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Ansley Erickson

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US cities & schools, historically. Books: Making the Unequal Metropolis; Educating Harlem. Thoughts here represent me, not my employer. www.tc.columbia.edu/faculty/ate11 nyccivilrightshistory.org Also 🌱 🪴 and 🏊‍♀️ 🏊‍♀️ and I♥️NYC.

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Ansley Erickson @ansleyerickson.bsky.social · Apr 13

I wrote about my dad, our government, and how we need each other to stay alive.

Whether Trump, Musk, and the gang think so or not.

Boulder kept my dad alive. So did the government

My father never quite understood how I could live in New York City. He always preferred Montana, open rather than dense, prairie rather than concrete. Great Falls was his birthplace,

www.boulder-monitor.com

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Paul Renfro @renfro.bsky.social · 2h

From Kim Phillips-Fein’s brand new review of Melinda Cooper’s COUNTERREVOLUTION. 🗃️

www.thenation.com/article/soci...

“To really take on Trumpism, liberals and the left will have to think less about restoring a tenuous normalcy by winning particular elections or countering the especially noxious parts of Trump’s agenda, and more about how to rebuild those economic and political institutions—unions, tenants’ organizations, independent media, political groups—that give people the experience of political power and collective action. Instead of answering Trump’s personalistic politics by telling voters to let competent experts back into the White House so that they can take control—let alone responding to Trump’s transphobia or anti-immigrant politics by adopting aspects of that language in an attempt to win back the people drawn to him—what we really need is a way to remind many middle- and working-class voters what it actually means to live in a society in which they exercise some measure of agency, and in which the leadership of that society is democratically accountable in a meaningful way.”

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Yesenia Barragan, she/they @yeseniabarragan.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you to faculty at my alma mater for this act of solidarity. Means the world to me and my family 🙏🏽

Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 1d

History faculty at Columbia & Barnard decrying the harassment of @mark-bray.bsky.social: "This is the first case in recent memory of a historian who has fled the country after receiving death threats on account of the history that they teach."

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 1d

* Over 20,000 Palestinians killed since January
* 100s starved to death, including kids
* Congress bypassed to send more & more bombs to Israel
* US citizens murdered in the West Bank

I hope this ceasefire holds & I am glad the hostages are free, but this is Trump’s *actual record* so far.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

Just in case the dramatically low Leni Riefenstahl-style angle was too subtle, they used a word from her most famous movie

Time magazine cover featuring a photo of Trump from a dramatically low angle

HIS
TRIUMPH
by ERIC CORTELLESSA
THE LEADER ISRAEL NEEDED
by EHUD BARAK
HOW GAZA HEALS

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

"I refuse to accept a world where people are punished for seeking safety or silenced for speaking the truth. I refuse a system that values profit over people and power over love." - Natasha Cloud

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Deborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social · 1d

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!!

The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/

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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 1d

Du Bois basically did a version of this in his bibliography in Black Reconstruction

BIB L I OGRAPH Y
STAN DARD - A N TI-NEGRO
(These authors believe the Negro to be sub-human and congenitally un-
fitted for citizenship and the suffrage.)
Burgess, John W., Reconstruction and the Constitution, 1 866-1 876.
Coulter, E. Merton, Civil War and Reconstruction in Kentucky.
Davis, William W ., The Civil War and Reconstruction in Florida.
Dunning, William A., Reconstruction, Political and Economic .
Eckenrode, F. Hamilton, Political History of Virginia During Reconstruc·
tion.
Fertig, James Walter, The Secession and Reconstruction of Tennessee.
Ficklen, John R., History of Reconstruction in Louisiana.
Fleming, Walter F., Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama.
--, Documentary History of Reconstruction, 1 906, 1907.
Hamilton, Joseph G. de R., Reconstruction in North Carolina.
Hollis, John Porter, The Early Period of Reconstruction in South Carolina.
Lonn, Ella, Reconstruction in Louisiana after 1 868 .
Ramsdell, Charles W., Reconstruction in Texas .
Rhodes, James F., History of United States from the Compromise of 1 850.
Scott, Eben G., Reconstruction During the Civil War.
Staples, Thomas S ., Reconstruction in Arkansas .
Studies in Southern History and Politics . Inscribed to William Archibald
Dunning.
Carpet-Baggers in the United States Senate. By C. Mildred Thompson.
The Literary Movement for Secession. By Ulrich B. Phillips.
Negro Suffrage in the South. By W. Roy Smith.
Some Phases of Educational History in the South Since 1 865. By Wil-
liam K. Boyd.
Southern Legislation in Respect to Freedmen, 1 865- 1 866. By J. G. de
Roulhac Hamilton.
The Federal Enforcement Acts . By William Watson Davis.
The New South, Economic and Social . By Holland Thompson.
Grant's Southern Policy. By Edwin C. Woolley.
Taylor, Richard, Destruction and Reconstruction.
Thompson, Clara M., Reconstruction in Georgia, Economic, Social, Po-
litical, l 805-1 872.
Wooley, Edwin C., The Reconstruction of Georgia.

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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 5d

I just want to live in a world where kids learn civics and history in school and words mean things.

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Ansley Erickson @ansleyerickson.bsky.social · 5d

East coast time waiting for the west coast coffee shop to open…..

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Ansley Erickson @ansleyerickson.bsky.social · 7d

And again!

Ansley Erickson @ansleyerickson.bsky.social · Sep 10

Everything is terrible but I got to write in support of tenure for a brilliant colleague who amply deserves it and will use it well. 👏🏼👏🏼🎉🎉☀️☀️

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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 8d

"No institution that is committed to the free pursuit of knowledge should submit to the degradation of autonomy and academic freedom contained in it." @acls1919.bsky.social statement on the White House "compact" proposed to universities. www.acls.org/news/acls-st...

ACLS Statement Regarding White House “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”

ACLS stands firmly against this latest White House effort to divide faculties by giving special privileges to students in “hard science programs” and its demand that institutions abolish “units that p...

www.acls.org

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Ashley D. Farmer @drashleydfarmer.bsky.social · 8d

RSVP here: www.ashleydfarmer.com/events

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 9d

Goddamn, this is great. The part at the end — you’ll know it when you see it — made me laugh so hard that I startled the dogs.

competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 10d

wizard frog is insane

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WholesomeMemes @wholesomememe.bsky.social · 9d

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 10d

Weaponized gratitude is a key tool in the abuser's toolkit. The goal is to convince the victim that they owe the abuser so much, they should feel guilty for wanting to complain.

Tweet from the VP:
Joy Reid has had such a good life in this country. It's been
overwhelmingly kind and gracious to her. She is far wealthier than most.
Yet she oozes with contempt.
My honest, non-trolling advice to Joy Reid is that you'd be a much
happier person if you showed a little gratitude

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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · Aug 19

In 1977, Disabled activists occupied the Federal Building in San Francisco to demand the passage of Section 504— legislation to protect against disability discrimination.When the building was cordoned off, in an effort to starve activists out, The Black Panthers *Broke In* to deliver them hot meals.

The 504 Protests and the Black Panther Party – Disability Social History Project

disabilityhistory.org

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KEW @kidadaewilliams.com · 11d

Despite growing censorship and disinformation around Black history education, Broward County’s (FL) African American Research Library and Cultural Center proudly announces the return of its CommuniVersity Series. The Black History Saturday School is returning this year. sflcn.com/free-black-h...

Free Black History Series Returns Amid Rising Censorship

Explore the importance of Black history education at the African American Research Library. Engage with experts and cultural leaders.

sflcn.com

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Ansley Erickson @ansleyerickson.bsky.social · 12d

Join this community forum to help NPS and ASALH design a plan for National Historic Landmark designation for Black public secondary schools.

Black Public High Schools 1870-1970 Project, led by Principal Investigator Amber N. Wiley, PhD.

Graphic for Black public hS listening session. October 9 on Zoom, 6 pm CDT

Community stakeholders in various parts of the country have expressed interest in National Historic Landmark designation for Black public secondary schools. The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) is working with National Park Service (NPS), scholars of the history of Black secondary education, and community advocates for extant schools to develop a strategy for evaluating eligibility for this designation. This listening session, which will be recorded for research purposes only, is one of the three community engagement activities of the Black Public High Schools 1870-1970 Project, led by Principal Investigator Amber N. Wiley, PhD.

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Ansley Erickson @ansleyerickson.bsky.social · 12d

Fast casual with a claim to be good for body and mind…. Still…

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andy hines @andyhines.bsky.social · Sep 9

It's publication day for UNIVERSITY KEYWORDS. Across 27 sharp essays, the book offers a critical account of the political economy of US higher education, how it came to be structured this way, and how together we might build a better university together.

green and yellow cover of University Keywords, ed by Andy Hines

Table of contents for University Keywords

University: An Introduction, Andy Hines

Academic Freedom, Jennifer Ruth and Ellen Schrecker
Adjunct, Heather Steffen
Admissions, Scott Gelber
Alternative Institutions, Andy Hines and Eli Meyerhoff
Athletics, Wayne L. Black
Board of Trustees, Asheesh Siddique Kapur
Budget, Juan Pablo Pardo-Guerra
Campus, Davarian Baldwin
Classroom, Richard Simpson
Critical University Studies, Rana M. Jaleel, Isaac Kamola, and Heather Steffen
Debt, Eleni Schirmer and Jason Wozniak
Degree, Christopher Newfield
Discipline, Vineeta Singh
Diversity, p.s. kehal
EdTech, Annie McClanahan and Louise McCune
Endowment, Dennis M. Hogan
Entrepreneurship, Jesse Goldstein

Table of contents for university keywords

Fiction, Jeffrey J. Williams
Legislation, Elizabeth Tandy Shermer
Noncitizen Student, Abigail Boggs
Police, Yalile Suriel and Grace Watkins
Ranking, Jelena Brankovic and Stefan Wilbers
Revenue, Dan Nemser and Brian Whitener
Risk Management, Mattie Armstrong-Price
Sustainability, Kai Bosworth, Jesse Goldstein, Andy Hines, and Eli Meyerhoff
Title IX, Rana M. Jaleel
Union, Zach Schwartz-Weinstein

Appendix: Questions to Consider for Composing a Keywords Entry

Contributor Bios
Acknowledgments
Index

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Ansley Erickson @ansleyerickson.bsky.social · 12d

Another warm-your-heart piece from my favorite NYC writer.

West Side Rag @westsiderag.bsky.social · 12d

She had one other piece of advice to offer: “Keep that smile, or you’ll get wrinkles.” www.westsiderag.com/2025/10/02/f...

Fifteen Centenarians in One Place on the Upper West Side

New York - September 30: Centenarian Celebration, The New Jewish Home, New York, NY, USA, September 30 2025. By Lily

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Ansley Erickson @ansleyerickson.bsky.social · 12d

Honeybrains.
That is the name of a restaurant that sells food.
I am too old for here.

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Ansley Erickson @ansleyerickson.bsky.social · 12d

All work and no plays makes me a dull boy.

Playbill for The Other Americans at the Public Theater.

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Genevieve Lakier @genevievelakier.bsky.social · 13d

The admin’s efforts to get universities to agree to a list of demands in exchange for preferential access to federal funding isn’t just “troubling” as Ted Mitchell, prez of the @aceducation.bsky.social says in this article; it looks blatantly unconstitutional.🧵
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 15d

If any other president in all of history said the military should use American cities as a training ground he would be removed from office that same day. The hardest thing to tolerate in all this is how relatively silent elected democrats are. It’s ridiculous.

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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 14d

Once again, it is *faculty*—not administrators—who brought this case and won. Including UC Faculty Association chapters of the AAUP.

Court Rules in AAUP v Rubio: Trump Admin Violated First Amendment

The AAUP and partners sued to block the Trump administration from carrying out large-scale arrests, detentions, and deportations of noncitizen students and faculty members for ideological reasons.

www.aaup.org

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