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prithi @prithik.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Rest in power to our brilliant CUNY colleague Dr. Johanna Fernández. Thank you for your profound work 🕊️🖤

A photo of Dr. Johanna Fernández speaking into a mic at a recent talk. Screenshot taken from Brooklyn College Department of Puerto Rican and Latinx Studies Instagram account

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prithi @prithik.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Congrats Class of 2026 🎓 Bronx Community College CUNY 💚💛

three 2026 graduating students from Bronx Community College CUNY make their way to Commencement in full graduation regalia and joyous

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prithi @prithik.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Radical Black Women of Harlem led by @prisonculture.bsky.social — revisiting how Black women organized against fascism, economic crisis, racial violence, & voter disenfranchisement from 1930s all within an NYC 3 block radius 🖤 (Jane’s Walk Weekend)

A person’s hand holds a map of Harlem covered in plastic. Sites on the map read Harlem Workers’ House, New York Ámsterdam News, Harlem Branch Library, Harlem Hospital and the Black women organizers associated with each site Louise Thompson, Williana Borroughs, Marvel Cooke, Pauli Murray, Ellla Baker, Salaria Kee (Kea). Jane’s Walk Radical Women of Harlem led by Mariame Kaba, May 2026

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prithi @prithik.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Grateful to be able to teach my Bronx Community College students this semester the revolutionary life of former BCC student & Panther member Joan Bird with more materials incl this gorgeous Sojourners for Justice zine 🖤 @prisonculture.bsky.social (thanks for picking up @dominiquejl.bsky.social)

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prithi @prithik.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Join Obden Mondésir (Haitian Studies Institute CUNY) & myself as we reflect on an essay we co-created years ago on seditious speech & the 19th C. historic community of Weeksville #falloffreeedom @veralistcenter.bsky.social • 3:30pm Fri Nov 21 studiesintodarknessareading.splashthat.com

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prithi @prithik.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Today — join me & Peggy King Jorde at Museum of the City of New York as we discuss why Public History is critical to our city’s future Tix here: www.mcny.org/event/robert... More from Peggy King Jorde: www.theguardian.com/news/2024/ma...

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prithi @prithik.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

An honor to be in conversation w/ Peggy King Jorde for The Robert A. & Elizabeth R. Jeffe Distinguished Lecture in Urban History at Museum of the City of New York We’ll discuss why Public History is critical to our city’s future www.mcny.org/event/robert... www.theguardian.com/news/2024/ma...

A book standing upright with a book cover that reads Brooklynites: The Remarkable Story of the Free Black Community that Shaped a Borough by Prithi Kanakamedala. Black and white photo of the author. And event details Museum of the City of New York, November 12 at 6:30pm

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prithi @prithik.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Joy, light & justice this Deepavali 🪔

A brightly colored diya and two electric candles placed on a colorful painted tray

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prithi @prithik.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

“Historicizing the present robs it of its sense of inevitability, and restores its sense of human agency” ~Mike Wallace Congrats to Mike Wallace, NYC historian extraordinaire, for a lifetime of work & his new book Gotham at War. Gotham Center @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social - what a rich legacy 🗽

Screen that reads “Historicizing the present robs it of its sense of inevitability, and restores its sense of human agency.” A quote by Pulitzer-prize winning New York City historian Mike Wallace. Photo taken at Gotham at War Book Event — a celebration of the culminating book in Mike Wallace's Gotham series and of his contributions to understanding NYC's history, organized by The Gotham Center at the CUNY Graduate Center, October 2025

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prithi @prithik.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Join us tonight & thank you for the invitation @qplnyc.bsky.social #juneteenth @dominiquejl.bsky.social • queenslib.org/4ka

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prithi @prithik.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Join genealogists @neeksmit.bsky.social‬ & Robyne Walker Murphy +friends at Weeksville Heritage Center for this free virtual series centering Black voices,legacies www.weeksvillesociety.org/unearthing-t... 5/21: Civil War Pension, Freedmen’s Bureau, +Probate records us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Flyer for the 4 part virtual African-American genealogical series Unearthing the Voices of Our Ancestors led by Nicka Sewell-Smith, nationally recognized genealogist and storyteller, hosted by Weeksville Heritage Center. Dates are Wednesdays at 7pm on Zoom May 7, May 21, June 25, July 23

Screenshot of Zoom Screen to register for this week’s workshop hosted by Weeksville Heritage Center. Description reads: Genealogists and family historians alike have spent decades looking for a tried and true method for unearthing slaveholders of those enslaved prior to 1865. Learn how three crucial record sets (Civil War Records/Pensions, the Freedmen’s Bureau, and Probates/Successions) can become just the wrecking ball needed to obliterate brick walls related to slavery

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prithi @prithik.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

The rainiest & most glorious afternoon with @dominiquejl.bsky.social on a Jane’s Walk led by Mariame Kaba 🖤 @prisonculture.bsky.social Look up and look around, our city contains so many stories of brave New Yorkers past #slaveryaboliton

A photo of a commemorative ground plaque in Lower Manhattan shows the various burial sites of New Amsterdam, later New York. It reads The African Burial Ground 1712-1794

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prithi @prithik.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Shoutout to the wonderful nyc kid on spring break calming everyone’s dental waiting room nerves with an impromptu Elmo show

Elmo sits in an opening between a dental office waiting room and the kids play area entertaining patients waiting to see the dentist.

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prithi @prithik.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Thank you to everyone who came out tonight to hear me and THE @profmsinha.bsky.social discuss legacies of the 19th c abolitionists who organized for a more just world, and how we must continue to speak their names & their stories @nyhistory.bsky.social #historymattters

Professor Manisha Sinha and Professor Prithi Kanakamedala sit next to each other on stage at The New-York Historical. Behind them a screen shows a child’s hands holding up a book with Brooklynites by Prithi Kanakamedala on the cover

A statue of Abraham Lincoln stands on the stairs of The New-York Historical. A sign shows their latest exhibit, a blurry picture of New York City in the background

A statue of Frederick Douglass outside the entrance to The New-York Historical

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prithi @prithik.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Mon, Apr 7 — excited to talk abt how New Yorkers built better worlds & futures for us all with THE @profmsinha.bsky.social @nyhistory.bsky.social Tix here: www.nyhistory.org/programs/bro...

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prithi @prithik.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Moving listen to @dominiquejl.bsky.social describe her curatorial and collaborative process for Trace/s on @allofitwnyc.bsky.social today www.wnyc.org/story/traces...

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prithi @prithik.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Brooklynites is a Gotham Book Prize finalist. The book commemorates New Yorkers past who dreamed big abt better futures & worlds. Deep gratitude to the nominating committee, an honor to be included with these amazing writers 🗽📚 @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @cuny.edu apnews.com/article/goth...

Finalists for this year’s Gotham Book Prize

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prithi @prithik.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Brooklynites invites us to learn more about chapters of our city’s history in which New Yorkers past organized and mobilized to build better worlds and futures. Join us today at 12pm & thank you for the invite NYS Library nyslibrary.libcal.com/event/13554364

Featured book cover Brooklynites, with a portrait of the author Prithi Kanakamedala

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prithi @prithik.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

An honor to have “Brooklynites” among some of the best company @nyupress.bsky.social @historians.org #AHA25 Thank you for including #NYUPress

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prithi @prithik.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

grades in, assessment done, abundance + gratitude = fall 2024 ✨

A selection of books under Notable Non-Fiction at Strand Books, New York City including the poster’s book Brooklynites

Aerial view of Center for Brooklyn History’s staircase at Brooklyn Public Library as part of Nikole Hannah Jones’ curated evening for the 1619 Project

Whitney Museum, New York City exterior with signage for Edges of Ailey exhibit currently on view

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prithi @prithik.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Almost end of semester recharge to the exquisite exhibit Edges of Ailey @whitney.org 🖤

Three photos of legendary dancer Carmen de Lavallade in a display case

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prithi @prithik.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Excited to be in conversation with my good friend, neighbor, and co-conspirator Lauraberth Lima (Museum Studies, NYU) at our local bookstore this Sunday. Space is limited so please grab a free ticket www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-...

A yellow flier with the words Sunday December 8 at 3pm The World’s Borough Bookshop, Prithi Kanakamedala in conversation with Lauraberth Lima

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prithi @prithik.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Thank you for the kind invitation #Brownsville branch @bklynlibrary.bsky.social ✨ Honored to share the long history of Black activism in Brooklyn at one of BPL’s oldest branches this Thursday 🫶🏾

Flier advertising Prithi Kanakamedala’s lecture on Black activism in Brooklyn and her book Brooklynites at Brooklyn Public Library. Thursday November 21 6pm-7:30pm. The Brownsville branch is located at 61 Glenmore Ave, Brooklyn

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prithi @prithik.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Excited to be in conversation with friends, colleagues, co-conspirators as we honor the past to think about building better futures #Brooklynites #nyupress

Flier with various conversations between Prithi Kanakamedala the author of Brooklynites and her friends and colleagues both in person and online

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prithi @prithik.bsky.social · 03/11/2024

✨🫶🏾 The Salon at CBH curated by Nikole Hannah-Jones in celebration of the 1619 Project: A Visual Experience #BrooklynPublicLibrary @natiba.bsky.social @dominiquejl.bsky.social

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prithi @prithik.bsky.social · 15/10/2024

honored to be invited by the brilliant Nikole Hannah-Jones, and to join these gifted souls esp my sister in public history @dominiquejl.bsky.social 🖤 “1619 Project: A Visual Experience” www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/sal...

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prithi @prithik.bsky.social · 09/09/2024

Honored to be in community with these brilliant souls, please join us —Prithi 📚💜 Brooklynites (NYU Press) 9.24.24 @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

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prithi @prithik.bsky.social · 02/09/2024

so grateful to friends + colleagues who pre-ordered Brooklynites, & to NYU Press sending out ahead of 9.24 release. love seeing these photos 🖤🙏🏽 big up laborers of the land the world over #happylaborday

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prithi @prithik.bsky.social · 14/08/2024

It’s an honor + a privilege to put yr name on a book, when that work belongs to a village. Brooklynites: the Remarkable Story of the Free Black Communities that Shaped a Borough is out Sep 24, available to order now. 30% discount at NYUPRESS org 🙏🏽🖤 nyupress.org/978147983309...

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prithi @prithik.bsky.social · 01/04/2024

🖤Pub day September 24, 2024 🖤 #nyupress

Book proofs for Brooklynites: the remarkable story of the free Black communities that shaped a borough are placed on a desk. A highlighter is on the top left of the image.

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