P. Gabrielle Foreman
Literary historian. Poet’s daughter. MacArthur Fellow. Archives builder working collectively at @CCP_org and @DigBlk.
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- Reposted by P. Gabrielle ForemanScience is stitched into the fabric of every town, both urban and rural. @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social is encouraging scientists to write opinion pieces in their hometown newspaper, advocating for investment in American #science, especially the NIH and NSF. Learn how to participate: buff.ly/e3Bjd28
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- Reposted by P. Gabrielle ForemanFor your consideration. THE GRAPHIC HISTORY OF HIP HOP. A Dwayne McDuffie Award for Diversity in Comics finalist. #BlackSky
- Reposted by P. Gabrielle ForemanBREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
- Reposted by P. Gabrielle ForemanBlack Alabamians Sue State Department of Transportation Over Repeated Flooding Residents in the Shiloh Community have fought for years to remedy excessive stormwater runoff caused by an elevated highway. Now they’re suing. insideclimatenews.org/news/0807202...
- When I offer workshops on crafting values-driven and strategic careers, I help academics create a “H€>l No/Sacred Yes Practice” based on questions like: “What energizes me? What enervates/depletes me?” Knowing that up front allows you to say NO to whole categories, and redirect people too.
- Redirecting people to the labor that’s in your lane is critical for how folks receive your “No, I pass,” sure, but it also allows you to set limits in that area too—and to do the work YOU choose, define, and contour.
- Finally, feel empowered to *advocate* against useless labor when saying no. “It’s exploitative to ask for outside letters for hires from like institutions for super stars” I regularly responded when asked to write letters for, well, superstars. You know you just got lucky—why ask me to co-sign that?
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View full threadThis is my line at this point in my life—craft your own, for this point in YOUR life.
- Reposted by P. Gabrielle Foreman"We have to make sure we know what our history is so we don't repeat the crazy, nasty, racist mess," said Reena Evers-Everette, the daughter of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers.
- Reposted by P. Gabrielle ForemanA Yahoo News/YouGov poll finds that Mamdani's proposals (freezing rent, free universal child care, taxes on the rich) are overwhelmingly popular, especially among Democrats – and that's nationally, not just in deep-blue NYC. www.yahoo.com/news/poll-zo...
- Reposted by P. Gabrielle ForemanCarla Hayden, the ex-Librarian of Congress who was fired by Trump, has a new role as senior fellow with the Mellon Foundation
- Reposted by P. Gabrielle ForemanMarronage as a Guide to Police Abolition On the latest episode of #LeftOfBlack, critical geographer Dr. Celeste Winston joined me to discuss her book,'How to Lose the Hounds: Maroon Geographies and a World Beyond Policing' (Duke University Press) www.youtube.com/watch?v=2W0A...
- Reposted by P. Gabrielle ForemanIt’s gotten lost in the deluge of news over the past few months, but abortion has gotten dramatically less accessible and more expensive. Women are losing freedom over their own bodies, lives, and futures. The freedom and dignity this country promises should be women’s freedom and dignity, too.
- Reposted by P. Gabrielle ForemanIn 1852, Frederick Douglass asked: “What, to the American slave, is your Fourth of July?” Inspired by Douglass’ famous question, 20 people ensnared in the sprawling US criminal legal system answered this variation: “What, to the currently or formerly incarcerated American, is your Fourth of July?”
- Reposted by P. Gabrielle ForemanRead Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's full dissenting opinion in #trumpvcasa SCOTUS case on #birthrightcitizenship here: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
- Organized, robust, discussions of democracy were taking place as post Civil War amendments were added to the Constitution. We love hearing how Colored Conventions counter the majority’s take on originalism + its limits by @jamellebouie.net @dahlialithwick.bsky.social and @sifill.bsky.social
- On the Amicus podcast, we discussed Justice Brown Jackson’s dissent in Medina v. South Carolina, which cited the Colored Conventions to define “rights.” We were honored to host @ccp-org.bsky.social's P. Gabrielle Foreman at our March symposium on this history. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
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- Reposted by P. Gabrielle ForemanLL Cool J said that he will not perform at Wawa Welcome America in Philadelphia on July 4th because of union strike “There is absolutely no way I can perform across a picket line”
- Reposted by P. Gabrielle ForemanFor reference the New York Times was among the outlets that declined to publish hacked materials from the 2024 Trump campaign www.cnn.com/2024/08/13/m...
- Reposted by P. Gabrielle ForemanNEW: University of California President Michael V. Drake sent a letter to all campuses today saying student governments are banned from boycotting Israel: www.latimes.com/california/s...
- Reposted by P. Gabrielle ForemanHappy 30th Anniversary to D'Angelo’s debut album ‘Brown Sugar’ originally released in the UK July 3, 1995 | Listen to the album + read our tribute here: album.ink/dangeloBS
- Reposted by P. Gabrielle ForemanGoodnight, friends. I'm still a bit under the weather, but there was more fox cuteness tonight as I started winding down. Don't forget to look for joy, to play, to explore this world. There is still beauty to be found amid the madness. I love you.
- Help! I need to climb into other worlds. What’s the best new novel you’ve read this year? For me it was The Road to the Salt Sea samuelkolawole.com/the-road-to-...
- Reposted by P. Gabrielle ForemanBig news! I'm heading to the National Humanities Center as the next president. I'm proud to be the first woman, the first Black person, and the first person of color to lead it. Honored to start this new chapter. #Humanities #BlackWomenLead #BlackSky
- So pleased to see Dr. Blair LM Kelley as the new director of the National Humanities Center! Thank you for your leadership! @profblmkelley.bsky.social nationalhumanitiescenter.org/national-hum...
- Beyond the (central) human toll, where do your fruits and veggies come from? Also, support the UFW ufw.org.
- Reposted by P. Gabrielle ForemanDue to the ongoing U.S. measles outbreak, a Texas man worried that his young son was at risk and took him to get vaccinated. The cost of the shot? $1,400.
- Reposted by P. Gabrielle ForemanI worked at Planned Parenthood. They diagnose cancers while still treatable. They help women decide what birth control works for them. They help those working through mental health challenges. Defunding them just harms people who already struggle to find places to get care.
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- Reposted by P. Gabrielle ForemanTrump promised not to cut Medicaid and his signature legislation cuts Medicaid by nearly $1 trillion.
- Reposted by P. Gabrielle ForemanCooking in the Archives is 11! 🎉 I still love the first recipe on the site: Maccarony Cheese. rarecooking.com/2014/06/30/m...
- Reposted by P. Gabrielle ForemanSo, here it is. Thanks to a new state law that was NEVER DEBATED, Indiana University has committed itself to abolishing majors in African-American/African Diaspora Studies: American Studies; Art History; French; Italian; Religious Studies etc. DOZENS of majors. www.ipm.org/news-section...
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- You know you’re Black (or your mind is slipping 🧐) when you ask for the “smothered Brussels” and they say, twice, you mean the “loaded Brussels.”
- Any person, not any “citizen.”
- #tdih 1866, 14th Amendment to U.S. Constitution passed. This Reconstruction Amend. said that states can't deny any person “life, liberty, or property, without due process of law” or deny any person “equal protection of the laws.” #TeachReconstruction 🧵 www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/fo...
- Reposted by P. Gabrielle Foreman🚨BREAKING: 300+ NIH employees call out the harm of censorship & politicized science in scathing email to Bhattacharya, demanding an end to political interference, a lift on funding freezes, & rehiring of fired staff whose work saves lives. This is historic - insiders are blowing the whistle. 🧵(1/5)
- Reposted by P. Gabrielle ForemanWhy School Has More Black Kids Thinking About Suicide | Quintessa Williams New national data shows steep rises in Black youth suicide, and experts say racism in schools is a major factor that’s costing them their lives and learning. wordinblack.com/2025/06/scho...
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- Reposted by P. Gabrielle Foreman"Historians have shown that there are numerous state and federal court decisions that affirm the common law idea that anyone born in this country is a citizen of this country." Kate Masur, Northwestern University Watch:
- Reposted by P. Gabrielle ForemanAbslutely riveted by @profgabrielle.bsky.social's talk about the Colored Conventions Project – @ccp-org.bsky.social. #dgfa2025
- Reposted by P. Gabrielle ForemanThe #DGfA2025 is off to a great start with @profgabrielle.bsky.social s keynote on Colored Conventions & Black political organizing with Frederick Douglass presiding over us.
- Reposted by P. Gabrielle Foreman"I've never heard of anything like that:" the Trump administration sends a startlingly large data request regarding elections to Colorado www.npr.org/2025/06/11/n...
- Reposted by P. Gabrielle Foreman"Our obsession with the loss of Black generational wealth exposes an unspoken paradox: The source of that wealth — rising property values and gentrification — is responsible for the Black community’s evisceration… “ ~Robin D.G. Kelley hammerandhope.org/article/los-...
- Reposted by P. Gabrielle Foremanleftists: that thing you teach us in school to be terrified of is happening historians: that thing is definitely happening star wars: here is a beat-for-beat breakdown of how the thing happens, but with pew pew lasers. we know you watched it news outlets: these protesters are out of control
- Reposted by P. Gabrielle ForemanThe politicization of the army is the first step towards dictatorship as any historian of the post colonial global south will tell you www.military.com/daily-news/2...
- Reposted by P. Gabrielle ForemanPulitzer prize for this Jay L. Clenendin image of LAPD stormtroopers in front of Barbara Kruger's "Untitled (Questions)"
- Reposted by P. Gabrielle ForemanThe CDC is rehiring more than 400 people who had received layoff notices. Around half of those employees are in the National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and Tuberculosis Prevention. www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
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This. ❤️ - My neighbors fly their Irish flags from flag poles in their frontyards all the time. No one calls them un-American. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/u...
- Reposted by P. Gabrielle ForemanThis is how. Greta Thunberg spits fire and gives you the only media training you may ever need.
- The national guard and marines are being deployed on the streets in our own country and the @nytimes.com is talking about political parties. Do better. Much better.
- “An open letter signed by ~1,300 medical and public health professionals urged the police to stop using tear gas, smoke, or other respiratory irritants, which increase risk for COVID by making the respiratory tract more susceptible to infection.” www.propublica.org/article/tear...
- Hey @fetterman.senate.gov is this a peaceful protest or do you see the “chaos” and “anarchy” you think is engulfing Los Angeles? Why don’t you protect Medicaid and SNAP here in PA and stop commenting on a state you don’t represent?
- This is the spirit of Los Angeles. This is California. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. #FreeDavidEndRaids
- I don’t know if it’s dumber to do this or admit to it. Maybe hire *people* who know something about history and national security.
- Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence fed the JFK files into an AI program, asking it to see if there was anything that should remain classified. trib.al/AqWNKuR
- Hey @Fetterman.senate.gov 👋🏽. If you want to comment on California, run to be governor of California. Until then, maybe do your job and look out for the interests of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Calls California Protests ‘Anarchy’ as He Criticizes Democrats www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/u...
- Reposted by P. Gabrielle ForemanAmericans have understood the threat of standing armies to democratic nations as long as there has been a United States—and even longer. They can easily become tools of repression against We the People. From the Declaration of Independence:
- Reposted by P. Gabrielle ForemanICE started raiding the hotel they were staying in - interrogating cleaning ladies Good luck housing ICE agents in Los Angeles now
- Reposted by P. Gabrielle ForemanThis is the pill my mother took which gave a stroke within 24 hours. She died five months later. www.journee-mondiale.com/en/this-bloo...
