Justin Randolph
@randolphjustin.bsky.social
U.S. historian | author of *Mississippi Law* | reader, eater, friend, southern
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4000-5060
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Mississippi Law | Justin Randolph | University of North Carolina Press
In the segregated American South, policing was war. Ungovernable police discretion came to the backroads and cattle pastures of America's rural countryside ...
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My book on policing and resistance under Jim Crow authoritarianism is available for pre-order from @uncpress.bsky.social! Code 01SOCIAL30 saves 30%!
Better yet, suggest its purchase at your local library.
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Better yet, suggest its purchase at your local library.
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*Mississippi Law* gets The Page 99 Test. I get to tell a little bit about Columbus, Mississippi's amazing activist power couple from the 1950s, Emmett and Flora Stringer page99test.blogspot.com/2025/11/
The Page 99 Test
"Open the book to page ninety-nine and read, and the quality of the whole will be revealed to you."
--Ford Madox Ford
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November 20, 2025 at 2:40 PM
*Mississippi Law* gets The Page 99 Test. I get to tell a little bit about Columbus, Mississippi's amazing activist power couple from the 1950s, Emmett and Flora Stringer page99test.blogspot.com/2025/11/
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Toni Morrison: inthesetimes.com/article/toni...
November 19, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Toni Morrison: inthesetimes.com/article/toni...
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Thanks to proofreader privilege, I got to read this book a couple months ago, and it's SO GOOD. As I said to Beans in my email with the marked-up proofs, "I laughed, I cried, I learned a ton, I feel simultaneously weirder and less weird about identifying as cis."
In "Sex Isn't Real," @beansvelocci.bsky.social traces the history of attempts to define sex and to create a world devoid of trans life, demonstrating that it is not the cis people who fit the categories but the categories that flex to make them fit. Read the intro for free now! buff.ly/TinoJLg
November 16, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Thanks to proofreader privilege, I got to read this book a couple months ago, and it's SO GOOD. As I said to Beans in my email with the marked-up proofs, "I laughed, I cried, I learned a ton, I feel simultaneously weirder and less weird about identifying as cis."
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"It is cruelty & political indoctrination. I'd need to tell my students that ‘What you came here to learn, I’m unable to tell you, because I’m restricted to tell you that information, even though such knowledge is available at every major university in this world.’"
— Leonard Bright, AAUP TAMU
— Leonard Bright, AAUP TAMU
Texas A&M Requires Approval for Courses That “Advocate” Certain Ideologies
Many faculty members decried the new restrictions on race- and gender-related courses as an assault on academic freedom. Meanwhile, the board also discussed a once-per-semester systemwide course revie...
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November 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM
"It is cruelty & political indoctrination. I'd need to tell my students that ‘What you came here to learn, I’m unable to tell you, because I’m restricted to tell you that information, even though such knowledge is available at every major university in this world.’"
— Leonard Bright, AAUP TAMU
— Leonard Bright, AAUP TAMU
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In Skrmetti, the Supreme Court put hundreds of thousands of kids in harm's way while inflicting damage on the larger project of sex equality for all. My latest in Harvard Law Review:
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<i>Skrmetti </i>Beyond Scrutiny
<p><span>In United States v. Skrmetti, </span><span>the Supreme Court upheld Tennessee </span><span>Senate Bill 1 (SB 1), a state law that prohibits t
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November 14, 2025 at 6:20 PM
In Skrmetti, the Supreme Court put hundreds of thousands of kids in harm's way while inflicting damage on the larger project of sex equality for all. My latest in Harvard Law Review:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
and in this case a VERY sad horse
Worth 1,000 words. This picture is so revealing about so much about this “administration.”
Step back five feet from the dram of any photo about any Trump action or policy, and you’ll see the boom arms, the rigging, the floodlights…
Step back five feet from the dram of any photo about any Trump action or policy, and you’ll see the boom arms, the rigging, the floodlights…
November 14, 2025 at 1:26 PM
and in this case a VERY sad horse
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The Dallas Morning News printed my letter about the TX A&M regents' bad & wasteful rule change. FWIW I think that, in addition to academic freedom, administrative bloat & overreach should be a regular theme in attacking this stuff. It's got a lot of rhetorical advantages and happens to also be true.
November 12, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The Dallas Morning News printed my letter about the TX A&M regents' bad & wasteful rule change. FWIW I think that, in addition to academic freedom, administrative bloat & overreach should be a regular theme in attacking this stuff. It's got a lot of rhetorical advantages and happens to also be true.
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We have this fabulous edited volume on hidden histories of unauthorized European immigration to the US, and this afternoon/evening I'll be sharing about my chapter on the Irish. These histories show that illegalization is a CHOICE. Tune in to learn more.
Please join us this Wednesday at 5pm (ET) for a conversation with the authors of Hidden Histories of Unauthorized Migrations from Europe to the United States. Register for the webinar here: umn.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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November 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
We have this fabulous edited volume on hidden histories of unauthorized European immigration to the US, and this afternoon/evening I'll be sharing about my chapter on the Irish. These histories show that illegalization is a CHOICE. Tune in to learn more.
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Severe restrictions on the teaching of race, gender, and activism being considered tomorrow by the Texas A&M board of regents. They want to control university education the way they control K-12. Our statement ⬇️
Severe restrictions on the teaching of race, gender, and activism being considered tomorrow by the Texas A&M board of regents. They want to control university education the way they control K-12. Our statement ⬇️
AAUP at UT Austin Stands in Solidarity with Faculty in the Texas A&M System
Statement by Karma Chavez, President of the AAUP chapter at UT Austin on the impending action by the Texas A&M Board of Regents regarding civil rights and academic freedom November 11, 2025 We…
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November 12, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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Severe restrictions on the teaching of race, gender, and activism being considered tomorrow by the Texas A&M board of regents. They want to control university education the way they control K-12. Our statement ⬇️
Severe restrictions on the teaching of race, gender, and activism being considered tomorrow by the Texas A&M board of regents. They want to control university education the way they control K-12. Our statement ⬇️
“The AAUP urges the Texas A&M Board of Regents to reject the proposal and protect the reputation, integrity, and ability of Texas A&M to perform the functions of higher education and remain an institution dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge and committed to safeguarding students’ rights to learn.”
November 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
“The AAUP urges the Texas A&M Board of Regents to reject the proposal and protect the reputation, integrity, and ability of Texas A&M to perform the functions of higher education and remain an institution dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge and committed to safeguarding students’ rights to learn.”
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⏰ Please send letters to the A&M Board of Regents today by 11:59 pm as their meeting is scheduled to begin tomorrow‼️
Details are below, and please remember to put in the agenda item you are commenting on in the subject line of the email, which is agenda item no 4.2.
Details are below, and please remember to put in the agenda item you are commenting on in the subject line of the email, which is agenda item no 4.2.
To submit written testimony email the board here: [email protected]
Instructions here:
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Instructions here:
www.tamus.edu/regents/publ...
Policy on Public Testimony - Office of The Board of Regents
Policy on Public Testimony Policy 02.01 Public Testimony on Agenda Items at Regular Meetings of the Board of Regents A member of the public is allowed to present written and oral testimony, for a reas...
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November 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
⏰ Please send letters to the A&M Board of Regents today by 11:59 pm as their meeting is scheduled to begin tomorrow‼️
Details are below, and please remember to put in the agenda item you are commenting on in the subject line of the email, which is agenda item no 4.2.
Details are below, and please remember to put in the agenda item you are commenting on in the subject line of the email, which is agenda item no 4.2.
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Save 30% on #NewBook "Senghor: Writings on Politics," which brings Léopold Sédar Senghor’s most vital essays, speeches, and political writings to English-language readers for the first time. It's edited & translated by Yohann C. Ripert. buff.ly/lCkuIeY
November 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Save 30% on #NewBook "Senghor: Writings on Politics," which brings Léopold Sédar Senghor’s most vital essays, speeches, and political writings to English-language readers for the first time. It's edited & translated by Yohann C. Ripert. buff.ly/lCkuIeY
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📢📢 We are proud to stand in solidarity today at this Texas State Employees Union rally for Dr. Tom Alter who was unjustly fired from Texas State University for exercising his right to free speech. The Texas State Board of Regents must reinstate Dr. Alter immediately! ✊
November 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
📢📢 We are proud to stand in solidarity today at this Texas State Employees Union rally for Dr. Tom Alter who was unjustly fired from Texas State University for exercising his right to free speech. The Texas State Board of Regents must reinstate Dr. Alter immediately! ✊
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🔔 NEW: “The Texas State University chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP-TXST) has issued a formal appeal urging the Texas State University System Board Regents to abide by its own rules and reverse the summary dismissal of tenured history professor Dr. Thomas Alter.”
AAUP-TXST Calls on Texas State University System Regents to Defend Academic Freedom and Due Process
A Union of Professionals
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November 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
🔔 NEW: “The Texas State University chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP-TXST) has issued a formal appeal urging the Texas State University System Board Regents to abide by its own rules and reverse the summary dismissal of tenured history professor Dr. Thomas Alter.”
"no system academic course will teach race…” [and yes it goes on from there]
🚨🚨 Texas A&M Board of Regents is meeting next week and set to approve a new policy requiring pre-approval of courses on race and gender. This is a blatant violation of academic freedom.
November 9, 2025 at 3:42 AM
"no system academic course will teach race…” [and yes it goes on from there]
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"The average voter believes a SNAP recipient gets $20/day, more than 3 times the actual amount of $6."
November 8, 2025 at 12:43 AM
"The average voter believes a SNAP recipient gets $20/day, more than 3 times the actual amount of $6."
admittedly not that plugged in but DID we know that government sites, in this case the DOJ, say this???
November 6, 2025 at 8:26 PM
admittedly not that plugged in but DID we know that government sites, in this case the DOJ, say this???
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Justin Randolph, MISSISSIPPI LAW: POLICING AND REFORM IN AMERICA’S JIM CROW COUNTRYSIDE (@uncpress.bsky.social)
And in the JSH: “The Jim Crow Militia: Paramilitary Police Reform and Law-and-Order Liberalism in Mississippi” (May 2024): muse.jhu.edu/pub/285/arti...
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And in the JSH: “The Jim Crow Militia: Paramilitary Police Reform and Law-and-Order Liberalism in Mississippi” (May 2024): muse.jhu.edu/pub/285/arti...
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November 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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November 6, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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It's New Books Tuesday 🙌 Check out these two new titles publishing today
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New This Week: November 4th - UNC Press Blog
It’s New Books Tuesday and publishing today we have two new releases that offer fresh perspectives on race, space, and power in the United States. The Undesirable Many, part of our acclaimed Justice, ...
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November 4, 2025 at 10:58 PM
It's New Books Tuesday 🙌 Check out these two new titles publishing today
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help keep a dear friend and incredible activist connected in the face of the FCC’s deregulation of prisoners’ phone calls!
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October 30, 2025 at 5:28 PM
help keep a dear friend and incredible activist connected in the face of the FCC’s deregulation of prisoners’ phone calls!
Buy a $5 raffle ticket. You might even score some beautiful earrings! forms.gle/2wKTk1fZU7S7...
Buy a $5 raffle ticket. You might even score some beautiful earrings! forms.gle/2wKTk1fZU7S7...
read the harrowing story of activist A. C. Whitaker and a MS state trooper during Freedom Summer:
“He grabbed the trooper’s blackjack, midair. 'I told him that he could kill me before I’d turn it loose.’ "
“He grabbed the trooper’s blackjack, midair. 'I told him that he could kill me before I’d turn it loose.’ "
today on @carceralhistory.bsky.social: an author's pitch from @randolphjustin.bsky.social on his new @uncpress.bsky.social book MISSISSIPPI LAW
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territory, cows, and the crooked paths to policing’s autocracy
"the conquest of rural space was an important step in the development of the police power necessary for our age of mass incarceration and ungovernable law enforcement."
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October 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
read the harrowing story of activist A. C. Whitaker and a MS state trooper during Freedom Summer:
“He grabbed the trooper’s blackjack, midair. 'I told him that he could kill me before I’d turn it loose.’ "
“He grabbed the trooper’s blackjack, midair. 'I told him that he could kill me before I’d turn it loose.’ "
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NEW PIECE: I finally unveil the deep segregationist Georgia relationships of Fed Chair Bill Martin I dug up over the course of researching my (now set aside) book on the Federal Reserve: Picking Losers. Its a labyrinthine story so grab a coffee & Subscribe
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BOMBSHELL: 1951-1970 Federal Reserve Chair Bill Martin Was a Committed Segregationist
This is a Premium piece of Notes on the Crises.
Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook was born and raised in Milledgeville Georgia, about a 100 miles away from Atlanta. She also shares a birth year with...
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October 27, 2025 at 1:54 PM
NEW PIECE: I finally unveil the deep segregationist Georgia relationships of Fed Chair Bill Martin I dug up over the course of researching my (now set aside) book on the Federal Reserve: Picking Losers. Its a labyrinthine story so grab a coffee & Subscribe
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A few more pics from yesterday's absurdly adorable press conference.
October 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
A few more pics from yesterday's absurdly adorable press conference.