Taja-Nia Henderson

LawProf. Historian of prisons and slavery in the US. JD, PhD, if you're into that. Co-author of #LivingWhileBlack: Blackness as Nuisance,

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Don't threaten me with a good time, Outlook.

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We could've had Paperboy.

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@ProfToussaint Percival Everett's "James".

[Tweets_From_Runaway_Enslaved_People @FromSlaves]

We ran from John Council’s plantation in Bladen County, NC, east of the Cape Fear River, on the night of Sept. 4, 1863. He started advertising for us, dead or alive, when he didn’t find us after a week. We may have headed to the Union forces at New Bern. Our names are UNKNOWN.

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@gailcornwall 👀

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@MarissaEsque Beloved, lissen.

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@njlightfoot (Ma'am. Do not make me holler up in here.)

[@drhonor.bsky.social @drhonor]

Much conversation this morning about the important contributions of Walter Johnson’s Soul by Soul at 25 years, but particularly grateful that Rashauna Johnson pointed out the beauty of its writing. For me, that’s the part of the book that really sticks. #shear2024

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@DrMamaEsq Not never.

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@UjuAnya @ProfAlang MENINA.

[Leah Goodridge @leahfrombklyn]

New law signed:

Medicaid now covers doula services for New Yorkers.

There will be a statewide directory of doulas as well.

This legislation was introduced by Sen. Brouk due to high maternal mortality rates, especially among Black women.

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@IPProfEvans The red bundles are giving Princess Merida / Tangled and I'm here for it!

[dr. alicia andrzejewski (she/her) @aliciaandrz]

it’s job market season, welcome to hell.
here are all my job materials. everything from the cover letter to the job talk that got me a tenure-track job at William & Mary.

yes, it’s a lottery. yes, it’s also helpful to see successful examples:
https://t.co/VHujQ6jNod

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@MarissaEsque (I snorted.)

[Prison Policy Initiative @PrisonPolicy]

The national incarceration rate of Black people is 6x the rate of white people and more than twice the rate in every single state.

It’s time for the US to end racial injustice in the carceral system and beyond.

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"New"?

[PBS News @NewsHour]

A new investigative report reveals that while the federal government did grant land to the formerly enslaved after the Civil War, it also took that land back and returned it to white southerners.

@IAmAmnaNawaz speaks to @AlexiaCampbell to learn more.

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@IPProfEvans Now, abeg!

[Famous14u @famous14u]

If this don’t break the Internet. I don’t know what else you’ll need to put a smile on your faces.. Not The Luther Vandross Musical 🎶 but way 🔥