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Jonathan Turley
@JonathanTurley24 Oct 2025
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of speaking on free speech as part of the Presidential Series at the historic Union League of Philadelphia. As a history buff, it was a particular pleasure to speak in the iconic building on the National Register of Historic Places... jonathanturley.org/2025/10/2…

Turley Speaks on Free Speech at Union League of Philadelphia

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of speaking as part of the Presidential Series at the Union League of Philadelphia on my book, “The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage.” As a history b…

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James DeWolf Perry@JDeWPerry31 Oct 2024
Visitors to museums should *absolutely* feel confronted. They should feel respected, and not be presented with more than they can safely handle. But they should find their boundaries challenged.
Nathan J Robinson@NathanJRobinson31 Oct 2024
WSJ reports that the National Archives museum has removed references to Martin Luther King, Japanese internment, Native Americans, union organizers, and birth control, because presenting American history honestly would make Republicans uncomfortable currentaffairs.org/news/its-…
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OCU School of Law@OCULAW31 Oct 2024
Happy Halloween! 🎃 The Criminal Law Association and Phi Alpha Delta hosted a Trunk or Treat this month for the OCU Law community 👻
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Annette Gordon-Reed@agordonreed22 Jul 2023
The whole purpose is to minimize the evils of slavery by emphasizing some alleged “bright” spot.
b-boy bouiebaisse
@jbouie22 Jul 2023
you are responding to a joke tweet directed at a maniac’s claim that the enslaved learned skills they then “parlayed” into some lucrative venture. i have done a decade of writing and other work on the history of slavery — i know that some enslaved people bought their own freedom.
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Annette Gordon-Reed@agordonreed28 Jun 2023
This was indeed stunning news. All that you say about him is true. I always felt his affection and support for me and I loved the work that he did. He was a friend in the truest sense of the word. I cannot believe he’s gone, either.
Dr. Joanne Freeman (@jbf1755 on lots o’ platforms)@jbf175528 Jun 2023
OK. I've been holding off on this for a bunch of reasons, but it feels as tho it's time. Many of you may know of the wonderful early American historian Richard Bernstein (R. B. Bernstein). A prolific writer, a dedicated teacher, a generous colleague, and the truest of friends.
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Dr. Ashley T. Rubin
@ashleytrubin3 May 2023
Forgive me for a bit of self-promotion, but since both ASA and ASC are in Philadelphia this year, I wanted to remind folks that I wrote a book about Eastern State Penitentiary, the early US prisons, and Pennsylvania's role in early penal reform. cambridge.org/core/books/dev…
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Annette Gordon-Reed@agordonreed7 Apr 2023
Mine was more rectangular and had a green leather cover. I got it for Christmas when I was 9 years old. I couldn't have been more excited. To be able to be in my room & listen to the music I wanted to listen to. I've never been happier. It's so easy to please kids.
Super 70s Sports
@Super70sSports7 Apr 2023
Historians now believe that at one time or another literally every American alive in the 60s and 70s owned one of these.
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Elie Mystal
@ElieNYC7 Apr 2023
Tennessee is giving a more abject lesson in Critical Race Theory than any AP History course possibly could.
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I am teaching Dobbs, my law review article on Dobbs, and DeShaney/Castle Rock today in Constitutional Law. OMG.
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Penn
@Penn4 Apr 2023
Sophia Z. Lee has been named dean of the @pennlaw, effective July 1, 2023. Lee, currently a professor of law with a secondary appointment in history, has been a member of the Penn Carey Law faculty since 2009. bit.ly/3zuGSBB

Sophia Z. Lee named Dean of the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School | Penn Today

Lee is currently a professor of law with a secondary appointment in history, and has been a member of the Penn Carey Law faculty since 2009.

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Madhavi Sunder@MadhaviSunder4 Apr 2023
So excited and proud that the phenomenal duo of @michelebgoodwin and @gregoryshaffer, giants in their respective fields of health law and international law, will be joining us at @GeorgetownLaw.
Lawrence Gostin@LawrenceGostin4 Apr 2023
I have sheer joy to announce the incomparable @michelebgoodwin will join the @GeorgetownLaw faculty & partner with me to lead @oneillinstitute. My dear friend Michele cares passionately about the Institute's mission of global health & justice. She's simply amazing. I am so happy!
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James DeWolf Perry@JDeWPerry27 Mar 2023
"With much national wealth and commerce utterly dependent on slavery, in the North as well as the South," any proposal for abolition "would have been a political non-starter." Apparently, ChatGPT, however, is in thrall to white supremacist myths online. politico.com/news/magazine/2…

Opinion | ChatGPT Is Parroting Myths About Slavery

The history of slavery in America is too complicated for the likes of ChatGPT and Google.

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Rachel Swarns@rachelswarns24 Mar 2023
A starred review from Publishers Weekly for my forthcoming book! I am over the moon! (In bookstores on June 13, but you can preorder now. And you can read the review here: bit.ly/3lycGSw)
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Michigan Law School@UMichLaw6 Mar 2023
Welcome back, everyone! We hope you all had a great winter break!
a wide angle photo of UpCo with a student walking up to a table of friends

ALT a wide angle photo of UpCo with a student walking up to a table of friends

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Rachel E. López@Rachel_E_Lopez7 Feb 2023
It has been hard to let go of this one, but I just bit the bullet and submitted my latest article, "Participatory Law Scholarship," via @scholasticaLR. Updated version now up @ssrn too! I think that you'll either love it or hate it, but hope you'll at least give it a chance!
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“The first thing I hope that people will consider is how recent this was,” said Darren Hutchinson the John Lewis Chair for Civil Rights and Social Justice at the Emory School of Law. 1/ Reflecting on Selma’s ‘Bloody Sunday’ 58 years later scrippsnews.com/stories/refl… via @scrippsnews

Reflecting on Selma’s ‘Bloody Sunday’ 58 years later

The images and video from "Bloody Sunday" swept the nation and served as a turning point in the civil rights movement.

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Martha S. Jones@marthasjones_3 Mar 2023
Honored.
@jessbravin.bsky.social@JessBravin3 Mar 2023
President Biden appoints three to Permanent Committee for the Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise: @RisaGoluboff (UVA) @marthasjones_ (Hopkins) Trevor Morrison (NYU).
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"Almighty God created the races white, black, yellow, malay and red, and he placed them on separate continents. And but for the interference with his arrangement there would be no cause for such marriages." 1/2 Va. Co. Ct. in Loving v Virginia
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Sonya Bonczek@SonyaBonczek2 Mar 2023
A NEW HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN SOUTH 🤩🤩🤩 Hot off the press. Had to show off the front, spine, and back trifecta 📚
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