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Zinn Ed Project

ZinnEdProject

#tdih 1960, four African-American NC A&T students began a sit-in (planned at Bennett College) at a Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro. While not first sit-in of modern CRM, it triggered

Sunny Singh

ProfSunnySingh

Earlier in the week, @nikeshshukla and I went down to visit @KnightsOf #popup on Coldharbour Lane. And we bought gorgeous books. They are there for another week. Go support them.

Grace Kim

gracebkim_

For those who missed @CNASdc The Pitch competition at #CNAS2020 today, here's my pitch: Korea’s strategic geography has always made it the battleground and compass of great power rivalry. Whoever

Darrell Owens

IDoTheThinking

I'm getting real sick and tired of people calling bus and bike lanes "gentrification" when in reality they just wanna park and go 50 mph without giving up a lane

vakibs

vakibs

In this thread, I will discuss the division of earth into continents, and how the term “Jambūdwīpa” जम्बूद्वीप, perhaps attested the most number of times in world literature as a

oldeuropeanculture

serbiaireland

Thread (longish): Why was Orion seen by Ancient Greeks as a "the greatest hunter" armed with a cudgel (club)? And why do Bulgarians call Orion "cudgels (clubs)" and why do

Ria Navarita

dare_darou

The meme was born in 2007 after Laney Griner posted a photo of her son Sam trying to eat sand on Flickr The meme became popular in 2013 and was

History Under Your Feet

HistorifyNow

#TodayInHistory Sadashiv Rao Bhau, commander of the Maratha army at Panipat dies like a true warrior on the battlefield in 1761, fighting till the end. A true hero who has

Civil War Humor

CivilWarHumor

If this election is testing your relationship, hey, it happened during the first Civil War, also. I just read an 1865 letter from a racist Union soldier (yes, Virginia, there

Kyle

DrKyle

An expert panel had released a set of guidelines for enhancing COVID testing. This thread is my "Hey Sask, we should do this" set of screenshots with context.https://twitter.com/DennisKendel/status/1350213253255688193 We need

Bob Elder

southernphd

A lot of folks who know my first book have emailed me about this insightful piece by @DavidAFrench on how the fusion of southern honor culture and evangelicalism explains our

Adrian Bott

Cavalorn

Can't really take the 'kids did perfectly well without computers' lines seriously b/c I lived through the introduction of computers in both education & entertainment, and we fell like rabid

Mzala Tom

tlsibanda

1. HOW MZILIKAZI BECAME A KING A thread....The Khumalo originated with Khumalo kaMntungwa who settled around the Mkhuze river in Northern KwaZulu-Natal. Mzilikazi was born of Mashobane kaMangethe who is

Dr Estelle Paranque

DrEstellePrnq

Dido Elizabeth Belle (1761–1804) was raised as part of an aristocratic family in Georgian Britain. She was born in the Caribbean in 1761, the illegitimate daughter of a black woman

Siyanda Mohutsiwa

SiyandaWrites

If you write a paper or whatever about country X and don't cite a single author from country X how can you expect me not to question your motives? Like

Nassim Dehouche

ndehouche

"IQ and the Wealth of Nations" is full of surprises. How many people who have taken an IQ test represent each nation?Take Nigeria (in Green). Red countries are other African

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