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E. Mark Windle @emarkwindle.bsky.social · 20h

In the Thoresby Room today (chucked out of the main room due to filming).

E. Mark Windle @emarkwindle.bsky.social · 1d

Up on Cultura this morning. From US writer and poet Richard Stimac, the first instalment in a series of personal reflections and historic explorations of the Grafton to Cairo length of Illinois Route 3.
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#travel #history #culture #outdoors

Journeying Through Memories of Illinois Route 3: Exploring Pere Marquette State Park

Part 1 of personal reflections and historic explorations of the Grafton to Cairo length of Illinois Route 3 by writer and poet Richard Stimac. When I was young, my parents would take me to the 8,00…

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E. Mark Windle @emarkwindle.bsky.social · 1d

Rousseau trying to wedge his way onto today’s National Black Cat Day FB page. Technically he doesn’t quite qualify (being a tuxedo) but plays the part well…

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E. Mark Windle @emarkwindle.bsky.social · 1d

Obsession!?! Had fun hoovering these up to stockpile in A Nickel And A Nail a few years back. They flew out.
#BlackHistoryMonth

E. Mark Windle @emarkwindle.bsky.social · 1d

I pulled this one together last week for Cultura, in case anyone missed it / of interest. On one lady’s NAACP activism, and the darker moments of her childhood hometown’s history.
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#NAACP
#civilrights
#BlackHistoryMonth

E. Mark Windle @emarkwindle.bsky.social · 2d

A management business card for Screamin' Jay Hawkins. I picked it up from a dealer who initially acquired it from Neil Carter, Twisted Wheel DJ. Hawkins was one of the touring R&B acts to appear at the Wheel around that time (mid-late 1960s). #screaminjayhawkins
#halloween2025

E. Mark Windle @emarkwindle.bsky.social · 4d

The World Food Programme is now delivering 750 tons of aid into Gaza daily, but that's still way below their target of 2K per day. The WFP is also failing to effectively reach the most vulnerable. The limiting factor is crossing closures, making access to the north particularly problematic.

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E. Mark Windle @emarkwindle.bsky.social · 4d

One for BHM. I collect old civil rights memorabilia, including NAACP membership cards. For one in particular, curiosity got the better of me, and so started my dive down a rabbit hole... cultura.me.uk/2025/10/24/t...

#writingcommunity #booksky #civilrights

The Lynchings of Schley County

Being an avid collector of old civil rights material, I’d already amassed a pile of these NAACP membership cards. I guess what drew my attention to this particular one that appeared on eBay was the…

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E. Mark Windle @emarkwindle.bsky.social · 5d

Pleased to be working with Refugee Biriyani & Bananas, now that I'm providing their writing services. RBB's resume is impressive. Includes advocacy, humanitarian aid and community support in Greece, Gaza and Cairo . So first up...
#writingservices

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The Global Sumud Flotilla—Sailing for Solidarity, Resilience and Hope - Refugee Biriyani & Bananas

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E. Mark Windle @emarkwindle.bsky.social · 7d

Exploring the sights and history of Malta—Manoel Island and Valletta—today in Cultura Magazine. Read the full article here cultura.me.uk/2025/10/22/m...

#malta
#maltatravel

E. Mark Windle @emarkwindle.bsky.social · 7d

Morning all from the ‘other’ office in rainy Leeds! As the weather turns, nice to know this will be the first year that the library staff don’t need to offer us blankets (was a thing until the central heating was sorted out). Still got my eye on that old Imperial btw.

#writingcommunity
#books

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E. Mark Windle @emarkwindle.bsky.social · 7d

A year since her passing, but her legacy of support for civil rights and calling out social injustice won't be forgotten.
#barbaradane #musichistory #civilrights

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E. Mark Windle @emarkwindle.bsky.social · 10d

"One I prepared earlier..."
But fitting I guess, given this month's theme. Soul music, segregation and resilience.
#BlackHistoryMonth
#civilrights

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The Signs. - E. Mark Windle - Biographer and freelance writing services

E. Mark Windle 23 March 2025. While undertaking some book research a few years ago on Nashville’s soul music scene, I was drawn to a very competent cover of Barbara Lewis’ iconic 1963 recording “Hello...

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E. Mark Windle @emarkwindle.bsky.social · 11d

Freddie North, from Nashville’s vibrant R&B scene died this week, aged 86. Freddie was renowned for avoiding discussions about his commercial recording career. I tried to interview him at one point—with limited success—though I think Tony Rounce did a better job for the Kent CD. #soul #nashville

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E. Mark Windle @emarkwindle.bsky.social · 12d

As I mentioned before, I have quite a collection of these. The oldest one so far.
#BlackHistoryMonth
#NAACP

E. Mark Windle @emarkwindle.bsky.social · 13d

Another quote to send along to The Hague. Meantime, to get your copy of The Hundred Year Hunger, visit a-nickel-and-a-nail.myshopify.com/collections/...

E. Mark Windle @emarkwindle.bsky.social · 14d

This afternoon I stopped to chat with Leeds Women in Black. The Leeds anti-war group were established 6+ years ago—way before 7 Oct 2023—and since then have been turning out on a weekly basis for vigils in the town centre and to protest against Israeli occupation. #gaza #genocide #writingcommunity

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E. Mark Windle @emarkwindle.bsky.social · 15d

An honour to hook up with Ruhi Akhtar, CEO of charity Refugee Biriyani & Bananas.
Looking forward to providing writing services for RBB which provides advocacy, aid, human rights monitoring and refugee support in Greece, Gaza, Cairo and elsewhere.
Check them out at refugeebiriyanibananas.org/about/

About Refugee Biriyani & Bananas - Refugee Biriyani & Bananas

Discover the story of an aid organisation doing things differently

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E. Mark Windle @emarkwindle.bsky.social · 16d

Order your copy of "The Hundred Year Hunger: A Timeline of Food Insecurity and Malnutrition in Gaza" here:
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E. Mark Windle @emarkwindle.bsky.social · 18d

Roy Wilkins, NAACP director (1971 press photo). From the collection.

#BlackHistoryMonth

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E. Mark Windle @emarkwindle.bsky.social · 18d

Pražský hrad
Covering 70,000 sq. m, the 9th century Prague Castle has been home for monarchy, Roman emperors, and now presidents.

#Prague #travel
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E. Mark Windle @emarkwindle.bsky.social · 21d

I have an obsession for picking up these NAACP cards for my civil rights collection.
They'd tell so many stories, if not for the fact that many of these individuals are now untraceable or no longer with us. History that is potentially forgotten.
Here's one of my exception.
#blackhistorymonth

E. Mark Windle @emarkwindle.bsky.social · 22d

I've just been discussing the latest book with those lovely people at Hyde Park Book Club , Leeds' vibey space for music, literature and the arts. They'll be stocking copies of "Hundred Year Hunger" very soon. If you haven't been, check them out here: www.hydeparkbookclub.co.uk

#writingcommunity

E. Mark Windle @emarkwindle.bsky.social · 23d

Another from the press photo collection. Samuel Jackson, one-time Topeka NAACP director and assistant secretary of the US Dept. of Housing and Development during the Nixon administration. The caption wired to the press office gives context (image July 1970). #civilrights #NAACP #BlackHistoryMonth

E. Mark Windle @emarkwindle.bsky.social · 23d

In case folks missed it last week, my commentary on teh keffiyeh, resistance and solidarity.

E. Mark Windle @emarkwindle.bsky.social · 28d

Today's article from me, up on the Cultura website. I've used the keffiyeh as a springboard to discuss cultural history, symbolism, the Global Sumud Flotilla, Western consumerism, our politically polarised society—and hate crime.
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The Keffiyeh—On Culture, Consumerism and Sumud

Sumūd (Arabic, noun: steadfastness, perseverance) Among the uncertainties that lie ahead for the Global Sumud Flotilla as it sails towards Gaza this week, there is one known—that its effect on hold…

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