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Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD @learothawms.bsky.social · Jan 15

Sunsets and silhouettes. Dakar, Senegal.
#photography📷
#landscape #seascapes #sunsets #senegal

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Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD @learothawms.bsky.social · 2h

So true! Worse still, it’s located in an industrial area on the outskirts of town, meaning someone is gonna get robbed.

Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD @learothawms.bsky.social · 2h

Just in case you haven’t seen everything…
#whodidthis
#technology

Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD @learothawms.bsky.social · 23h

This jam almost made me go buy a bass and some lessons.

Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD @learothawms.bsky.social · 23h

This one…

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Really Love by D’Angelo and The Vanguard on Apple Music

Song · 2014 · Duration 5:44

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Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD @learothawms.bsky.social · 1d

Lighthouse Landscapes. St. Marks Lighthouse. St. Marks, Florida.
#photography
#FloridaLandscapes
#Landscapes

Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD @learothawms.bsky.social · 2d

It’s 5AM. The moon is up, and the sun is sleeping in.
#moonoverhermitage
#moonshot🌗
#astrophotography

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Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD @learothawms.bsky.social · 2d

Promise Land in the news
#Reconstruction
#MiddleTN
#TeachHistory
#booksky

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Mark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan on X) @markanthonyneal.bsky.social · 3d

“The right’s war on the academy and education is part of a generational war over what young people, especially young white people, will be taught and how they will be socialized."
www.bostonreview.net/articles/bui...

Building a Political Home - Boston Review

Activist and scholar Cathy J. Cohen on winning power in the midst of a “generational war.”

www.bostonreview.net

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KEW @kidadaewilliams.com · 3d

The Underground Railroad’s Stealth Sailors: The web of Atlantic trading routes and solidarity among maritime workers, many of them Black, meant that self-emancipating Black people’s chances of reaching freedom were better below deck than over land. www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

The Underground Railroad’s Stealth Sailors | Eric Foner

The web of Atlantic trading routes and solidarity among maritime workers, many of them Black, meant fugitive slaves’ chances of reaching freedom below deck were better than over land.

www.nybooks.com

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Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD @learothawms.bsky.social · 4d

Now Playing. Sarah Vaughan. Misty.

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Misty by Sarah Vaughan on Apple Music

Song · 1958 · Duration 2:59

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Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD @learothawms.bsky.social · 4d

The dense fog obscured and revealed the morning’s activity. I love foggy mornings because they make me feel as if the earth is giving me a warm hug and a gentle peck on my cheek.

“Feels like I’m clinging to a cloud”

-Sarah Vaughan

#Saturdaymusings
#FoggySaturday

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Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD @learothawms.bsky.social · 4d

A magnificent gray veil settled on Hermitage this morning.🧵
#photography
#foggylandscapes

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AmyAlexCA @amyalexca.bsky.social · 4d

Terrible. Worse: Pretty sure that at minimum, 1/3 of ticket-holders were White—but #MAGACultists don’t want ANYONE to hear #Ta-NehisiCoates share Hard Truths about American history. Welcome to the White Nationalist Terrordome. www.nj.com/news/2025/10...

Sold-out Ta-Nehisi Coates speaker appearance in N.J. canceled over security reasons

Organizers canceled a sold-out Ta-Nehisi Coates event in Montclair citing undisclosed security concerns.

www.nj.com

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Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD @learothawms.bsky.social · 5d

Always welcome! Happy to help!

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KEW @kidadaewilliams.com · 5d

Artist Michelle Browder’s 'Mothers of Gynecology' project is an act of resistance, challenging the silences around the ugly history of medical apartheid's impact on Black women. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

One woman's quest to reclaim the ugly history of Black maternal health

Artist Michelle Browder's Mothers of Gynecology project is an act of resistance.

www.motherjones.com

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 5d

"I just decided, when someone says you can't do something. DO MORE OF IT."

-Faith Ringgold (1930-2024)

#WomensArt #FridayFeeling

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Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD @learothawms.bsky.social · 5d

Let’s go shopping. Istanbul. Turkey.
#urbangaze
#photography
#FridayFieldTrip

Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD @learothawms.bsky.social · 5d

Go to Settings>>Moderation and look for the contents filter.

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Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD @learothawms.bsky.social · 6d

In the meeting room of the Carnegie Library in #northnashville about to talk about the McKissack Brothers and Black Architects.
#BlackBuilders
#architecture
#teachhistory

Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD @learothawms.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you!🙏🏾

Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD @learothawms.bsky.social · 6d

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6 Works to Know by Faith Ringgold: How the Artist Fights Racism and Inspires Hope

Faith Ringgold has been fighting racism and inspiring joy in her art for decades. See six works to know by the artist.

www.artnews.com

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Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD @learothawms.bsky.social · 6d

I am grateful for his work and honored that some of our lynching research from Nashville is featured in the memorials in Montgomery. It is hard but very necessary work.

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Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD @learothawms.bsky.social · 6d

Civil Rights Lawyer Bryan Stevenson on How America’s Story Should Be Told www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

Civil Rights Lawyer Bryan Stevenson on How America’s Story Should Be Told

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Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD @learothawms.bsky.social · 9d

Even though the wind and rain has had their way with them, my Peppermint roses are hanging in there!
#roses
#flowersky

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Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD @learothawms.bsky.social · 9d