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So honored to have written about home, the massacre that took place in Tulsa in 1921, the damage done, and the silence that ensued. My cover story for @NYTmag nytimes.com/2021/05/25/magaz… – at Manhattan, NY
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What America Lost When It Lost Mother Fletcher | @GayleCaleb
With nearly all of the victims of the Tulsa Race Massacre now dead, the country must find other ways to rectify its wrongs.
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Today, only one survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre is still alive, @GayleCaleb writes. “The survivors’ lives bore the undeniable impressions of a community’s injury.” Waiting her out does not end the obligation to repair: theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0…
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Another masterpiece from the legend @GayleCaleb, whom we are honored to call a WWG fellow.
Don't miss this piece. And if you really want to do yourself a favor, check out his book in the comment below.
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I watched Geese perform on @nbcsnl last night. That might be the worst thing I’ve seen on TV. Was that supposed to be “music”?
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We've got a lot to talk about!
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What Is Free Speech?, Fara Dabhoiwala
A Marriage at Sea, @SophieElmhirst
Somebody Is Walking on Your Grave, Mariana Enriquez, translated by @megana
Murderland, @carolinefraser
Black Moses, @GayleCaleb
America, América, @GregGrandin
Dark Renaissance, Stephen Greenblatt/2
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So humbled and pleased that “Mother Emanuel” has been chosen as one of @nytimes 100 Notable Books of 2025, along with amazing company like @brian_goldstone and @GayleCaleb.
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Check out my enlightening discussion with @GayleCaleb on his book Black Moses: A Saga of Ambition and the Fight for a Black State. Our conversation also explores how Oklahoma’s history—from the possibility of a Black state to the devastating Tulsa massacre—has been distorted or stripped down in traditional teaching. Gayle explains the deep tensions between northern Black elites and freed southern Blacks, the lingering influence of Jim Crow, and the ways Native tribes wielded wealth and power.
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In his new book “Black Moses,” journalist and professor @GayleCaleb M.B.A.-M.P.P. ’19 tells the story of Edward McCabe: the man who tried to found a state for Black people after the American Civil War and Reconstruction—and almost succeeded.
#Harvard
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The National Book Awards unveiled the longlist in its nonfiction category, with Omar El Akkad, Yiyun Li, and Caleb Gayle among the 10 authors in contention for the annual prize. @nationalbook ow.ly/1wA250WUNZM
Over the moon that my book BLACK MOSES was longlisted for the National Book Award!!!
We are excited to announce the 2025 National Book Awards Longlist for Nonfiction! | @NewYorker
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We are excited to announce the 2025 National Book Awards Longlist for Nonfiction! | @NewYorker
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This Saturday is Litfest at @MetroLibraryOK's Downtown OKC branch. Oklahoma authors Alysha Rameera, @GayleCaleb, Meg Myers Morgan and @teresaknox have some new releases to check out while you’re there.
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"Reformers like Elizabeth Rous Comstock were not animated by conquest, but earnest—and complicated—charity towards Black migrants."
Awesome piece by Caleb Gayle @GayleCaleb in Christianity Today @CTmagazine; and excited about his new book, Black Moses 📚
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.@GayleCaleb on the Christian women who helped build the American West: christianitytoday.com/2025/0…
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Caleb Gayle will present “Black Moses: A Saga of Ambition and the Fight for a Black State” on Saturday, September 27th! 📚 @GayleCaleb
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Rave review alert! @washingtonpost calls @GayleCaleb's new book BLACK MOSES a "powerful" and "fascinating" history of a Black man's audacious attempt to create a state within the US governed by and for Black people—and of the racism, politics, and greed that thwarted him.
Read the review and find BLACK MOSES on shelves now!
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Rave review of WWG Fellow @GayleCaleb’s new book “Black Moses” in the WaPo!
Every word deserved. It’s a magnificent book.
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🚨Publication day alert!🚨
Don't miss the magnificent new book from @GayleCaleb It's absolutely gripping. It's a haunting American story that brings to mind the great W. Faulkner:
"The past is never dead. It's not even past."
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From Globe Ideas: How New England built the Plains trib.al/bSrlADw