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Jimmy James West @ejwestuk.bsky.social · 7h

This is our household's version of the Mariah Carey "It's Time" video. When Nov 1 hits this will be in heavy rotation. youtube.com/shorts/8IbCq...

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Back That Azz Up — Lights Got Bold Fast 🍑🤣 #shorts #juvenile #hiphop

YouTube video by Htown Frankie

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Jimmy James West @ejwestuk.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Lolllllll only took the BBC a few hours to bottle the title of this Jeffrey Archer obit. Jeffrey Archer, further proof, if any were needed, that you can curate a nice little life for yourself as part of UK high society if you lack morals, ethics, and basic human decency.

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Jimmy James West @ejwestuk.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Great looking upcoming event from the Black Midwest Initiative on Oct. 24 - Environmental Justice bus tour on the South Side:

Poster for Environmental Justice bus tour organized by the Black Midwest Initiative on October 24

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Jimmy James West @ejwestuk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Very messy, for all sorts of reasons, to directly equate Zionism with racism. Fair, IMO, to acknowledge what Nira Yuval-Davis and many others have already acknowledged: "the specific form of racism inherent in Zionism as a characteristic inherent in all settler colonial societies."

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Jimmy James West @ejwestuk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Not exactly an original thought, but every time I think Hegseth couldn't be more of a fucking prick, wouldn't you know he pulls it off. Total. Fucking. Prick.

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Jimmy James West @ejwestuk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Great to see JAAH special issue on 100 years of Black history commemoration out in the world, edited by Daryl Scott and Karsonya Wise Whitehead. Includes a piece by yours truly on political Blackness and the creation of Black History Month in Britain. www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/jaah/202...

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The Journal of African American History | Vol 111, No 3

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Jimmy James West @ejwestuk.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

We are holding a digital launch for our BlackPress@200 site on Wednesday, Sept. 16 at 5.30pm EST - excited to preview some of the digital tools and resources that we've been working on! Register at: bit.ly/3UgSMg5

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Jimmy James West @ejwestuk.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

For anyone not familiar I strongly recommend @blkstudies-podcast.bsky.social - in just the last few weeks they've hosted conversations with Marcia Chatelain, Mabel Wilson, Brandon Byrd, and Shana Redmond, among others. Truly a wonderful resource.

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Jimmy James West @ejwestuk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I am, once again, incredibly bitter not to be in Chicago mid-to-late October for Open House.

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Jimmy James West @ejwestuk.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Labor Day sale for "A Full Measure of Freedom" and other JHUP books - 30 percent off through Sept. 9 and free shipping on orders over $50 with code HLAB26

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Jimmy James West @ejwestuk.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

If I was a eugenicist, and I looked this, I would be too embarrassed to ever leave the house.

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Jimmy James West @ejwestuk.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

"Oh you're sitting a Mastiff-Rottweiler cross? Are they hard dogs to handle?" The dog:

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Jimmy James West @ejwestuk.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

25 percent off and free shipping through August 6 at @hopkinspress.bsky.social with code HSUM26 - never been a better time to pre-order "A Full Measure of Freedom: The Black Press at 200" ! www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...

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A Full Measure of Freedom

The Black Press at 200

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Jimmy James West @ejwestuk.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Congrats to Lydia and Megan, who have a cool new collection out on teaching American Studies in Britain with @edinburghup.bsky.social. I have an chapter on spatial literacy and disciplinary identity, lots of other great contributions too! edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-teachin...

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Teaching American Studies in Britain

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Jimmy James West @ejwestuk.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Working on proofs for a new piece I'm excited to get out, exploring the creation of Black History Month in Britain, transnational activism, and political blackness in the 1980s

Title of forthcoming article on Black History Month in Britain - "Staking a Claim for Our Struggles and Existence: Community Activist, Strategic Essentialism, and the Creation of Black History Month in Britain"

Photograph from the first Black History Month commemorations in Britain, 1987. C/O BlackHistoryMonth.org

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Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

A masterpiece.

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Jimmy James West @ejwestuk.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Been meaning to recommend Amani's wonderful new book on kitchenettes and the Great Migration in Chicago - wonderful to see this important project develop over the years and a fantastic contribution to urban studies, literary studies, and histories of Black Chicago, nyupress.org/978147984088...

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A Kitchenette to Fit Your Needs

Uncovers how Chicago's kitchenette apartments shaped housing, race, and urban life in the twentieth centuryDuring the twentieth century’s Great Migration, ...

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Jimmy James West @ejwestuk.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Evelyn Welch, what the fuck are you talking about? You're pushing through a voluntary redundancy scheme in the humanities at Bristol right now! This is just the hotdog guy meme but with actual stakes. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

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Florence Welch’s mother says cuts to arts and humanities ‘absolutely tragic’

Exclusive: Prof Evelyn Welch, vice-chancellor of Bristol University, believes her daughter’s success shows value of arts education

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Jimmy James West @ejwestuk.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Yeah, seems like there is a lot of other stuff going on here with Tufts that is, let's say, not great. I hope she's doing OK. She's actually been on my mind recently as Kerri was on our potential blurb shortlist for our Black Press collection.

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Jimmy James West @ejwestuk.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

The citational issues are a problem, no way around it, but losing professorship (if that is what's happened) is wildly disproportionate and evidence of total double standard when white/male scholars have done FAR worse without consequence

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Jane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

also, working class is no longer a class, but a cultural signifier. if you work as a nail technician, you're working class, but no one pitches their entire political campaign at you.

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Jimmy James West @ejwestuk.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

tbf the whole opening of Mann's film up until Liston spits out his gumshield in the first fight is incredible.

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Jimmy James West @ejwestuk.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Cautiously excited for new Ali miniseries on Amazon Prime, and a good moment to reflect on Michael Mann's 2001 biopic - a wildly flawed film with some transcendent moments, including the opening scene. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAx0...

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Ali Opening Scene "Bring it on Home to Me" (4K Remastered )

YouTube video by Berna Cruz

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Jimmy James West @ejwestuk.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Top 5 TV theme IMO. Poirot theme also elite. Also fuck that guy.

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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

For those of us who see Palestinians as human beings, this was Starmer's defining moment. It is not sustainable to behave in this way while leading the nominally progressive party in a two party system. Starmer's unpopularity is not one of life's great mysteries. www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8_s...

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Keir Starmer denies saying Israel 'has the right' to withhold water and power from citizens in Gaza

YouTube video by LBC

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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 18/06/2026

Israel has now killed over 1,000 Palestinians in Gaza since the so-called “ceasefire” took effect last October. Palestinian-Canadian lawyer @dianabuttu.bsky.social explains how Israel has continued its genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. Read the full story — zeteo.com/p/gaza-cease...

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Jimmy James West @ejwestuk.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Belgium away kit is a lovely number also

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Jimmy James West @ejwestuk.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Read Saima, always excellent! ♥️

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Jimmy James West @ejwestuk.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Two exciting Black Press opportunities - an early career workshop and publishing opportunity on the Global Black Press at Brown University (July 1 deadline), and a two-day symposium in March 2027 at Howard University to mark the Bicentennial of the Black Press (September 18 deadline).

Call for Papers: The Black Press at 200 - an international symposium to be held at Howard University in March 2027. Deadline for submissions is September 18

Call for Papers: Black Journalism in Global Perspective, an early career workshop and publishing collaboration at Brown University in October 2026. Applications due by July 1, 2026.

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Jimmy James West @ejwestuk.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

we have blue trim and a cream/beige type colour on the walls in our hallway. When we were doing testers having an off-white or a pure white was a little harsh for our tastes, but each to their own!

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Jimmy James West @ejwestuk.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

It's "stick your whole head inside a frozen Greek yoghurt pot" hot for Ernie.

Ernie, a greyhound, cooling down with some yoghurt.

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Jimmy James West @ejwestuk.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

820 EBONY/JET Really pleased to see this come together for Barbara, who has been working on this project for more than a decade. Text by Deb Willis, Brenna Greer, Carla Williams, myself and others, available to pre-order for SEP '26 release. www.artbook.com/978196930304...

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Jimmy James West @ejwestuk.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

God forbid I have a private life.

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Jimmy James West @ejwestuk.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

here for this! Although I'm not on instagram...

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Jimmy James West @ejwestuk.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Registration now open for the BMRC 20th anniversary symposium, Chicago, June 17-18 - join us! Full line-up here: bmrc.lib.uchicago.edu/events/bmrc-...

Poster for the BMRC 20th anniversary symposium in Chicago, June 2026

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Jimmy James West @ejwestuk.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

first, the allergies are ruining me this year. second, I'm very excited to see this exhibit hopefully next week! any highlights to watch out for?

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Jimmy James West @ejwestuk.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Getting closer to the Black Press bicentennial in 2027 and we have a cover for our collection marking this landmark anniversary! Out in December and available to pre-order now from www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/... - please consider asking your local library or university to purchase.

Cover of "A Full Measure of Freedom: The Black Press at 200"

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Jimmy James West @ejwestuk.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

bad jam that! hope you can get patched up ok and back on the bike soon

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Jimmy James West @ejwestuk.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

We've had a family of beavers reintroduced near us, nene wetlands, I've been enjoying the updates and trail cams immensely.

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Jimmy James West @ejwestuk.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Wonderful project on poetry in the early Black Press by Charline Jao: periodicalpoets.com

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About · Periodical Poets

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Jimmy James West @ejwestuk.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Our forthcoming JHUP collection to mark the Bicentennial of the Black Press in 2027 now has a webpage! You can see the provisional ToC with all our fantastic contributors. Cover design will hopefully be getting confirmed soon, book out December '26 www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...

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A Full Measure of Freedom

The Black Press at 200

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