Dr. Crystal Sanders

Historian ~Speaker ~ Professor ~AKAdemic 💕💚 ~ Author of the award-winning A Chance for Change (UNC Press 2016) & A Forgotten Migration (UNC Press 2024)

[Dr. Crystal Sanders @profcsanders]

Please encourage students and HBCU alumni to submit films to the 2027 HBCU Film Festival https://t.co/g6U90wy5iz

[SAVE A SEAT FOR ME (Simon & Schuster, 2026) @NewBlackMan]

"Black educators and Black people in general have a long history of dressing well, regardless of class, that is tied to both respectability and appreciation of sartorial style."

Black Ivy in the Classroom: How Black Teachers Used Style as Pedagogy | Derrick P. Alridge
https://t.co/P7Wxq8V0RW

[Dr. Crystal Sanders @profcsanders]

Engle died a little more than a month later. I am thankful for the Civil Rights Act and thankful that LBJ had the legislative knowledge and political power to shepherd its passage. May we all rock the vote to protect hard-fought rights. 5/

[Dr. Crystal Sanders @profcsanders]

The other day I mentioned Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act on Facebook. Someone mentioned that they didn't know what it was 1/

[Dr. Crystal Sanders @profcsanders]

Engle was suffering from a brain tumor and could no longer speak. LBJ told his aides to have Engle point to his eye during the roll call vote for cloture to signal a yes vote. The cloture vote passed with exactly the number of votes needed to end the filibuster. 4/

[Walter M. Kimbrough @HipHopPrez]

Dear @stephenasmith - HBCU expert here. The FUTURE Act was done by Alma Adams, passed both chambers with veto proof majorities, then signed. Only $85M was for HBCUs; the $255M includes MSIs. The fund was started by Pres. Bush in 2007.

Let's talk so you have good information.

[SAVE A SEAT FOR ME (Simon & Schuster, 2026) @NewBlackMan]

Happy 90th Birthday to "Sister President" Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole!

We were honored to welcome Dr. Cole into the @LeftOfBlack studio back in 2019
https://t.co/3KaQHHTXrw

[Jasper J. Smith @JasperJSmith_]

Lincoln University students and alumni say the state of Missouri intentionally underfunded its land-grant HBCU.

Now, they’re suing for $549 million to recover decades of owed funds.

https://t.co/co81IJzLBc

[Dr. Crystal Sanders @profcsanders]

@ProfHolloway Happy Birthday!!!!

[Dr. Crystal Sanders @profcsanders]

@agordonreed I always knew you were right.

[Edda Fields-Black (she/her/hers) @eddafieldsblack]

Honoring Lonnie G. Bunch III as he prepares to retire from the Smithsonian. His leadership has helped preserve and share more of America’s history for generations to come. Grateful for his extraordinary service and lasting legacy.

📸 Smithsonian Institution

#LonnieBunch

[Jerry Mitchell @JMitchellNews]

https://t.co/UYxxfi5Mns

[Emory College @emorycollege]

Let's all cheer on Emory historian Erica Dunbar - who ensures "The Gilded Age" is accurate as co-executive producer of the hit HBO series - during the Emmys, at 8 pm tonight on NBC.
The show earned 8 Emmy nominations, including Outstanding Drama Series: https://t.co/9kuf4M3WPC

[Jerry Mitchell @JMitchellNews]

https://t.co/oN8GE5gYND

[Dr. Crystal Sanders @profcsanders]

@_naomisimmons This means you are doing it correctly. 😜😇😊

[Kevin @Kevincreates77]

A former Hyatt front desk agent who processed over 15,000 check-ins across 5 years told me something most hotel guests have never heard from the other side of the counter.

"Every evening, I had suites sitting empty. Rooms on higher floors that nobody booked. Corner rooms with better views that were assigned to nobody. My job was to fill them but I could only give them to guests who made it easy for me to justify the upgrade in our system. Most guests made it impossible."

She told me the guests who walked up, slid their credit card across the counter, said "checking in," and stared at their phone received whatever room the algorithm assigned usually a lower floor, interior view, standard layout.

The guests who smiled, used her name from the badge, mentioned they were celebrating something, asked politely if anything with a view was available, and had booked direct through the hotel's website received the room she actually wanted to give them the one on the 14th floor that would sit empty tonight if she didn't assign it to someone she felt good about upgrading.

"The suite was always available. The question was never 'is a better room open?' The question was 'does this guest make me want to give it to them?'"

She showed me 9 things that separate the guests who get the standard room from the guests who get the upgrade at Hyatt, Marriott, Hilton, and every major chain in the world.

Here's the full playbook 🧵

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

Coppin State University President Anthony Jenkins implemented a program offering in-state tuition to students from states with no HBCUs

And instead of raising tuition to bring in more revenue, he slashed it hoping to draw more students. It’s working.

https://t.co/lAIwYnOWoM

[Dr. Crystal Sanders @profcsanders]

@Delta, I need help with my baggage. I was put on a new flight but it doesn't look like my bags have been switched.