Christopher Bonner

Born into slavery in Maryland in 1818, Frederick Douglass never knew his birthday. Remembering his mother once called him "Little Valentine," he later chose to celebrate his birth on Valentine's Day. February was chosen as #BlackHistoryMonth in part to honor Douglass & Lincoln.

Howard, the winter wonderland ❄️

Campus snow globe ❄️💛

Black History is American History. We will never let anyone erase it.

"Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history." - Carter G. Woodson

Good morning we are still alive and we will not give up 🍉🇵🇸✌️

"It felt like a punchline to a sick joke: A world leader funding Israel's ethnic cleansing in Gaza finally got around to wondering exactly who was being cleansed." buff.ly/49tArQs

. ⁦@HowardU⁩ students first in line for entry in order to join the historic election night events on The Yard. They weren’t school age when Obama won in 2008. But they are young voting adults now! Has everyone voted yet? No? Well, come on! They’re counting on us. #Vote

Huge thank you to the Miller Center at University of Maryland and @cjamesbonner for the truly invigorating book chapter workshop today!! So many excellent questions and insights prompting me to grapple with themes and methods in my book project in truly interesting ways!

An immigrant doesn’t stand between you and a good job. A billionaire does.

The OAH is excited to announce the appointment of 28 U. S. historians to the Distinguished Lectureship Program. Read more about the news: ow.ly/xjyA50TwE4n Meet the new OAH Speakers! ow.ly/rOw350TwE4l #OAHLecturer

My book is now being shipped!! Order with code PENN-BERNIER30: pennpress.org/9781512826470/…

Everyone at the DNC speaks for Palestine, except for Palestinians: defector.com/everyone-at-th…

Ta-Nehisi Coates on DNC: “Despite the appeals of Palestinian American delegates and activists, no Palestinian American is scheduled to address the convention from the main stage. I suspect this is because of what such a speaker might feel compelled to say” vanityfair.com/news/story/dnc…

Here's the sign we made. We penetrated their tightly controlled, hermetically sealed Hollywood coronation show, despite them delisting and intimidating ceasefire delegates.

✌🏻🇵🇸 #Paris2024

Very happy to have an essay published in the @JCWE1 !!!

Today’s #Muster previews the March 2024 @JCWE1 issue. Please read the editors’ note and then the rest of the volume at your leisure. wp.me/p1ZRcM-18p