She kept his home in upstate, NY, cared for guests Frederick would bring home sometimes for months at a time (including white women abolitionists) she participated in assisting with the Underground Railroad, and raised their children. Because however heroic….men.

A passageway hidden below a dresser at the Merchant’s House Museum in New York City had long been a mystery. It was recently linked to the Underground Railroad. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/n...

Thank you and thank you for your leadership.

NISOD | National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development A membership organization committed to promoting and celebrating excellence in teaching, learning, and leadership at community and technical colleges.

Proud to be one of the recipients of the 2026 NISOD Excellence in Teaching award. I appreciate my students who nominated me. Congratulations to Kaleb Golden, my colleague and fellow grad alumni, who is also a recipient! www.nisod.org #northwestvista

What was the Lavender Menace? A look back at the lesbians who altered the women’s movement A group of feminist lesbians staged a “Lavender Menace” protest at a women’s conference more than a half-century ago that forever changed the feminist movement.

A group of feminist lesbians staged a “Lavender Menace” protest at a women’s conference more than a half-century ago that forever changed the feminist movement.

New semester starts today! Looking forward to meeting my students tonight.

Teri's review of The Backyard Bird Chronicles 5/5: Absolutely delightful! Historical fiction author Amy Tan documents the comings and goings of birds that visit her backyard in Sausalito, California. This book features ninety of her journal entri...

Charming and Delightful! I've become an obsessed backyard birder myself.

Rice students launch oral history archive to preserve Indigenous Texas stories YouTube video by Rice University

Texas Oral History Project at Rice

Sounds like a great project...

‘Sugar Land 95’ convict leasing cemetery honored with historical marker The 'Sugar Land 95' convict leasing cemetery has been honored with a Texas Historical Commission official marker.

‘Sugar Land 95’ convict leasing cemetery honored with historical marker www.houstonchronicle.com/neighborhood...

This is big!

Harvard agrees to relinquish early photos of slaves, ending a long legal battle Harvard University will relinquish 175-year-old photographs believed to be the earliest taken of enslaved people.

apnews.com/article/harv... agrees to relinquish early photos of slaves, ending a long legal battle

Congratulations @davidcgalindo.bsky.social

Looks like a great time - congrats on the panel.

From left to right: Dr. Sheena Cox, Dr. David Galindo, Dr. Tolga Ozyurtcu, and Dr. Emalee Nelson Stone.

I had a wonderful time at the Alliance for Texas History's first annual conference at Texas State University this past weekend. Here's a shot of our fantastic panel, "The Power of Play: Trailblazers in Twentieth-Century Texas Sports." I look forward to seeing folks at The Alliance next year!

Rampant AI Cheating Is Ruining Education Alarmingly Fast — New York Magazine ChatGPT has unraveled the entire academic project.

This!

Teri's review of The Three-Cornered War 4/5: A Pulitzer Prize finalist for History in 2021, The Three-Cornered War: The Union, the Confederacy, and Native Peoples in the Fight for the West vividly recounts the conflicts in the southwestern ...

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The Three-Cornered War by Megan Kate Nelson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Excellent recount of the fight for western territory during the Civil War.

Let's just hope the next up to bat isn't as bad.

Spent the afternoon @ San Antonio Book Festival to hear the esteemed historian & professor Dr. Gregg Michel discuss his new book “Spying on Students.” He was joined by the lovely historian & professor Dr. Kirsten Gardner who moderated. Two great mentors @ UTSA. @glmhistory.bsky.social #sabookfest

King: A Life Winner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize. The first full biog…

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King: A Life by Jonathan Eig
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
A very well-written book on Martin Luther King, Jr., worthy of the Pulitzer Prize that it won.

Fascinating!

Lost manuscript of Merlin and King Arthur legend read for the first time after centuries hidden inside another book For centuries, an intriguing sequel to the tale of Merlin has sat unseen within the bindings of an Elizabethan register. Cutting-edge techniques have revealed it for the first time.

Fascinating!

A Texas Community College Remaps the Path From School to Career Community colleges, meant to be a gateway to the American dream, haven’t consistently delivered. A San Antonio system may have figured it out.

Congratulations to Northwest Vista College!

Grant opportunities for libraries to digitize, describe, and preserve collections in 2025 Highlighting key 2025 grant opportunities for libraries to digitize, preserve, and describe collections, including funding for audiovisual materials and community archives. Deadlines and award amounts...

JSTOR has compiled a list of 2025 funding opportunities to help libraries digitize, describe, & preserve their collections. These programs support a range of initiatives, incl. audiovisual preservation & community archives.

Explore the details here: bit.ly/4hlhQcf

JFK assassination files released, sending history buffs hunting for new clues Unredacted documents related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy have been released following an order by President Donald Trump shortly after he took office.

apnews.com/article/jfk-... assassination files released, sending history buffs hunting for new clues

A digital time machine: The power of digital primary sources in higher education Let’s take a time machine—right at your fingertips—with digital primary sources. Developing digital literacy and primary source analysis skills is essential in higher education, equipping learners not...

Developing digital literacy and primary source analysis skills is essential for both students and researchers.
⚒️ Discover abundant primary source collections on JSTOR and #ArtstorOnJSTOR today in our new #JSTORBlog post:
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Before the internet, how the LA Public Library helped readers pick their next novel The Los Angeles Public Library stores thousands of index cards with staff reviews of books dating back to the 1920s. A librarian explains how they were used and what we can learn from them today.

The Los Angeles Public Library stores thousands of index cards with staff reviews of books dating back to the 1920s. A librarian explains how they were used and what we can learn from them today.

Dredging Up the Ghostly Secrets of Slave Ships A global network of maritime archeologists is excavating slave shipwrecks—and reconnecting Black communities to the deep.

The slave ship Camargo carried 500 souls across the Atlantic before it burned and sank in the waters of Angra dos Reis. @jcljules.bsky.social explores the remains with a global network of maritime archeologists.

When an American Town Massacred Its Chinese Immigrants In 1885, white rioters murdered dozens of their Asian neighbors in Rock Springs, Wyoming. A hundred and forty years later, the story of the atrocity is still being unearthed.

Thrilled to be able to share, "Tragedy in Rock Springs," in this week's issue of @newyorker.com. It's an account of one of the most horrific episodes of racial terror in our nation's history and the effort today to uncover its full story. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...