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Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD

@learothawms.bsky.social
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Professor of African American and Public History @TSUedu | Coordinator of the North Nashville Heritage Project | Historic Preservationist | Author | Foodie | Dude with a Camera | Wanderer | Memory Keeper Website: learothawilliamsphd.com

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Lana Sinapayen @sinalana.eurosky.social · 20h
People freaking out about imaginary rogue text bots, meanwhile this is what your government is sending out to hunt brown people Brown people are always the test bed before it comes for the rest of y'all, so don't do anything about it and see what happens I guess
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos, sculpture with Azores crocheted lace #WomensArt
Photo of a sculpture resembling a snake covered in green lace
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Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD @learothawms.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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How the Sears catalog thwarted Jim Crow laws and empowered the civil rights movement
The catalog's impact on the "color tax" was unintentional, but powerful.
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jentrification ♎ @jentrification.com · 29/09/2026
New Jim Crow Museum opening on Ferris State University campus
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New Jim Crow Museum aims to offer understanding of racism
Ferris State University is preparing to open a new Jim Crow Museum this week, it’s motto to “witness, understand (and) heal” from the brutality of racism.
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USA @usamailbox.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#StreetArt by Bussotart, with Albaartistica in #Barracas #Argentina
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jentrification ♎ @jentrification.com · 28/09/2026
Richmond opens tiny home village for unhoused young adults
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Richmond opens tiny home village for unhoused young adults
New village will provide 12 homes for 18- to 24-year-olds, doubling the number of dedicated shelter units available to young adults in the area
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Angèle Etoundi Essamba, contemporary Cameroonian photographer living and working in Amsterdam, known particularly for her black and white photography #WomensArt
Monochrome photograph featuring the head and shoulders of a Black woman looking outwards next to a mask or sculpure of a simple face
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Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD @learothawms.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Truly a magnificent space 1/2 www.thecollector.com/hagia-sophia...
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Why the Hagia Sophia Remains the Most Influential Building in History | TheCollector
Why is the Hagia Sophia considered the world’s most influential building? Discover its complex history from a Byzantine Basilica to a controversial modern mosque.
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Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD @learothawms.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Roll Call: Birmingham Museum of Art Celebrates 200 Years of Black American Art with New Exhibition
First of Three Parts By Javacia Harris Bowser | The Birmingham Times In 1971, the Birmingham Museum of Art (BMA) acquired a work by Henry Ossawa Tanner titled Moroccan Scene. This striking oil pain…
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Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD @learothawms.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Better Days (8 Photos) - STREET ART UTOPIA
Kenny Random’s man in a hat takes a whole rainbow along for the walk, while HIJACK’s painter pastes fresh green over an old fence. Eight works with color, greenery and a little hope for better days.
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Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD @learothawms.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Playing peek-a-boo with the Full Moon on the #QuarantineDeck. #fullmoon #astrophotography #nightphotography #moon
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Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD @learothawms.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
😍 www.troprockin.com/19-slow-cook... #Stews #Chilis #fallfaves
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19 Slow Cooker Soups, Stews and Chilis for Fall Evenings | Trop Rockin Recipes
There's something about the first cool evening of the season that calls for a big pot of something warm. Most of these soups, stews and chilis let the slow
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Chris Bilton @chrisbilton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#barge #canal #paintingtheweather #acrylicpainting #pleinairpainting #artinsouthyorkshire #paintingoutside #directobservation #landscapepainting #southyorkshire #biltonart #opencountry #trees #clouds #allaprima #clarifiedimpressionism #expressiverealism #pleinair
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mahalianem @peoplestayready.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
in my city there is still a school named after this one and andrew jackson and washington wait
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Most people have no idea how much international students are the lifeblood of higher education. But they’re about to learn. Sigh.
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Reiko Renee Tate @reikorenee.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Artle #Artle September 25, 2026 🎨 🟥 🟩 ⬜ ⬜ www.nga.gov/Artle
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Artle – the daily art exploration game.
Discover artwork and guess the artist in 4 tries. A new artist puzzle is available daily.
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Rhiannon Giddens @rhiannongiddens.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Thank you for all of your kind words about my new album. It’s such a gift to have this music out in the world. Y’all are the best!! Video: Robert Edridge-Waks
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Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD @learothawms.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Brrrrr…🙃
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Polish painter Tamara de Lempicka, The Blue Scarf, 1930 #WomensArt
Painting of the head and shoulders of a  white woman, wearing a beret and a blue and white striped scarf, looking left
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Delicate crocheted/embroidered leaf sculptures by UK artist Susanna Bauer #womensart ##AutumnEquinox 🍃
Two real brown leaves joined by delicate white embroidery,  all against a white background
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Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD @learothawms.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Serving up pineapple lemon drop martinis on the #QuarantineDeck🍸 #salute
A pineapple lemon drop martini in a sugar-rimmed glass, garnished with a fresh lemon slice, sits on a glass patio table with a wooden deck railing and leafy trees softly blurred in the background.
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Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD @learothawms.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I need to leave this place…right now.😍 #midlifecrisisloading
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jentrification ♎ @jentrification.com · 22/09/2026
"...somewhere along the way, we became so accustomed to what Black women could carry that we stopped paying attention to how much we were asking them to hold."
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The Inner Architechture: Black Women and the Burden of Being “Everything”
The Inner Architechture: Black Women and the Burden of Being “Everything”
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Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD @learothawms.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A much-appreciated gift from a former student. This bronze baobab, purchased in Dakar, symbolizes ancestry, resilience, and our connection across generations. Our history lives not only in archives, but in nature and our material culture. #treeoflife #baobabtree #art #westafricanbronzes
A bronze replica of a baobab tree. A baobab tree in a garden. An avenue of baobab trees.
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Darren Smith Photography @darrensmith.org.uk · 20/09/2026
Central arcade in #Newcastle upon #Tyne is small #shopping #arcade in the #heart of the #city with #artisan #shops/#SmallBusiness owners. Shot in #blackandwhite. See more #images and #photography or #buy a #print/#wallart at www.darrensmith.org.uk #streetphotography
Central Arcade in Newcastle photographed in black and white showing historic shopping architecture.
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Mr Natural @neilmatheson66.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Roman Božkov. (b.1980 Russia) Hazy Morning, 2020. oil on linen.
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kenofseattle @kenofseattle.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The embroidery work of May Morris (1862-1938) influential English artisan, embroidery designer, jeweller, socialist, and editor #WomensArt
Embroidery featuring a plant with orange trumpet shaped blossoms and interlocking stems and leaves all against a gold background
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Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD @learothawms.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Growing up, on Sunday afternoons, I usually washed these down with a qt of🐂. Now the beverage of choice is sweet tea. 😬 #GasStationGizzards #countryboyways #food
A container of gizzards and covered in hot sauce.
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The Gray Sage @walterdgreason.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
WHAT? I have to teach in 20 minutes?!? #ScholarSunday @learothawms.bsky.social youtu.be/JoTtpz6QBgk?...
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Post World War II Suburbanization with Walter Greason
YouTube video by Sh*t I Have to Teach in 20 Minutes
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Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD @learothawms.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Two Centuries On, Smithsonian Connects Jefferson’s Hair to Hemings’s Children (Gift Article)
A new book describes how cutting-edge genomics techniques yielded “extraordinary proof” that Thomas Jefferson fathered children with Sally Hemings.
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Beth Barany (she/her/they) @bethbarany.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Read, Write, Restart: Writing Tips for Sci-Fi and Fantasy Writers | How To Write the Future podcast, Ep 219 tinyurl.com/2s4jnkrp #writingnovels
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The work of Marianne Seiman, contemporary crochet artist (via Instagram) #Womensart
Photo of a circular group of three dimensional realistic shell shapes in different colours and sizes against a black background
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The work of Diana Catchpole, contemporary UK based illustrator and printmaker #ReframingWomenPrintmakers
Print featuring a hare standing upright facing left looking right  against a pink background with star shapes
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Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD @learothawms.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I’m out here wondering if my Uber or the Batman will arrive first. 🤔 #B&Wphotography #urbannightscapes #photography
A nighttime photograph of a covered urban roadway.  A nighttime photograph of a covered urban roadway.
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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 17/09/2026
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Man charged in UNC campus violence against Black students, with bond set at $10k
Wilson is accused of chasing students with a sharp object and a “homemade flamethrower.”
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Pesi @photodog.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
#Photography #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome #bnw #architecture #buildings #mirroreffects #clouds #street #streetphotography Mirrored this skyscraper-church image in black and white.
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Charles Muccia @badartbeatnik.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Creeping Black Spaghetti #photography #monochrome #blackandwhite
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
'Free to be' by contemporary US illustrator Ekua Holmes #WomensArt
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Using embroidery, yarn, and wool, Peruvian artist Ana Teresa Barboza creates textile art depicting land and seascapes #WomensArt
Embroidery hoop with embroidered image of a a turquoise sea and waves with yarns handing out of the hoop. All against a white background
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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
j.lulu_photography ..Lulu🦋 Anna Maria Island, Florida Sunset, Gulf of Mexico
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Mr Natural @neilmatheson66.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Sarah Pye (UK) "Autumn Dawn" 2019. acrylic on canvas. #Impressionism
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mahalianem @peoplestayready.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
images of cynthia wesley, addie mae collins, carol mcnair,  carole robinson; all murdered in the 16th street baptist church bombing in birmingham alabama, 15 september1963
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The amount of Amazon workers relying on SNAP and Medicaid has nearly tripled since 2020. — while Amazon’s annual profits soared by over 550%. It’s the same story everywhere: corporate profits are at record highs, while workers’ share of the economy is at a record low. We must unrig the system.
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Lindy Williams @ljdubcan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Today’s Canadian painting is “One and the Same” painted by Vicki Smith.
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Gabby @gabbydp.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Moments of reflection. The pond lets the sky know just how beautiful it is and the sky sends back a light breeze of ripples, an acknowledgment of the water’s kindness and generosity 🩵
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Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD @learothawms.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Scenes from today’s walk at Old Hickory Lake. #Sunset #Lakeside
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 13/09/2026
Look up next time you're crossing Trafalgar Square. Perched above the crowds, Lady In Blue brings a fresh perspective to one of London's most recognisable landmarks. A bold new chapter for the Fourth Plinth programme.
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The Gray Sage @walterdgreason.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Scholar Sunday is a vital aspect of public discussion every week. I’m here to support the BWR community! @trevondlogan.bsky.social @learothawms.bsky.social @civicspod.bsky.social #BookSky
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Greg Morosoff @gregmorosoff.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
"Panthère" Mural by Dave Baranes For the L'Usine fait le mur (The Factory Breaks Out) festival organized by Urban Signature in October 2024 5 Avenue de l'Observatoire, Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France Big cat mural of the night #CatStreetArt #MenWithCats Dave Baranes, standing next to his mural
"Panthère"
Mural by Dave Baranes
For the L'Usine fait le mur (The Factory Breaks Out) festival organized by Urban Signature in October 2024
5 Avenue de l'Observatoire, Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France
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