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David Evans

@forthepoor.bsky.social
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professor of history and author of the forthcoming book Damned Whiteness: How White Christian Allies Failed the Black Freedom Movement

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David Evans @forthepoor.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
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Damned Whiteness
The memory of the long civil rights movement often celebrates white men and women who drew on their religious faith to support Black demands for racial justi...
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David Evans @forthepoor.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
For the latest USIH book review, Elesha Coffman wrote about David F. Evans’s Damned Whiteness: How White Christian Allies Failed the Black Freedom Movement.
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#ScholarSunday Thread 272 (4/19/26) – Black and White and Read All Over
Live from New York, because #ScholarSunday travels, here’s my 272nd thread of great public scholarly writing, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, share as wid...
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David Evans @forthepoor.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Not a bad idea! I think she'd be down.
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David Evans @forthepoor.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
We could not be more delighted that Dr. Evans will join us for this retreat open to all and especially targeted toward white Christians committed to solidarity with Black people in the United States. Register here: kirkridge.org/programs-con...
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David Evans @forthepoor.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Honored to have my book, Damned Whiteness, listed with other great works by the organization Carter G. Woodson founded!
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Damned Whiteness: How White Christian Allies Failed the Black Freedom Movement | ASALH - The Founders of Black History Month
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David Evans @forthepoor.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Thank you!
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David Evans @forthepoor.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Publication day is finally here! www.drdavidfevans.com
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Freedom Fighters
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David Evans @forthepoor.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
@uncpress.bsky.social
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David Evans @forthepoor.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
We're only a few weeks from publication! uncpress.org/978146969147...
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Seminary professor’s new book examines the disconnect between Black freedom fighters and their white allies - EMU News
‘Damned Whiteness’ by David Evans publishes on Oct. 28 When Eastern Mennonite Seminary Professor David Evans set out to write his book about religious white progressives in the fight for
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David Evans @forthepoor.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Thank you! @clempm.bsky.social
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David Evans @forthepoor.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
If you’ve been waiting for a sign to buy my book, this is it! UNC Press books are 50% off + free shipping on orders over $75 for 48-hours only to celebrate their new website 🎉 Use code 01NEWSITE50 at checkout to save. uncpress.org/978146969147...
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Damned Whiteness
The memory of the long civil rights movement often celebrates white men and women who drew on their religious faith to support Black demands for racial justi...
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David Evans @forthepoor.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
I learned something tonight: the sound effects from the movie Cast Away sound a lot like the video game Minecraft. #tomhanks #gamer #minecraft #castaway
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David Evans @forthepoor.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
This is where the Dems will definitely draw the line. Expect an alternative name suggestion to be in the headlines soon. I imagine something like "Immigrant Melania Trump Center." That'll show em! thehill.com/blogs/in-the...
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House GOP moves to rename Kennedy Center Opera House after Melania Trump
The Kennedy Center’s famed opera house could be renamed to honor Melania Trump, if House Republicans have their way. House Republicans on the Appropriations Committee approved an amendment to…
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David Evans @forthepoor.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Thank you! Please share the link with your friends
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David Evans @forthepoor.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
If Smoke had said "come on in!" Out of anger for his brother being killed, before Grace did, would we be as critical of him as some folks are of her for trying to protect her daughter? Why or why not? #sinners #grace
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Francesca Bonanno @runningwiththedogs.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
This Supreme Court is an existential threat to the rule of law.'" – Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson
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David Evans @forthepoor.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Proofs are here! We need to have more conversations about how we work together AND what we are working towards! If you're interested in that conversation, Damned Whiteness is available for preorder. And you can get 30% off when you order from uncpress.org/book/9781469... using the code 01SOCIAL30
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David Evans @forthepoor.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Alliances for the win?
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David Evans @forthepoor.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Empire gone do what empires do.
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David Evans @forthepoor.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
G Washington was the leader of a colonial settlement that held Africans as prisoners and warred against indigenous people. He helped create this situation.
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David Evans @forthepoor.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Ever wonder how the US went from 26 million in the streets supporting BLM to blatant anti-Black, anti-DEI, anti-immigrant, blatant fascism?
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From Rebellion to Reaction w/ Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor & Asha Ransby-Sporn
Podcast Episode · The Dig · 06/08/2025 · 2h 9m
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David Evans @forthepoor.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Slept on classic:
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Baby I'm Yours
Shai · If I Ever Fall In Love · Song · 1992
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David Evans @forthepoor.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Happy freedom day!
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a poster says no one is free until we are all free
ALT: a poster says no one is free until we are all free
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David Evans @forthepoor.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
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a man wearing headphones and sunglasses is smiling in a picture frame .
ALT: a man wearing headphones and sunglasses is smiling in a picture frame .
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David Evans @forthepoor.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
I appreciate the exchange
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David Evans @forthepoor.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
I hear you. I asked a lot of questions: I think representative democracy is insufficient. That the US demonstrates no effort at achieving full participation or true democracy reveals the systemic privileges of elites. Under the system of neo-colonialism/global capitalism there is true democracy
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David Evans @forthepoor.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Thanks for your comment. Does that mean that representative democracy is sufficient? And we should fight to uphold some semblance of that practice in the future? And what do you make of the reality that fewer than 65% of people voted in those elections?
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David Evans @forthepoor.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
You make a valid point! And Empathy matters. That said, I have another question: Can democracy have empathy AND capitalism?
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David Evans @forthepoor.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Has the US ever had democracy? Should people pursue it? What would be necessary to achieve it?
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David Evans @forthepoor.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
What collective responsibility do people have for categories of oppression that do not directly affect them? And how do they assume that responsibility if deference politics insists that only those people most directly affected can research or speak to the oppression? #olufemitaiwo #elitecapture
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David Evans @forthepoor.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
POTUS's Big Beautiful Bill mirrors the Build Back Better alliteration of the previous administration. Once you see the mirror world as Naomi Klein explains in Doppelgänger it's difficult to unsee it. #politics #Biden #Trump #NaomiKlein
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David Evans @forthepoor.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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Harvard Is Fighting Trump In Court, Again. Here’s What to Know. | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Trump administration abruptly ended Harvard’s ability to enroll international students on Thursday — jeopardizing the legal status of more than one in four students on campus. Less than a day late...
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David Evans @forthepoor.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Understood
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David Evans @forthepoor.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Thank you for that clarification. With so many alternative methods of political participation, what is the forfeiture that would then invalidate an individual's/group's complaints?
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David Evans @forthepoor.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Is the forfeiture you refer to here based in a notion that electoral politics are the sole method of American political participation?
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David Evans @forthepoor.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
If Harvard Law was a super team, today might be the beginning of their origin story.
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David Evans @forthepoor.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
But OKC-IND?
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David Evans @forthepoor.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Agreed
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David Evans @forthepoor.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Gonna be the least watched Finals in history.
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David Evans @forthepoor.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Our brains have been rewired.
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David Evans @forthepoor.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
What'd I miss 👀
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David Evans @forthepoor.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Watching Brunson pick up 5 fouls in the 3rd quarter is hilarious
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David Evans @forthepoor.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
💯
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David Evans @forthepoor.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Put a fork in em.
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David Evans @forthepoor.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Do you have anyone to reach out to? We're all cheering for you to feel better. You don't have to do this alone. Sometimes it helps to talk with someone
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David Evans @forthepoor.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Some people are just really good liars. And they get rewarded for it. It's easier to scam folks when they in love
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 09/05/2025
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David Evans @forthepoor.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Know your principles. Stand on them. I don't know any other way to live.
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