Keri Leigh Merritt
@kerileighmerritt.bsky.social
Historian (PhD). Writer: Class, Labor, Inequality. Artist. Traveler. Rocker. Seeker. Books: Masterless Men, After Life; NEW: Lillian Smith bio 2026. IG @kerileighmerritt
Final title for the Lillian book, out 9/29/26 from St. Martin’s Press (will reveal the author of the Foreword soon!):
AN INCONVENIENT WOMAN:
The Extraordinary Life of Lillian Smith, the Southerner Who Defied Jim Crow America
AN INCONVENIENT WOMAN:
The Extraordinary Life of Lillian Smith, the Southerner Who Defied Jim Crow America
October 18, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Final title for the Lillian book, out 9/29/26 from St. Martin’s Press (will reveal the author of the Foreword soon!):
AN INCONVENIENT WOMAN:
The Extraordinary Life of Lillian Smith, the Southerner Who Defied Jim Crow America
AN INCONVENIENT WOMAN:
The Extraordinary Life of Lillian Smith, the Southerner Who Defied Jim Crow America
Happy to announce that after my Lillian Smith bio comes out in Sept 2026, a new 10 year anniversary edition of #MasterlessMen - edited down with a new introduction - will debut spring 2027 (@CambridgeUP).
It will also have a new foreword by Pulitzer Prize winner Steven Hahn!!!
It will also have a new foreword by Pulitzer Prize winner Steven Hahn!!!
October 10, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Happy to announce that after my Lillian Smith bio comes out in Sept 2026, a new 10 year anniversary edition of #MasterlessMen - edited down with a new introduction - will debut spring 2027 (@CambridgeUP).
It will also have a new foreword by Pulitzer Prize winner Steven Hahn!!!
It will also have a new foreword by Pulitzer Prize winner Steven Hahn!!!
Completely finished (edited & turned in!) my new biography of Lillian Smith, the bestselling author, civil rights activist, & FIRST white Southerner to publicly call for integration.
Will be out September 2026 from St. Martin’s Press. Excited to share her amazing story with the world.♥️
Will be out September 2026 from St. Martin’s Press. Excited to share her amazing story with the world.♥️
August 15, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Completely finished (edited & turned in!) my new biography of Lillian Smith, the bestselling author, civil rights activist, & FIRST white Southerner to publicly call for integration.
Will be out September 2026 from St. Martin’s Press. Excited to share her amazing story with the world.♥️
Will be out September 2026 from St. Martin’s Press. Excited to share her amazing story with the world.♥️
June 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Charles Kuck at Kuck Baxter in Atlanta has filed a temporary restraining order (TRO) for international students who have had their visas terminated.
Anyone can email Kuck or Danielle Claffey to see about joining the lawsuit:
[email protected] [email protected]
Anyone can email Kuck or Danielle Claffey to see about joining the lawsuit:
[email protected] [email protected]
April 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Charles Kuck at Kuck Baxter in Atlanta has filed a temporary restraining order (TRO) for international students who have had their visas terminated.
Anyone can email Kuck or Danielle Claffey to see about joining the lawsuit:
[email protected] [email protected]
Anyone can email Kuck or Danielle Claffey to see about joining the lawsuit:
[email protected] [email protected]
There it is, everything (single spaced!) except the last chapter and the introduction, which I am finishing over the next few days. This project has been an absolute beast but I *think* - I hope - I have done her justice. Out next year with St. Martin’s Press. #LillianSmith
March 27, 2025 at 12:16 PM
There it is, everything (single spaced!) except the last chapter and the introduction, which I am finishing over the next few days. This project has been an absolute beast but I *think* - I hope - I have done her justice. Out next year with St. Martin’s Press. #LillianSmith
San Juan, Puerto Rico. Kind of obsessed with all the art deco architecture here.
January 3, 2025 at 10:22 PM
San Juan, Puerto Rico. Kind of obsessed with all the art deco architecture here.
San Juan, Puerto Rico.
January 3, 2025 at 11:19 AM
San Juan, Puerto Rico.
An auspicious start to the New Year. Wishing for peace, love, and understanding.♥️
January 1, 2025 at 3:05 PM
An auspicious start to the New Year. Wishing for peace, love, and understanding.♥️
Welp I said the SHA would be my last #academic #conference ever but couldn’t miss a chance to discuss the state of southern labor history with some of the best labor historians still working…
#labor #laborhistory #business #businesshistory #atlanta #histoy
#labor #laborhistory #business #businesshistory #atlanta #histoy
December 3, 2024 at 12:18 PM
Welp I said the SHA would be my last #academic #conference ever but couldn’t miss a chance to discuss the state of southern labor history with some of the best labor historians still working…
#labor #laborhistory #business #businesshistory #atlanta #histoy
#labor #laborhistory #business #businesshistory #atlanta #histoy
“Only the people will save the people.”
November 23, 2024 at 11:19 PM
“Only the people will save the people.”
Absolutely the most pro-child rape essay I’ve read in a long time. Vanity Fair should be ashamed. Just sick:
November 21, 2024 at 11:54 AM
Absolutely the most pro-child rape essay I’ve read in a long time. Vanity Fair should be ashamed. Just sick:
See you & raise you…
November 20, 2024 at 4:16 AM
See you & raise you…
Please join me tonight at 8pm ET for a live Zoom with updates on EVERYTHING (link on Patreon!) - but especially this: a couple weeks ago we shot a #trailer for a new documentary on the Civil War that centers on class & labor issues.
Can’t wait to share all the news with you.
Can’t wait to share all the news with you.
November 13, 2024 at 2:05 PM
Please join me tonight at 8pm ET for a live Zoom with updates on EVERYTHING (link on Patreon!) - but especially this: a couple weeks ago we shot a #trailer for a new documentary on the Civil War that centers on class & labor issues.
Can’t wait to share all the news with you.
Can’t wait to share all the news with you.
One week from today - please join us in the Decatur Library at 7pm!
#Georgia #Atlanta #Decatur #Atl please join us 3/19 & 3/20 to celebrate the life & work of #LillianSmith! Sneak preview of my forthcoming #biography of her… #free & open to everyone!♥️… @gahumanities
#Georgia #Atlanta #Decatur #Atl please join us 3/19 & 3/20 to celebrate the life & work of #LillianSmith! Sneak preview of my forthcoming #biography of her… #free & open to everyone!♥️… @gahumanities
March 12, 2024 at 12:58 PM
One week from today - please join us in the Decatur Library at 7pm!
#Georgia #Atlanta #Decatur #Atl please join us 3/19 & 3/20 to celebrate the life & work of #LillianSmith! Sneak preview of my forthcoming #biography of her… #free & open to everyone!♥️… @gahumanities
#Georgia #Atlanta #Decatur #Atl please join us 3/19 & 3/20 to celebrate the life & work of #LillianSmith! Sneak preview of my forthcoming #biography of her… #free & open to everyone!♥️… @gahumanities
Almost there…. And the book’s officially about halfway done!!! Coming in 2025 from @StMartinsPress.
@LES_Center
#LillianSmith
@LES_Center
#LillianSmith
January 15, 2024 at 12:37 PM
Almost there…. And the book’s officially about halfway done!!! Coming in 2025 from @StMartinsPress.
@LES_Center
#LillianSmith
@LES_Center
#LillianSmith
Just turned the first two chapters in to my editor @StMartinsPress - and have the next three almost done. #LillianSmith
December 3, 2023 at 7:18 PM
Just turned the first two chapters in to my editor @StMartinsPress - and have the next three almost done. #LillianSmith
Partnerships for @TheCivilWarDoc1 keep rolling in!
These all help our chances to get this film fully funded w grants.
If your school, university, organization, business, library, Union, or community group would like more info on partnering w us, please email:
TheCivilWarDoc at gmail. com🙏♥️🙏
These all help our chances to get this film fully funded w grants.
If your school, university, organization, business, library, Union, or community group would like more info on partnering w us, please email:
TheCivilWarDoc at gmail. com🙏♥️🙏
December 2, 2023 at 9:20 PM
Partnerships for @TheCivilWarDoc1 keep rolling in!
These all help our chances to get this film fully funded w grants.
If your school, university, organization, business, library, Union, or community group would like more info on partnering w us, please email:
TheCivilWarDoc at gmail. com🙏♥️🙏
These all help our chances to get this film fully funded w grants.
If your school, university, organization, business, library, Union, or community group would like more info on partnering w us, please email:
TheCivilWarDoc at gmail. com🙏♥️🙏
As my mother wept, it was then I swore
To take my life as I would a whore
I know I'm better than before
I will not be reconstructed
Just wanna stay right here
On the sunnyside of the street.
#shanemacgowan #pogues #thepogues #rip
To take my life as I would a whore
I know I'm better than before
I will not be reconstructed
Just wanna stay right here
On the sunnyside of the street.
#shanemacgowan #pogues #thepogues #rip
December 1, 2023 at 12:55 AM
As my mother wept, it was then I swore
To take my life as I would a whore
I know I'm better than before
I will not be reconstructed
Just wanna stay right here
On the sunnyside of the street.
#shanemacgowan #pogues #thepogues #rip
To take my life as I would a whore
I know I'm better than before
I will not be reconstructed
Just wanna stay right here
On the sunnyside of the street.
#shanemacgowan #pogues #thepogues #rip
Pres #Carter used to speak to every freshman class @emory. For mine, he was asked abt the 1st time he met #RosalynnCarter.
I remember vividly: he choked up, tears rolling down his cheeks as he recalled the movie lights flickering across her beautiful face. What a rare, true love.♥️♥️♥️
I remember vividly: he choked up, tears rolling down his cheeks as he recalled the movie lights flickering across her beautiful face. What a rare, true love.♥️♥️♥️
November 28, 2023 at 12:36 PM
Pres #Carter used to speak to every freshman class @emory. For mine, he was asked abt the 1st time he met #RosalynnCarter.
I remember vividly: he choked up, tears rolling down his cheeks as he recalled the movie lights flickering across her beautiful face. What a rare, true love.♥️♥️♥️
I remember vividly: he choked up, tears rolling down his cheeks as he recalled the movie lights flickering across her beautiful face. What a rare, true love.♥️♥️♥️
TFW you’re cited by one of the best scholars of 19th c America… am actually writing a pop piece on the #underdevelopment of the #south rn…🥰🥰🥰 #gavinwright #masterlessmen #cite #cited #monday #mondaymotivation #motivation #mondaymood #mondayvibes #history #historian #economics #economist #america
November 13, 2023 at 11:58 PM
TFW you’re cited by one of the best scholars of 19th c America… am actually writing a pop piece on the #underdevelopment of the #south rn…🥰🥰🥰 #gavinwright #masterlessmen #cite #cited #monday #mondaymotivation #motivation #mondaymood #mondayvibes #history #historian #economics #economist #america
