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Aaron Fountain @aaronfountainjr.bsky.social · 12h

Glad to see my book, High School Students Unite!, jump to number 3 in most requested. It will come out in two months.

Helen Kyriakoudes @hkyria.bsky.social · 9d

Attn media/reviewers: Two new @uncpress.bsky.social titles are now up on @netgalley.bsky.social— for one month only!

📚HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS UNITE! by @aaronfountainjr.bsky.social (Dec)

📚JIM CROW IN THE ASYLUM by @drkyliesmith.bsky.social
(Jan '26)

Check out UNC Press titles here: bit.ly/3ItM2WF

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Eladio Bobadilla @eladiobobadilla.com · 3d

Coming soon to a bookstore near you :-)

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Helen Kyriakoudes @hkyria.bsky.social · 9d

Attn media/reviewers: Two new @uncpress.bsky.social titles are now up on @netgalley.bsky.social— for one month only!

📚HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS UNITE! by @aaronfountainjr.bsky.social (Dec)

📚JIM CROW IN THE ASYLUM by @drkyliesmith.bsky.social
(Jan '26)

Check out UNC Press titles here: bit.ly/3ItM2WF

Publisher Details | NetGalley

NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley comm...

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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 21d

#tdih 1968 Teenagers from 25 schools formed the New York HS Student Union.

Learn about this group & more in forthcoming "High School Students Unite!: Teen Activism, Education Reform, & FBI Surveillance in Postwar America" by @aaronfountainjr.bsky.social

Read ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ne...

Sept. 21, 1968: New York High School Student Union Founded

During the racially-charged Ocean Hill-Brownsville teachers’ strike in New York City, nearly 200 teenagers from 25 high schools established the New York High School Student Union.

www.zinnedproject.org

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Aaron Fountain @aaronfountainjr.bsky.social · 21d

uncpress.org/978146969182...

High School Students Unite!

Mid-twentieth-century student activism is a pivotal chapter in American history. While college activism has been well documented, the equally vital contribut...

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Aaron Fountain @aaronfountainjr.bsky.social · 21d

Sept. 21, 1968: New York High School Student Union Founded

I wrote this for @zinnedproject.bsky.social

I cover this group in my forthcoming book "High School Students Unite!" www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ne...

Sept. 21, 1968: New York High School Student Union Founded

During the racially-charged Ocean Hill-Brownsville teachers’ strike in New York City, nearly 200 teenagers from 25 high schools established the New York High School Student Union.

www.zinnedproject.org

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Aaron Fountain @aaronfountainjr.bsky.social · 24d

I just saw him speak at Indiana University

Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 24d

What's happening with Jimmy Kimmel is about politics and power.

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Aaron Fountain @aaronfountainjr.bsky.social · 27d

Some exciting news: I’ll be giving a book talk at Book Passage in San Francisco on January 11, 2026, about my forthcoming book High School Students Unite! www.bookpassage.com/event/aaron-...

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Aaron Fountain @aaronfountainjr.bsky.social · Sep 11

As a historian, I am always baffled by this.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Sep 11

condemnations of political violence are well taken but it does feel as if some
prominent political commentators are of the view that violence isn’t a part of the history of American politics and that is very much not true.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · Aug 31

“.. with the exception of the pandemic, Black women have never seen such staggering losses in employment.”

@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...

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Aaron Fountain @aaronfountainjr.bsky.social · Aug 26

The offer still stands today

Aaron Fountain @aaronfountainjr.bsky.social · Aug 25

Exciting news! @uncpress.bsky.social is having a flash sale to celebrate their new website
You can save 50% off all books, including mine, for 48 hours with code 01NEWSITE50

My book tells a character-driven narrative of student activism in the '60s and '70s
uncpress.org/978146969182...

High School Students Unite!

Mid-twentieth-century student activism is a pivotal chapter in American history. While college activism has been well documented, the equally vital contribut...

uncpress.org

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Aaron Fountain @aaronfountainjr.bsky.social · Aug 25

Exciting news! @uncpress.bsky.social is having a flash sale to celebrate their new website
You can save 50% off all books, including mine, for 48 hours with code 01NEWSITE50

My book tells a character-driven narrative of student activism in the '60s and '70s
uncpress.org/978146969182...

High School Students Unite!

Mid-twentieth-century student activism is a pivotal chapter in American history. While college activism has been well documented, the equally vital contribut...

uncpress.org

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · Aug 19

"How bad slavery was" is worse. Much worse. Much worse than you think, much worse than you're taught, much worse than museums depict. Worse.

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Aaron Fountain @aaronfountainjr.bsky.social · Aug 18

For ten consecutive years, Collinwood High School in Cleveland, Ohio was shaken by racial violence. Despite its significance, the Collinwood riots lacked a full historical account, until now. Preorder High School Students Unite! uncpress.org/978146969182...

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Aaron Fountain @aaronfountainjr.bsky.social · Jul 30

Over 1,000 underground high school papers circulated between 1965-75. One, The New York High School Free Press, peaked at 40,000 copies. I cover it in my forthcoming book High School Students Unite! (available for preorder) 👉 uncpress.org/book/9781469...

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Jul 30

As I detailed in WHITE FLIGHT, segregationists in Atlanta absolutely loved public services -- buses and trolleys, parks and pools, golf courses and tennis courts, etc. -- right until they were forced to desegregate and "stolen" from them. They abandoned them and built up private alternatives.

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Aaron Fountain @aaronfountainjr.bsky.social · Jul 29

Discussions about U.S. complicity in the Israel-Gaza War reminds me of my second book project, where Canadian antiwar activists called out Canada's complicity in Vietnam

Aaron Fountain @aaronfountainjr.bsky.social · Jul 22

"But Harvard has also cracked down on Palestine scholarship, demotings scholars and canceling related programs. “Harvard is being held up as the heroic institution, but what’s happening internally is much more complicated,” said Abu El-Haj."

Revealed: Harvard publisher cancels entire journal issue on Palestine shortly before publication

As Harvard’s feud with Trump escalated, so did tensions over an ‘education and Palestine’ issue of a prestigious journal. Scholars blame the ‘Palestine exception’ to academic freedom

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Keri Leigh Merritt @kerileighmerritt.bsky.social · Jul 21

Thank you Rachel!! We are trying, despite the destruction of the NEH.

Y’all can read more & help make the film a reality here:

southerndocumentaryfund.networkforgood.com/projects/240...

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Historical Marker Ahead @historicalmarker.bsky.social · Jul 21

The number of historical markers about lynchings in America have to be in the triple digits. As the head of the Loudon County NAACP noted as a new marker went up in Virginia, part of its importance is that markers are hard to tear down. www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/n...

Leesburg unveils historical marker to educate about Black man lynched in 1902

A historical marker telling the story of a Black man lynched in 1902 after being accused of killing a white man was unveiled in Leesburg, Virginia, Wednesday. Thousands of cars travel through the inte...

www.nbcwashington.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Jul 9

my favorite people on tiktok are the folks who call themselves “history buffs” by which they mean they read one book and then uncritically summarize it for their viewers

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Aaron Fountain @aaronfountainjr.bsky.social · Jul 8

The title of my forthcoming book, "High School Students Unite!," comes from a political cartoon that first ran in a NYC underground paper and was reprinted in high school publications across North America for at least 7 years. Available for preorder: uncpress.org/book/9781469...

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Aaron Fountain @aaronfountainjr.bsky.social · Jul 7

This is the article: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/d...

Why Is Dining Alone So Difficult?

www.nytimes.com

Aaron Fountain @aaronfountainjr.bsky.social · Jul 7

For the first time in my life, I'm officially unemployed (I've been underemployed but I always had some paid job). I lost my job back in late March because a @nytimes.com reporter cited my employer, despite me telling them I cannot represent my job. Nonetheless, I am a finalist for a position.

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