We're all set up here in Philly for @oah.org's annual meeting! Come visit us in booth 408 in the book exhibit if you're attending, or check out our #OAH26 virtual exhibit store, where you can save 40% on all books with code OAH26 (expires May 19)! https://bit.ly/3OjA5pj
Philly and @oah.org visitors: join us next Wednesday for a conversation with @danielle-wiggins.bsky.social and the great Marcia Chatelain on BLACK EXCELLENCE, Danielle Wiggins' terrific new book on Black liberalism. Free and open to the public and no need to register
Birthday month!
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Listen to @danielle-wiggins.bsky.social talk with @perrybaconjr.bsky.social in @newrepublic.com about Jesse Jackson, the Democrats’ moderation problem, and Danielle’s response in our latest forum:
Jesse Jackson has died at 84.
In our latest forum, @danielle-wiggins.bsky.social writes on the democratic promise of his “rainbow coalition,” the enduring power of his moral vision, and his commitment to mobilizing “the desperate, the damned, the disinherited, the disrespected, and the despised”:
“For poor and Black Americans, moderation has always been a losing strategy. Jesse Jackson understood that it not only deprioritized but also demobilized them as an electoral force. His vision couldn’t be more relevant as the Democratic Party faces similar calls today.” @danielle-wiggins.bsky.social
"Beautifully written and wonderfully insightful," BLACK EXCELLENCE by @danielle-wiggins.bsky.social offers a provocative new history of modern black liberalism.
Order today and save 40% with code PENN-HOLIDAY25 during our Holiday Sale! bit.ly/4rXzDfn
"What if, instead, we situate these seemingly conservative tendencies in a longer tradition of black liberalism?"
Don't miss @danielle-wiggins.bsky.social discussing her new book BLACK EXCELLENCE in a Q&A with @johnfea1.bsky.social on his blog The Way of Improvement Leads Home
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Omg, thanks so much 🥹
Black Excellence is officially out in the world. Thank you to everyone who had a role, big and small, in its making.
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The cake version (below) was delicious.
Today is the last day to pre-order BLACK EXCELLENCE with the Penn Press Summer Sale discount! Enter PENN-SUMMER25 at checkout to save 40%!
Official publication on publication date is September 2!
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Cover of the book Black Excellence: Atlanta and the Making of Modern Black Liberalism by Danielle Wiggins
Another book coming soon that I can't wait to read! Looking forward to it, @danielle-wiggins.bsky.social!!!! I may have to revise my Atlanta politics seminar, too, which I've not taught in like a decade. So many great books on Atlanta since then. www.pennpress.org/978151282785...
Thank you for sharing! I’ll be excited to chat with you about it.
First, Sly and now Brian 💔. I am verklempt.
Some news! In August, I’ll be joining the Department of History at Georgetown. I’m going to miss Caltech (especially my students) and Pasadena but I’m really looking forward to moving back to the East Coast.
seeing the cover to @danielle-wiggins.bsky.social's @pennpress.bsky.social for the first time. you know this book is going to be good but omg!! can't wait to have this on my shelf. www.pennpress.org/978151282784...
🥹 thank you for sharing!
Janet Jackson- “Alright”
We Are One- Maze
MASTERY AND DRIFT PROFESSIONAL-CLASS LIBERALS SINCE THE 1960S EDITED BY BRENT CEBUL AND LILY GEISMER
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Thrilled to have a copy of this brilliant new collection edited by @brentcebul.bsky.social and @lilygeismer.bsky.social with a fantastic lineup of young historians.
“This liberalism appears increasingly exhausted in the face of today’s overlapping crises.”
@brentcebul.bsky.social @lilygeismer.bsky.social @dygottlieb.bsky.social @pastpunditry.bsky.social & @danielle-wiggins.bsky.social discuss the struggle for the soul of the Democratic Party:
Happy birthday, George
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Tune in in 30 minutes!
TOMORROW!
Join @lilygeismer.bsky.social @brentcebul.bsky.social @pastpunditry.bsky.social @danielle-wiggins.bsky.social
& Dylan Gottlieb at 7pm via Zoom to discuss The Limits of Professional-Class Liberalism, moderated by contributing editor Simon Torracinta.
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Join @lilygeismer.bsky.social @brentcebul.bsky.social @pastpunditry.bsky.social @danielle-wiggins.bsky.social & Dylan Gottlieb on Feb 20 at 7pm for a virtual event on The Limits of Professional-Class Liberalism, moderated by contributing editor Simon Torracinta.
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Congratulations!
For those curious, I have a playlist of soul covers of The Beatles. My favorites are Bobby Womack’s “And I Love Her” and Booker T. and the MG’s “Something.”
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Fun new find my brother picked up for me this weekend. I’m obsessed with this cover. It even has a couple songs I haven’t heard before like The Drifter’s cover of “Every Night” from McCartney.
rip Garth Hudson, the last living member of The Band. One of my favorites.
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