Adam Lee Cilli retweetledi
It’s super excited our @ASALH plenary on Black Pittsburgh has a poster! It’s a DON’T MISS if you’re coming to @AsalhConvention ! @LeeCilli @aaronbcowan @DKlanderud
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Adam Lee Cilli
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Adam Lee Cilli
@LeeCilli
Assistant Prof @PittGreensburg. Author of Canaan, Dim and Far: Black Reformers & the Pursuit of Citizenship @UGAPress.
Univ of Pitt at Greensburg Katılım Temmuz 2021
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Plugged my book like a jedi at my local library today…
Me: I see u have a Pittsburgh book shelf
Librarian: Yup
Me: Well, i have a new one to recommend if ur interested
Libr: U bet i am!
Me: Canaan, Dim and Far @UGAPress
Libr: I’ll look it up. Do u know the author?
Me:
GIF
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Adam Lee Cilli retweetledi
I'm super pumped my #ASALH2024 panel on #BlackPittsburgh with @LeeCilli @DKlanderud @aaronbcowan and the OG Joe Trotter has been moved to a plenary session, Sept. 26! It is going to be 🔥! I can't wait! @AsalhConvention #ASALHPittsburgh
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@JohnFea1 Thanks for the kind endorsement, John. Much appreciated!
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Over at *Black Perspectives*, historian @leecilli introduces us to “Migrant Voices,” a website collecting oral history interviews of African Americans who migrated from the rural South to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania between 1915 & 1930. What a great resource! currentpub.com/2024/05/14/pit…
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@DVERandy Eh... I dunno. They're up 8-0. Maybe preserve the arm? Still...would be great to see what he could do with four more innings.
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Gotta leave him in till he gets dinged because maybe he doesnt
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I am happy to announce that my website on the Great Migration to Pittsburgh is now live. It includes 53 oral history interviews with Black migrants. Check it out here!
migrantvoices.pitt.edu
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My promotion to Full Professor at UMD is official! Pictured are Dr. Eric Hessler (Dept Head), myself, Dr. Lara LaCaille (promoted to Full Professor), Dr. Viann Nguyen-Feng (promoted to Associate Professor with tenure), and Dr. Jill Pinkney Pastrana (Dean, CEHSP). ✨
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Adam Lee Cilli retweetledi
The National Endowment for the Humanities announced more than $26M in funding for humanities projects nationwide. Three Pitt faculty have each received a summer stipend grant to fund their projects. @LeeCilli @anetv neh.gov/news/neh-annou…
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Today at @BlkPerspectives, @LeeCilli announces a new website, Migrant Voices, which "is meant to serve as a digital repository for scholars and laypersons alike to investigate and reconstruct the lives of Black migrants in Pittsburgh." Read more: aaihs.org/introducing-mi…
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I am thrilled to share that have been awarded with a grant from @NEHgov to support my current book project on policing and criminal justice reform in the interwar period.
Inside Pitt Research | April 2024 createsend.com/t/j-38E997B255…
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Registration for the 2024 AAIHS conference is now open! #AAIHS2024
conference.aaihs.org
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For those interested in the important work of the Urban League over its many decades of service, my article in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia was just published.
oxfordre.com/americanhistor…
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I guess I should be Googling my book more. Just found this positive review in @JournAmHist!
academic.oup.com/jah/article/10…
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Today on @BlkPerspectives, Rebecca Dudley reviews Bruce A. Ragsdale’s Washington at the Plow: The Founding Farmer and the Question of Slavery ( @Harvard_Press )—aaihs.org/george-washing…
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"Engaging with the worldviews of interwar-era Black reformers prompted me to consider the nature and meaning of activism," writes @LeeCilli in his response to our roundtable on his book, Canaan, Dim and Far. Read more today at @BlkPerspectives: aaihs.org/reconsidering-…
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Loved getting to read @LeeCilli’s book for @BlkPerspectives and learning more about Pittsburgh!
Black Perspectives@BlkPerspectives
New at @BlkPerspectives: @jwbernier writes, "@LeeCilli recovers Black Pittsburghers’ vision of citizenship in the period as complex and enduring." Read her essay in our roundtable on @LeeCilli Canaan, Dim and Far: aaihs.org/migrants-refor…
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New Challenges, New Ideas, and Black Reformers of Pittsburgh aaihs.org/new-challenges…
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Adam Lee Cilli retweetledi
Just ordered @LeeCilli 's book and after reading this roundtable, I cannot wait to dive in. Can't wait to learn more about my adopted city! #pittsburgh #pittsburghhistory #blackpittsburgh
Black Perspectives@BlkPerspectives
Today at @BlkPerspectives, we continue our roundtable on @LeeCilli's Canaan, Dim and Far. @brandonjrender writes, "Reformers in Pittsburgh were fully aware of when they had outgrown their political alliances and organizing tactics..." Read the full essay: aaihs.org/new-challenges…
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Today at @BlkPerspectives, @DrHettie2017 begins our roundtable on @LeeCilli's Canaan, Dim and Far: "A noticeable strength of the text is the focus on the role that Black women played in reform efforts in Pittsburgh." aaihs.org/striving-towar…
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@BlkPerspectives, the award-winning blog of the @AAIHS, is hosting a roundtable on @LeeCilli’s Canaan, Dim and Far: Balck Reformers and the Pursuit of Citizenship in Pittsburgh, 1915-1945 (@UGAPress) February 6–10, 2023—aaihs.org/online-roundta… #BHM
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