Dr. Robert Greene II
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President @AAIHS Pub Chair @ideas_history . Bylines: @thenation @dissentmag @jacobinmag @madebyhistory @oxfordamerican , etc. History prof. @claflinuniv1869
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A two-year labor of love...that I can finally hold in my hands.
@ProfTDParry
keep an eye out!
#twitterstorians
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Had a student accidentally walk into my European history class. (He’s in the class I teach right after, in the same room)
I asked why he stayed. His answer?
“What y’all were talking about was so interesting, I wanted to stay and learn more.”
Pretty cool feeling.
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22 films later, we're watching all the American presidents fight an Infinity Gauntlet-wielding Henry Clay.
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I don’t care what you think of the film—but please take time to learn about why Green Books actually mattered in American history.
Victor Hugo Green created the Green Book to help Black people travel safely in America. The Schomburg Center is home to the largest collection of Green Books, available to the public online or in person. Learn more:
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@PhuzzieSlippers
I've come close a few times to crying while lecturing about slavery in class. It's tough, man.
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Just sent the FULL DISSERTATION DRAFT TO THE COMMITTEE along with a friendly reminder to finish the Doodle poll FOR A DEFENSE DATE.
I might vomit.
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W.E.B. Du Bois' life is insane. You could teach an entire course *within the contours of his lifetime* and cover nearly a century of U.S. history.
He was born during Reconstruction and died the day before the I Have a Dream speech.
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Godzilla is trending because we're all bored.
Good reason to post my favorite GIF of all time.
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I’m just going to post an approximate expression of me reading John Kelly on the Civil War.
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I am teaching Civil War and Reconstruction this fall, and I am seriously considering making the course mostly about Reconstruction.
I do not want to give the war itself short shrift, but I *really* want to focus more on Reconstruction and its aftermath.
Decisions, decisions.
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The only folks saying this was unimaginable in the United States are those who just never read a decent book on the Reconstruction period.
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Had to end my African American History class today because I broke down talking about lynchings and explaining why I wouldn't show any lynching photos because the students have grown up with all the police brutality videos.
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BTW this was my big news in case anyone cared. Sat on it for a while.
Now back to grocery shopping and then writing.
@eugenejohnson_
Recent PhD at University of South Carolina. Starting TT at Claflin University this fall. Interests are African American Intellectual History and Southern Studies.
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Unfortunately, a gender reveal celebration on Praxis in 2293...did not end with honor.
#StarTrek
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I think it's easily forgotten that the vast majority of historians in this country are simply trying to do the best they can to teach their students not just history, but the critical thinking and reading skills cultivated by it.
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April 3, 10 A.M. EST.
My dissertation defense date and time.
Send good vibes or pray for me--whichever you prefer.
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"Fox News has learned that under some conditions Trump would consider an appropriate transfer of power."
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This is one of those scenes from a movie about a near-future dystopia we all used to laugh at.
JUST IN: An arena in South Dakota is holding a “Dash for Cash” where teachers get on their knees and fight for one dollar bills that they can use for classroom supplies while spectators watch and cheer. (h/t
@AnnieTodd96
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Julian Bond at the GA State House when the assembly voted to bar him from his seat due to his anti-war stance, 1966.
http://t.co/JagdvAeNtg
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This photo shatters my heart every time I see it.
On this day in 1963, civil rights activist Medgar Evers was murdered. His daylight killing was an appalling crime.
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Survived slavery.
I’m serious. I still don’t know how they did it.
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"There are no more sports."
That just hit me in the gut.
I’m genuinely curious what ESPN is going to do over the next several weeks. There are no more sports.
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Me at the start of 2016 vs me at the end of 2016:
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Please use Veterans Day as an opportunity to think about how
a) We can better help veterans adjust to post-military life
b) think of ways we can create a world where we need to use the military less often, if at all.
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When they do the reading for seminar...and you haven't.
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I finished this book a few days ago. A phenomenal work!
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I just spotted a thread where someone stated doing a dissertation in Political Science is harder than in History.
In the replies, folks say STEM dissertations are harder.
Two things:
A) Dissertations are tough, regardless of field.
B) Sometimes, being quiet is better.
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South Carolina fans on this app calling Dawn Staley a "choker" because they lost to a hot Kentucky team today.
I'm utterly speechless, man. She's been the absolute best thing for our athletics program in my lifetime...and folks getting bent out of shape for one loss.
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I'll only say this about the debate.
Hearing the president's comments about the Proud Boys actually makes me MORE likely to go vote on Election Day than to do an absentee ballot.
I refuse to be intimidated by wanna-be modern-day Red Shirts.
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I found out I was nominated by students for the Professor of the Year award! I find out later this week if I won, but it's just an honor to be nominated.
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So yeah, almost broke down and cried in class while talking about the Dawes Act and Indigenous kids being taken away from their families.
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@admcgregor85
I think I might be in the minority on this one, but I'd go with Jimmy Carter. He would have told us upfront what the problems were, and what we'd need to sacrifice to get through it.
FDR, Lincoln, and Obama are good choices. (I might also throw in George Washington)
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By the way, everyone who wants to say "This isn't America" is living a blessed lie.
As much as many Americans wish to believe freedom, tolerance, and justice are part of the American social fabric, so is xenophobia, repression, and injustice.
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Guys, really, the jokes about the Ronald Reagan library being destroyed by fire aren't funny.
Archives like that library are incredibly important--and even if you don't like Reagan (hell, ESPECIALLY if you don't like Reagan) such materials are still important for historians.
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Guys, I have a confession to make.
I decided to go for a PhD in history because I wanted to teach on a college level and have a career that supported my love of teaching and writing.
I sit out many of the academic debates on here because, well, y’all are better at it than me.
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As we continue to worry about the worst of America, let's not forget to celebrate the best of America.
One of NASA's newest astronauts is Iranian-American Jasmin Moghbeli. She's a M.I.T. grad who previously flew fighter jets in the Marines.
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I really, REALLY do not want to get involved in this debate friends of mine are in about the Civil War, who fought in it, etc.
What I can say is that THERE WERE FOUR MILLION MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN THE SOUTH WHO WEREN'T ROOTING FOR THE DAMNED CONFEDERACY.
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When you’ve got a Fox News show at 9 but gotta meet with your Sith apprentice at 10:
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See, this is why I never put living political or social leaders on a pedestal. Because sooner or later, they'll let you down.
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Despite everything, I still can't believe I was lucky enough to write this for
@startrek
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So instead of the ice cream machine not working, it just surrenders?
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Twitter should rename "What You Missed While You Were Gone" to just "Damage Report."
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Me with my sweetie for her birthday this evening.
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REPLACE THE CONFEDERATE GENERALS ON STONE MOUNTAIN WITH OUTKAST AND ROSARIO AND MATZEK NOW
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A president talking about “liberating” states from...governors of the opposition party.
Folks debating is Rashida Jones is...Black.
All the other usual nonsense.
Me, looking at my feed:
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Just submitted the first of several job applications to universities.
I almost threw up.
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I believe I have tweeted about this before--in fact I'm sure of it--but it's amazing to think about how much violence in the Deep South from 1965 through 1970 just gets left out of the broad, national narrative of that era.
Orangeburg 1968
Jackson State 1970
Augusta 1970
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In fairness Germans don’t traditionally defend beaches well.
Okay I’ll see myself out.
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I'm just getting home to my parents' hous after being in the hospital since November 15.
It has been a difficult few weeks, and now I face the need to make some serious lifestyle changes.
Onward. The good news is how many wonderful friends and supportive family came through.
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My entire life has built up to this moment.
I now know what I was put on this Earth to do.
No March Madness has resulted in a massive surplus of unsold chicken wings
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I thought Democrats believed in gun control?!
Okay I’ll go sit down and be quiet now.
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If you’re in academia:
Work hard and do your best.
Have a vibrant personal life if you can.
Don’t compare yourself to others.
Have fun!
Support others.
And again...do your best. And know you’ve got folks in your corner.
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@eugenejohnson_
Recent PhD at University of South Carolina. Starting TT at Claflin University this fall. Interests are African American Intellectual History and Southern Studies.
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I actually cannot express how angry this makes me feel.
What's the point of having a stream service if you can't--or won't--show some of the most beloved products of your studio?
The entirety of the classic ‘Looney Tunes’ shorts will leave Max on December 31.
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Right now I am thinking about how, as a kid, I loved reading.
And then I learned, as a child, I could win personal pan pizzas for reading.
Looking back, I think that is my personal definition of "the height of Western civilization."
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I really wasn't going to say anything about The 1619 Project.
But I am starting to think a lot of the critics of the project didn't even bother to read Nikole Hannah-Jones' essay--it's a stirring call for African Americans to continue to believe in and uphold US democracy
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And here's an image of Paul Robeson with Julian Bond as a young boy.
http://t.co/1ctmHi6oBV
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So, I don't normally do this, but if you are interested in some early attempts by Black scholars to push back against the Dunning School of Reconstruction historiography, my chapter in *Journalism and Jim Crow* touches on this:
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So--great news. My advisee who applied for the UNCF/Mellon Fellowship GOT THE FELLOWSHIP!
So did the four other students at Claflin who applied for it. We went 5 for 5!!!
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Kinda got emotional talking about the American Revolution today.
When I'm in class I'm a different person. No matter how tired I am I get a new burst of energy lecturing and asking my students questions.
Makes it all worth it.
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I wrote for
@TheAtlantic
about one of the most openly political *Star Trek* episodes in franchise history.
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I think I'm getting angry because I'm just now realizing how much academia doesn't *prepare* you for being in academia.
So much is on the fly, hoping to have a helping colleague or two, and so forth.
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Had a young man walk up to me after class today and say, "That was a good lecture!"
I'm going to hold on to that memory to get me through the week.
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Early on in reading this, it’s already one of the best well written history monographs I’ve read in a long time.
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Stressed out beyond my limits right now.
Could you all just pray for me, if that's something you do? I hope this doesn't come off as selfish.
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So, I had an interesting moment pedagogy-wise in building my lecture for today's African American history class--and then giving said lecture too.
This is a bit of a thread, so I apologize in advance.
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Hello all,
I was asked by
@thenation
to write a retrospective on the tremendous impact Toni Morrison had on American letters during her long and storied life:
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In academia, instead of saying "pitch your dissertation/book as an elevator speech" we should start doing "pitch your dissertation/book as a 1980s NWA Wrestling promo."
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Also, for those who've not yet checked their
@AAIHS
email, it contains the announcement of my new position there as Lead Assistant Editor for
@BlkPerspectives
! I am pleased to be working with them--and will also continue as Book Reviews editor for
@Ideas_History
.
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My dissertation conclusion is *virtually* done. I'll take another look at it tomorrow before sending it off.
Almost there, thank God. Almost there.
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Anyways, I grow tired of conversations about being “woke” or “wokeness.”
I don’t care about those conversations.
I do care, however, about my parents being worried sick whenever I go out because they fear what could happen to me due to the color of my skin.
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I'm just starting every history class I teach from now on with this clip.
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The more I think about it, the more I am convinced the pinnacle of American civilization was when kids could win personal pan pizzas for reading books.
The only time "the good old days" really were "the good old days."
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Funny thing happened in class today:
I was talking to my students about recent African American history, and Michael Jordan came up. And my students WERE FLOORED THAT I GREW UP WATCHING JORDAN PLAY.
It was like being an old man and telling people about some grand adventure.
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Student asks: "What did Marcus Garvey and the UNIA do during the Great Depression?"
Me: "Goes into long spiel about Black nationalism during the 1930s and recommends
@KeishaBlain
's book."
One of the joys of teaching at an HBCU--getting specific questions about AfAm History.
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Damn. I’m privileged to be able to work from home.
My parents can’t.
That keeps me up at night.
Less than 1 in 5 African American workers are able to work from home through pandemic, new study finds.
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I really wish y'all could just collectively ignore Matthew Yglesias.
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Today being the anniversary of W.E.B. Du Bois' death, I wanted to share a piece I wrote about his magnum opus *Black Reconstruction in America* for
@jacobin
several years ago.
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I will never forget showing this clip in one of my classes a few years ago, and one of the students came up to me afterward, mesmerized by her performance.
Remembering Sister Rosetta Tharpe, born on this day in 1915 in Cotton Plant, Arkansas. Here she is performing “Didn’t It Rain” at a train depot in Manchester, England in 1964.
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As much as I enjoy teaching upper-division courses in history, there's something about the general survey classes--often mostly non-majors--that energizes me.
I suppose because I know I might be the only history class for many students, so I must bring my A-game.
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And now, I am officially 38 years old.
Happy Birthday to me.
Much to celebrate. Much to look forward to. A great deal to think about and contemplate.
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So I was fortunate enough to be profiled by the
@postandcourier
for a piece about 12 prominent Black Americans in South Carolina--check it out:
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Just sent it off twenty minutes ago. Getting lost in work so I don't think about it further.
My dissertation conclusion is *virtually* done. I'll take another look at it tomorrow before sending it off.
Almost there, thank God. Almost there.
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Hello everyone, here's a piece I wrote for
@StarTrek
about the rich relationship between Benjamin Sisko, Avery Brooks, and race in American history.
#twitterstorians
#blktwitterstorians
"While this show’s relationship to racism in American history is but one example of that, we must always remember that Deep Space Nine pushed the boundaries of Trek in ways that many fans are still wrestling with today."
#StarTrek
#StarTrekDS9
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I am looking forward to taking on the important responsibility of leading
@AAIHS
. I, and the rest of the Executive Board, follow some incredible leaders!
#twitterstorians
We are excited to announce the newly elected Executive Board officers of the African American Intellectual History Society! Help us celebrate:
@robgreeneII
, Shaun Armstead,
@candace_n_c
,
@MickellCarter
, &
@Polite_DPJ
!
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It's never a good idea to say history repeats itself, but I do think of parallels right now to another era--not 1968, but 1918-1919. I try to make some sense of it all here at
@jacobinmag
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IT. IS. OFFICIAL.
@ProfTDParry
and I have signed a contract with
@uscpress
for our book on the African American Experience at the University of South Carolina! The title will change but we're excited that this is now official!
Expect to hear more soon.
#twitterstorians
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I just want to leave an impact on students, give the occasional public talk, and write a good bit. I’d also like to start a family soon.
I...really just want those things. Maybe go to a baseball game now and then too.
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This reminds me: one day I want to write an update of The Odyssey set after the American Civil War, about an ex-slave/Union army veteran searching for his long-lost wife during Reconstruction across the South.
For those asking, you can find more newspaper ads of formerly enslaved people searching for family members here:
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Damn, I totally forgot I wrote this--but it's completely relevant today.
The ratification of the 14th Amendment marked a turning point in U.S. history. 150 years later, not only does its promise remain unfulfilled, but the president aspires to revoke it by fiat
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Me walking in to teach tomorrow as "Dr." for the first time.
(I'm sorry, I had to do it)
when someone at a Jamaican restaurant finally comes to take your order
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Just a friendly reminder: we're about two months away from a new book on W.E.B. Du Bois' later career dropping from
@upmiss
featuring a lot of great historians. I have a chapter in here about MLK and W.E.B. Du Bois:
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