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Tim Bowman

@tbowmanhist.bsky.social
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Historian of Texas, the Southwest, and modern America. Books: Blood Oranges (2016), and You Will Never be One of Us (2022). Currently working on a history of the Texas farmworkers movement. Opinions my own.

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Tim Bowman @tbowmanhist.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It was a huge honor to be able to include this volume in the “New Directions in Tejano History” series, which I co-edit for @oupress.bsky.social. Out now!
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Tim Bowman @tbowmanhist.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Excellent reporting on Larry Itliong’s son, Johnny Itliong, and his quest to pull his father’s legacy out from Cesar Chavez’s shadow. Much of this mirrors my interest in Antonio Orendain, the United Farm Workers and Texas Farm Workers Union in South Texas. (1/2) 🗃️ www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/u...
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After the Cesar Chavez Scandal, Can Johnny Itliong Restore His Father’s Activist Legacy?
Johnny Itliong says Cesar Chavez stole credit from his father, the farmworker activist Larry Itliong. For years, he has been trying to correct the record.
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Tim Bowman @tbowmanhist.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Great thread here:
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Tim Bowman @tbowmanhist.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Brilliant record… #vinylcommunity #nowspinning
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Ben Johnson @benjaminhjohns1.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
extremely proud to have published this article on the first Juneteenth celebration, in the great city of Houston, by the Pulitzer-prize winning historian Caleb McDaniel. www.alliancefortexashistory.org/juneteenth?f...
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Tim Bowman @tbowmanhist.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Checking in from a bit of a hiatus to say that this book is utterly brilliant; strong recommendation for anyone interested in Native history and the nineteenth century West. 🗃️ #books
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Tim Bowman @tbowmanhist.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
My online Texas history students are once again blown away by the history that @refusing2forget.bsky.social highlights. If you’re unaware of the horrific violence and ethnic cleansing that Mexicans faced in South Texas from 1848 through WWI, please have a look at RTF and their important work. 🗃️
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Tim Bowman @tbowmanhist.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Out this fall with OU Press! 🗃️ www.oupress.com/978080619723...
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Looking for Justice in Texas - University of Oklahoma Press
Communities of color have long been subject to extreme policing and surveillance in Texas.  Despite such formidable challenges, these communities have launc...
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers say they'll change name of César Chavez Day to Farmworkers Day following sexual abuse allegations.
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Here’s a gift link:
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Tim Bowman @tbowmanhist.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Strongly recommend this impressive and timely new book for those interested. 🗃️ #books #booksky
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Tim Bowman @tbowmanhist.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
My current pleasure read is Ron Chernow’s excellent recent biography of Mark Twain, and I’ll never not be amazed that this little silent film of him (with his daughters Jean and Clara) still exists. Shot by none other than Thomas Edison, too. #books #booksky 🗃️ m.youtube.com/watch?v=mqaS...
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Modern American History @modamhist.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Tim Bowman and Brent M. S. Campney show how growers in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas changed tactics in the 1980s from violence to a legal strategy of challenging unions' political power. Link below!
Farmworkers gather for a small rally during a 1966 march from San Juan, Texas, to the state capitol in Austin to protest their appalling working conditions. Courtesy Migrant Farm Workers Organizing Movement Collection, Special Collections, The University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Arlington, Texas.
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Modern American History @modamhist.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Now released: Issue 8.3 of Modern American History This issue has three research articles and four exciting features. See the full issue here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Cover of Modern American History 8.3: Cover image: Voz Fronteriza newspaper, Rodolfo F. Acuña Collection, California State University, Northridge University Library, Special Collections and Archives, Northridge, CA. Image in public domain.
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Tim Bowman @tbowmanhist.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Checking in from a Bluesky hiatus to remind everyone that I have the cutest dog n the world (though if you wanted to post pics of your pups in the comments, I wouldn’t be against it). #Dogs #DogsofBluesky
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pgato.bsky.social @pgato.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
History rhyming: Today's Minneapolis general strike is not a first for Minneapolis, as I'm sure I'm not the first to notice: www.leftvoice.org/revolutionar...
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Revolutionary Teamsters: Remembering the 1934 Minneapolis General Strike - Left Voice
On January 23, working people in Minnesota will shut it all down to demand ICE out of our communities and justice for Renee Nicole Good. Unions must mobilize, as they did in 1934, to harness the power...
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Tim Bowman @tbowmanhist.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Super delighted and honored to have a new piece out in Modern American History, which I’ve coauthored with my friend and colleague Brent Campney. Best part—it’s open access! 🗃️
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Tim Bowman @tbowmanhist.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Prepping for my online Texas history class and wanted to share “Old Texas,” a silent film from 1916 that features famed rancher Charles Goodnight and his relationship with the Kiowa and the founding of the JA Ranch in Palo Duro Canyon, in the Texas Panhandle. Amazing. 🗃️ texasarchive.org/2010_01598
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Old Texas (1916)
Film that presents a narrative of cattleman Colonel Charles Goodnight's relationship with the Kiowa tribe
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Tim Bowman @tbowmanhist.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Best piece I’ve ever read in the parallels between the Gilded Age and our time. 🗃️ There Is a Way Out of This Mess www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/o...
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Opinion | There Is a Way Out of This Mess
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Tim Bowman @tbowmanhist.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
One of the best debuts albums in rock and roll history. #nowspinning #vinylcommunity
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Tim Bowman @tbowmanhist.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Morning jams with this absolute classic. Merry Christmas! #nowspinning #VinylCommunity
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Tim Bowman @tbowmanhist.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
#nowspinning All them Witches, “Lightning at the Door.” My dad got this for me for Christmas. Really creative/avant-garde blues rock. Good stuff. #vinylcommunity
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Tim Bowman @tbowmanhist.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Super proud of the piece I have in this excellent journal! 🗃️
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Tim Bowman @tbowmanhist.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Are there any other metal vinyl collectors out there on Bluesky?Anyway, here’s today’s haul… #nowspinning #vinylcommunity #metal
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
If we are banning cell phones for kids we need to be talking about banning chatbots for boomers www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
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Dr. Natalie Mendoza @drmendozan.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
🗃️ My History Department is hiring for a tenure track position in Native American history. See link for details! jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
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​Assistant or Associate Professor of History
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Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Very pleased that we got to publish this Comment in the TRHS! And many thanks @chriscampbell1.bsky.social for pitching it. Further reflections on this and other subjects are certainly welcome. 😊 🗃️
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Liette Gidlow @profgidlow.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Reupping in light of the news that SCOTUS will review birthright citizenship conferred by 14th Amendment 🗃️
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Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Here is a great list of some of the best books about Black history published in 2025. 🗃️ www.aaihs.org/the-best-bla...
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The Best Black History Books of 2025 - AAIHS
We are pleased to release this year’s AAIHS list of the best books published in 2025! Check out this extraordinary list of great books from 2025 that offer varied historical perspectives on the Black ...
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Ariel Ron @arielron.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
The Clements Center for Southwest Studies invites fellowship applications for the 2026-2027 academic year. For more info and to apply: www.smu.edu/dedman/resea... If you're interested of have questions, feel free to contact me directly.
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Tim Bowman @tbowmanhist.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
It’s a Miracle That Mexico Exists at All www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/b... 🗃️
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It’s a Miracle That Mexico Exists at All
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Joshua R Greenberg @joshrgreenberg.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Good mail day. Emilie Connolly’s new book that I am excited to read. 🗃️
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Tim Bowman @tbowmanhist.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Bought this one primarily for Breadfan, but the whole rest of the album is fantastic, as well. #nowspinning #vinylcommunity #metalsky
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Tim Bowman @tbowmanhist.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
A little grading/work catch-up music on good Sunday morning. One of my favorite albums of all time… #nowspinning #vinylcommunity
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Tim Bowman @tbowmanhist.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Weekend vinyl hall. #nowspinning #vinylcommunity
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Tim Bowman @tbowmanhist.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
A little Sunday morning grading music. #vinylcommunity #nowspinning
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Tim Bowman @tbowmanhist.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
More people need to be talking about this. The US government needs to put all possible pressure on the UAE to stop the absolute barbarism going on in Sudan. Sudan Is in Free Fall www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/o...
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Opinion | Sudan Is in Free Fall
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Tim Bowman @tbowmanhist.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Thrilled to have a piece out in the new issue of Labor. This gives me the opportunity to say that @greeneland.bsky.social and her team at the journal were truly top notch—the best experience I’ve had with journal publishing. Let me know if you happen to read it! 🗃️
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Tim Bowman @tbowmanhist.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
My favorite record in AC/DC’s entire catalog (not that there’s any bad ones). #nowspinning #vinylcommunity
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Tim Bowman @tbowmanhist.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Green chili rellenos at Cafe 66 outside of Albuquerque got me wondering why I don’t live in New Mexico. #wha
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Tim Bowman @tbowmanhist.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
For those interested in agriculture, farm labor, civil rights, the border, etc. I had the pleasure of interviewing Harrington for my research earlier this spring. Fascinating guy who’s done so much good for countless people. 🗃️
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Tim Bowman @tbowmanhist.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
The world needs a little more of this one these days. Iykyk. #vinylcommunity #nowspinning
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Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
The 1892 Geary Act did far more than extend the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act indefinitely. It added a new & especially authoritarian detail: all Chinese Americans would have to carry at all times a “resident permit” or risk immediate deportation if they were stopped by authorities for any reason. 🗃️+
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Tim Bowman @tbowmanhist.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
A little Saturday afternoon music while book manuscript edits continue. #nowspinning #vinylcommunity
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Tim Bowman @tbowmanhist.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Listening to some records as I get some work done on Labor Day, and here’s a perfect example of a recent album that somehow sounds way better on vinyl. #VinylCommunity #NowSpinning #Metallica
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
If you enjoy… Weekends Safe working conditions Retirement benefits Paid vacations Breaks at work Sick leave Paid holidays … then you’re part of the labor movement. Happy Labor Day.
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Tim Bowman @tbowmanhist.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Was reminded this morning Bluesky that needs more dog pics. Here’s our one year-old Dolly doing what she does best: playing and having a great time. #dogsofbluesky
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Tim Bowman @tbowmanhist.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
“The border…is invading America…it is a stalking power, a mobile regime of racial control that snakes through the Americas, leaving bruises, breaking bones, ending lives.” 🗃️ The Border Is Invading America www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/o...
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Opinion | The Border Is Invading America
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Tim Bowman @tbowmanhist.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Excellent piece by @dcsackman.bsky.social on the continued racialization of farm labor under the Trump administration.
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