Alyssa Lopez

Got the hard copies today & felt a whirlwind of gratitude all over again.

Excited to share my chat in @TheBrooklynRail with @prof_alopez on her new book Reel Freedom from @TempleUnivPress brooklynrail.org/2025/07/film/a…

Today's the day!!

Pero Dagbovie was the featured guest of the Fourth Annual IDI Speaker Series last week, where he discusses his new book, "Forever in the Path: The Black Experience at Michigan State University." Photo from Dane Robison #MSUHistory #MSUSocialScience

come out next week (5/8, 6pm) to support an amazing local bookstore & hear a lil about "Reel Freedom" !!!!

🎬 Discover how Black New Yorkers used #NYC theaters to claim the city as their own 🏙️ Join a free virtual launch of "Reel Freedom" with author @prof_alopez on April 16th! untappedcities.com/reel-freedom-b…

@PCHistoryDept you can buy it (the book, not the cake unfortunately) here: tupress.temple.edu/books/reel-fre…

today is pub day for REEL FREEDOM!! Here's a picture as proof that it really does exist & that @PCHistoryDept is amazing and followed through on that book cake promise.

My advisor just dropped a new article. She is going to come out with a new book in August entitled: Tell Her Story: Eleanor Bumpurs & the Police Killing That Galvanized New York City

"[R]ejecting the racist logic of discrimination and troubling language of pathology. Lewis gives audiences a Harlem full of life ... a home, refuge, and site of joy." @prof_alopez on filmmaker Edward Lewis "Life in Harlem" themetropole.blog/2025/02/19/edw…

Ahh! "Reel Freedom" is out so soon, but you can pre-order it (if that's your thing) AND get 25% off (PO25S). tupress.temple.edu/books/reel-fre…

New to WFPP: Alyssa Lopez (@prof_alopez) on the career of exhibitor Maria C. Downs! "Mrs. Maria C. Downs (née Godoy), variously referred to as owner, proprietor, and manager, opened the Lincoln Theatre in Harlem in 1909." wfpp.columbia.edu/pioneer/maria-…

New from Menika B. Dirkson, Hope and Struggle in the Policed City, draws the connective line between the racial bias African Americans faced as they sought opportunity in the North and the over-policing of their communities

@eericajunee Whatever

really feeling it

CALL FOR PAPERS The Significance of Black History: A Century of Observance, 1926 to 2026 #CFP January 1, 2025, is the deadline for manuscript submissions journals.uchicago.edu/journals/jaah/…

An amazing piece by @lheltonian from her amazing new book!!

JOB OPPORTUNITY: Assistant Director position, Native American and Indigenous Studies Initiative at Brown University. They are hoping to have this position filled in July. brown.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/staff-ca…

@sestrongman The limit does not exist

A retrospective of Oscar Micheaux's films, dedicated to the late Pearl Bowser, is starting tomorrow at @FilmForumNYC. The programming includes seven restorations, speakers, and live accompaniment. For @ebertvoices, I wrote about Micheaux's legacy. rogerebert.com/features/retro…

Yesterday we filed our final brief in the lawsuit by 4 corporate publishers against our nonprofit library: blog.archive.org/2024/04/19/int… Here’s why we’re still fighting for library digital rights, and why YOU should care 🧵