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checking writings of Black Suffragists refs to 4th not on 4th "I hear the shrieks of the slave-mother, as her child is torn from her bosom and sold to the highest bidder. Amid your declamations about liberty, your Fourth of July speeches, ....." May 22 1858 Frances Harper

Can we suggest a new Douglass speech for today? He saw through the hypocrisy of the Fourth of July, but he also saw the possibility for radical change. "There is a power in numbers, the many are more than the few." Watch "Why Hold a Colored Convention?" youtu.be/brhHmTaxqOs

A gay GI in March 1945 opening a letter to his friend Harold on how San Fran's gay scene made LA's look like Sunday School. 😆 Note the list of bars. Informal communication like this helped gays & lesbians find safe and welcoming bars & restaurants before travel guides or the web

If you use PowerPoint: The "Accessibility Checker" on PowerPoint is an amazing tool for making sure your materials are accessible to everyone. I actually didn't know about this tool before, so I wanted to pass along the info just in case. #Humbling #SoMuchtoStillLearn

Transcripts, a new podcast on #transgender lives, from the Tretter Trans #OralHistory Collection. #TransHistory #LGBTQhistory anchor.fm/transcripts-po…

Harvard’s @HoughtonLib will pause all digital project work to spend the year digitizing *only #BlackHistory.* Why? Because an archivist dared to propose it when undergirded by a movement.💥@dorothyjberry!💥 @BC_ALA @NYPL_Archives @AmAntiquarian @BeineckeLibrary @TranscribeSI

@LaceyWilson4 Um, how'd you get access to my browser activity?

On October 6, 1989, San Francisco police violent swept through the Castro district to end a peaceful ACT-UP protest. 53 people were arrested & 10 citizens were seriously injured. A protest t-shirt honoring the police riot is digitized on @WearingGayHist. #Pride #twitterstorians

16 Black Feminist Archival Projects You Need To Know About blackwomenradicals.com/blog-feed/blac…

Part 2 of 2: "...Their call is for the expungement of racism and sexism wherever it might lurk in American political culture,” @marthasjones_ @JohnsHopkins speaking about historical empathy and inclusivity at #NCGS20 #StandUpSpeakUp Virtual Conference #19thAt100

Part 1 of 2: “The story of the US & its political culture is not one of the dark days to enlightenment. It turns out that African-American women in political culture have always been that enlightened…” @marthasjones_ @JohnsHopkins speaking @ #NCGS20 #StandUpSpeakUp #19thAt100

Side note: One reason why it's super important to study LGBTQ histories on a local level is to see how different municipalities dealt with the rising visibility & clout of LGBTQ Americans in the 20th century. Los Angeles, despite it's ties to entertainment industry, was DREADFUL

It makes me so happy every time I see this exhibit shared on @CCP_org! @andersoc8

It’s out! What the statues commemorate. The history of the CSA in 1000 words. The Confederacy Wasn't What You Think - The Atlantic theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Join us for some fun Cincinnati LGBTQ+ trivia at 2PM #Cincinnati #Pride #PRIDE2020 #virtualpride with @DrKenSchneck

Today! #LGBTQhistory #LGBTQcincinnati

.@GoingMedieval "when i say something is a social construct i don't mean that it's not real, i mean that it's been different and it can be better and we can imagine a better way it can be, and we can imagine a better world" 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

On this #JUNETEENTH2020, we kick off our #MobilizeNow for BlackLives voting and census initiative. This #EmancipationDay, museums, corporations, universities, departments, and cultural organizations can *add a banner to your website with links. How? coloredconventions.org/news/mobilize-…