmHist Read it, share it, teach it. I would love to hear your thoughts! #dodgers #delinquents

[Dr. Vanessa M Holden @drvholden]

Y'all, DGW is live now spilling the tea with Dr. Nicole Burrowes hosted by @ABWHTruth ! Check it out at the link: https://t.co/ZkF0UC4gta #RUMafia #LegendsOfTheField

[ABWH Truth @ABWHTruth]

Our #LegendsInTheField series is live! Please listen and share!

https://t.co/7F5K8LeOGc

[Kathryn Benjamin Golden @kathrynelisehb]

It's dangerous and transgressive to be out here teaching, learning, and studying, while Black. Come hear about how we have, and will continue to do so anyway. @jarvisrgivens RSVP: https://t.co/8kR98u0XaN

[Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice @ISGRJRutgers]

Register for The Hip Hop Youth Research & Activism Conference on 5/20, bringing together youth from diverse communities for a day of workshops, dialogues & interactions that revolve around the ideas of Hip Hop and social justice.

https://t.co/XJDcX6P5uI

@RutgersGSE @RutgersNB

[Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice @ISGRJRutgers]

Our ISGRJ @Rutgers_Camden Co-Director @patrickrosal performed his poetry at the 2022 @awpwriter Conference. Quoting from the @PhillyInquirer: "Patrick crushed it with a midafternoon performance of emphatic, hip-hop-inflected verse."
Congratulations, Pat!! https://t.co/CBha13ISaN

[J.T. Roane @JTRoane]

My collaborator Justin Hosbey and I would also like to invite you to second Spring 2022 Black Ecologies program, Making Livable Worlds with a keynote from Hilda Lloréns and readings from the Black ecologies zine April 20, 1:30 pst/ 4:30 est https://t.co/puZzjq9DRT

[Kathryn Benjamin Golden @kathrynelisehb]

Other worlds always

[Adam X. McNeil, PhD (aka Metaphors & Memes) @CulturedModesty]

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN AFRO-AMERICAN STUDIES https://t.co/sj4Qpkku65

[Kathryn Benjamin Golden @kathrynelisehb]

Thankyou @BARBookForum ! Also ever grateful to build from and with @drvholden @WakeRevolt

[Adam X. McNeil, PhD (aka Metaphors & Memes) @CulturedModesty]

Now listening to @AfricanaUPenn's Black Women & Rebellious (Archival) Acts, with @drashleyfarmer, @drvholden, & @jmjafrx!

Thank you, @AfricanaUPenn! #Blktwitterstorians @oathbound1739 @justmaybechris @Nicole_D_Rams @AyahNerd @GeorgeAumoithe @tropigalia

https://t.co/6mWNq3t1Jc

[Adam X. McNeil, PhD (aka Metaphors & Memes) @CulturedModesty]

Looking forward to reading @NicholasGuyatt’s new book in preparation for our @NewBooksNetwork interview in early fall and for my dissertation chapter as well!! Congratulations, @NicholasGuyatt!!! #Blktwitterstorians #twitterstorians

[Nathan Jérémie-Brink @NJeremieBrink]

@RUSlaveryFree @ISGRJRutgers @Y__Barragan @RUHistoryDept @Endipendent @dr_md89 @ericaadunbar @RutgersSAS @cambUP_History @ccancellaro Yes!!!!!! A book worth celebrating, & an event on the heels of a huge political win for the cause of Afro-Colombians! Plus the food is going to be great!

[Rutgers Slavery and Freedom Studies Working Group @RUSlaveryFree]

📢📢📢 Join us in person next week, Monday, March 28, from 4:00-5:30 pm, for an @ISGRJRutgers sponsored book talk on Dr. @Y__Barragan's fabulous new book, Freedom's Captives: Slavery & Gradual Emancipation on the Colombian Black Pacific! Register below!

https://t.co/dkqKrtevsx

[Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice @ISGRJRutgers]

Reminder! The New Voices in Slavery + Freedom Studies: In-Person Book Reception with Yesenia Barragan is in 1 week.

Register: https://t.co/s6HiSJebYy

#freedom #captivity #slavery #emancipation #colombianblackpacific
@RutgersNB @Y__Barragan @RUSlaveryFree @NJeremieBrink