The Abolitionist Origins of American Feminism From Mary Wollstonecraft to Sojourner Truth, the fight for women’s rights emerged alongside—and was fundamentally shaped by—the struggle to abolish slavery and secure universal human rights. On the 2...

A fantastic piece by @profmsinha.bsky.social that expertly links American Feminism with the Abolition Movement.
msmagazine.com/2026/04/02/t...

No Mercy Here and Brooding Over Bloody Revenge are incredible!

Looking forward to attending this screening @amantiquarian.bsky.social featuring wonderful archival research by @uconnhistory.bsky.social Dr. Cornelia Dayton on Phillis Wheatley and John Peters and in conversation with @profmsinha.bsky.social.
www.americanantiquarian.org/programs-eve...

'Be Audacious': West Hartford Celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. - We-Ha | West Hartford News West Hartford held the 30th annual ceremony on Monday, Jan. 19, 2026, with speakers reflecting on the life on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the awarding of the Earl Exum Servant Leader award. The…

Today's read: former UCHI fellow Fiona Vernal (@uconnhistory.bsky.social) gave the keynote address at West Hartford, Connecticut's 30th annual celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

My Top 10 Books I read this year. These books stood out the most as not only beautifully written studies, but ones that challenged my understanding of the meaning of freedom.

@kevinkenny.bsky.social
@kcarterjackson.bsky.social
@countesscanuck.bsky.social

Buffalo’s Michigan Street African-American Heritage Corridor: A Rising Cultural Destination for Travellers - Travel And Tour World Explore Buffalo's Michigan Street African-American Heritage Corridor – a vibrant cultural hub showcasing Black history and heritage in Buffalo, NY.

Buffalo’s Michigan Street African-American Heritage Corridor: A Rising Cultural Destination for Travellers www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article...

“We don’t have to wait for somebody to tell our own story, we can tell our own story,” said Fiona Vernal @uconnhistory.bsky.social

I want to watch a six-part series on the Haitian Revolution 😕

UConn Humanities Project Helps Bloomfield Preserve Its Cultural Mosaic - UConn Today A new exhibition celebrates community history and highlights how UConn humanities research, led by professor Fiona Vernal, is helping Connecticut towns pres ...

Today's read: former UCHI fellow Fiona Vernal and UCHI graduate assistant Timothy Brown (@uconnhistory.bsky.social) premiered an exhibit titled: “Bloomfield Mosaic: Stories from our Jewish, African American, and West Indian Communities.” This exhibit features over 40 oral histories.

Thank you for the shoutout Brad!

Huge shout out to our own Timothy Brown! Check it out:

I’m quoted in this wonderful piece in UConn Today about our recently premiered Bloomfield Mosaic exhibit. This oral history project set out to capture the stories of the Jewish, African American and West Indian population of the CT suburb.

today.uconn.edu/2025/11/ucon...

Diane Keaton, Oscar-Winning Star of ‘Annie Hall,’ Dies at 79 She also portrayed Kay Adams in the three ‘Godfather’ films and starred in ‘The First Wives Club’ and ‘Book Club’ movies.

This one hurts…

www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

When U.S. put a Japanese internment camp on Gila River reservation, 2 groups found common ground During World War II, when Japanese Americans were relocated to internment camps, some of them came to Arizona — to another place where the U.S. government had “relocated” a group of people: the Gila R...

A fantastic interview with my dear friend and former UNLV cohort @loveshistory123.bsky.social about her research (and recent Journal of Arizona History article) into the incarceration of Japanese Americans on the Gila River Indian Community during World War II. www.kjzz.org/the-show/202...

I didn’t know that! But, it totally makes sense.

Super excited that my first book review has been published! The review is of John Reeves’ Soldier of Destiny: Slavery, Secession, and the Redemption of Ulysses S. Grant. A big thank you to H-Net and my review editor at H-War for this opportunity. networks.h-net.org/group/review...

Opinion | The fight for birthright citizenship started with these Black Americans We have endured years, decades, even centuries of confusion about citizenship.

A poignant piece by @marthasjones.bsky.social. With an important reminder of the long historical battle for birthright citizenship in the aftermath of yesterday’s ruling from SCOTUS.

www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Gave it a shot after much contemplation:

Couldn’t have said it better myself. A truly wonderful piece, building on the great scholarship of @profmsinha.bsky.social.

Enhancing Career Readiness: Doctoral Students at Work Featuring Timothy Brown, Graduate Assistant at the Humanities Institute How his Graduate Assistantship has contributed to PhD student, Timothy Brown’s, career readiness.

My interview for a blog series to discuss my Graduate Assistantship with @uconnhumanities.bsky.social and share advice about applying skills to different positions. I also talked about my work with EPOCH (w/ @uconnhistory.bsky.social) and @shearites.bsky.social.
career.uconn.edu/blog/2025/06...

The Dangerous Afterlives of Lexington and Concord How a myth about farmers taking on the British has fueled more than two centuries of exclusionary nationalism.

On the 250th Anniversary of the “Shot Heard Round the World” I feel it is fitting to post this fascinating recent piece by @eranzelnik.bsky.social about the continuing myths and afterlives of the Battles of Lexington and Concord. www.hnn.us/article/the-...

Very much looking forward to today’s Draper Workshop on American Empire featuring panelists Greg Grandin, Moon Ho-Jung, @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social, @laurenfturek.bsky.social and moderated by @profmsinha.bsky.social.

I had the distinct pleasure of hearing @eranzelnik.bsky.social talk about his fascinating new book during this week’s @uconnhistory.bsky.social Wednesday Workshop and receiving a signed copy (thx @profmsinha.bsky.social). Looking forward to reading it! And get yourself a copy too!

UNLV professor killed in 2023 mass shooting is named as part of Trump’s DEI crackdown at colleges Patricia Navarro-Velez, 39, one of three people gunned down in December 2023

Trump Admin is targeting Patricia Navarro-Velez, a UNLV professor killed in a mass shooting n the UNLV campus in Las Vegas in 2023, for violating its racist and illegal DEI executive order. www.yahoo.com/news/unlv-pr...

Gardnerville laundry building linked to Japanese American heritage to be demolished - The Nevada Independent The old Nishikida laundry building in Gardnerville holds ties to the detainment of Japanese Americans during World War II and is one of the state’s rare properties associated with Nevada’s Japanese Am...

So sad to see this! The historic Nishikida Laundry in Gardnerville, NV faces impending demolition. While working for a preservation organization in the state I did background research into the building. This news hurts me knowing the rich history of it.

thenevadaindependent.com/article/gard...

After Confederate Forces Captured Their Children, These Black Mothers Fought to Reunite Their Families During the Civil War, Confederates targeted free Black people in the North, kidnapping them to sell into slavery. After the conflict ended, two women sought help from high places to track down their l...

A fantastic piece by @rkdcolby86.bsky.social reminding us that the slave trade was very much alive during the Civil War and showing the struggles of formerly enslaved mothers to reunite with their children and family after the downfall of slavery.

www.smithsonianmag.com/history/afte...

Photography, Visual Culture and Building a Black Civil War Memory Archive - The Journal of the Civil War Era I am a collector of early African American photography and visual culture. I began my collection after attending a NEH Summer Institute focused on the visual culture of the American Civil War. I initi...

A fantastic piece by @hngreen.bsky.social about her own effort at collecting Black visual culture not in traditional archives and what these images can tell us about Black Civil War memory. The piece makes me even more excited to pick up her new book!

www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2025/02/phot...

ASALH - The Founders of Black History Month | About Black History Month Learn about Black history by exploring your local community, reading books by Black authors, and visiting Black or African-American history museums.Explore a

#They can’t take away what they didn’t give.

asalh.org/about-us/abo...

Ugh, I’m sorry! That’s so frustrating. I really hope they implement the ability to disable it across the board soon!

I should have mentioned there are instructions in the link for Mac.