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Why Regional Branches of the National Archives Matter 🗃️ \"Photograph : updates.wcaleb.org

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Still gathering my thoughts for this Saturday’s session honoring Jim Stewart at #SHEAR2026.

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I’ll be at #SHEAR2026 in Philadelphia this Saturday to chair a hybrid roundtable session honoring the late James Brewer Stewart. In preparation, I have had the pleasant task of going back through some of Jim’s scholarship, to which I and so many other historians of abolitionism have been indebted over the...

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@kawulf.bsky.social Done: updates.wcaleb.org/2026/07/10/i…

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@americanstudier.bsky.social I did the same: updates.wcaleb.org/2026/07/10/i…

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I submitted a public comment on the OMB’s proposed changes to federal grant-making procedures, indicating my agreement with the warnings of the American Historical Association about the revisions. Here’s what I said:

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As a professional historian, I have direct, personal experience with the federal grant-making process for humanities research, and I have observed how vital independent peer review is to that process. I am commenting on these regulations because I agree with professional non-profit organizations like the American Historical Association and the Organization of American Historians that the...

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@overholt I approve this message.

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The full June 2026 issue of the open-access Journal of Texas History is out now from the Alliance for Texas History. It includes my article on “The First Juneteenth: Black Churches, Reconstruction Politics, and the Houston Origins of June 19 Celebrations.”

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Summer is sometimes for throwing together what Robin Sloan calls home-cooked apps, like a simple page that just lets me search the stacks of my university library the way God intended.

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@etebur Yes! Finally we will have one back inside the loop.

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@neilwillard.bsky.social Hang in there!! So glad to hear things are progressing.

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@ayjay Congrats!

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Hawkins Wilson’s Fourth of July: updates.wcaleb.org

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@ablerism We were also, coincidentally, obsessed with the birds. Hang in there!

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@jenniferhendricks.bsky.social You’re welcome!

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@ablerism Same thing happened to us last year, but with mockingbirds! And with our oldest also about the fly the nest.

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@patrickrhone Love that movie! Great picture!

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My family made me a Father’s Day playlist of random earworms I woke up singing over the last year. From the Marx Brothers to Mavis Staples, it’s quite a journey (but no Journey).

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As part of this morning’s ceremony, four historical markers of lynchings in Harris County were unveiled in downtown Houston. In the background stands the county jail. These markers are part of EJI’s Community Remembrance Project.

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Powerful ceremony this morning in Harris County for the unveiling of design plans for Remembrance Park in Houston.

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@dael.bsky.social AND it’s easy to use?? Sign me up!

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I spoke with “Houston Matters” this morning about the Houston origins of Juneteenth. Watch on YouTube …

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@overholt Amazing!

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My essay in the Houston Chronicle shares my new research on the first anniversary of June 19 in Houston and the lessons of Juneteenth for today. Read here or use the gift link.

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@jaheppler 👍

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@jaheppler Where do we sign up??!

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The peace lily at my office is blooming this week. This may be the longest I’ve managed to keep an indoor plant alive! I give it an old “Borders Books and Music” travel mug full of water, every Monday.

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Rice News has a story about my new research into Houston’s inaugural celebration of Juneteenth.

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@jessicawranosky.bsky.social Thanks, Jessica!

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@ronajohnson.bsky.social Thanks, Ron!

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@manton Crushing. But I still love ‘em.

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Updated some notes in my open research notebook: Arlington House, Juneteenth, Refugeed Slaves.

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@overholt At least this settles an age-old question: the chicken came first.

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@jaheppler Enjoy!

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On June 19, 1866, Black Texans marked the first anniversary of Juneteenth. But where and how was that day first publicly celebrated? My new article, “The First Juneteenth,” explores those questions and finds some surprising answers in Houston. Read more …

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Nearly 9 years since Hurricane Harvey, we still occasionally get submissions to the Harvey Memories Project. Yesterday another story came in, and the Contribution form remains open.

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@kidadaewilliams.com My new article on Juneteenth suggests that one of the earliest sources of the “news traveling” idea was … a white journalist in 1867. Black Houstonians called it “the anniversary of the order enforcing President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation.” www.alliancefortexashistory.org/juneteenth

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@neilwillard.bsky.social Congratulations!

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@megmulrooney.bsky.social Thanks! I have been meaning to send you this so glad you found it anyway!

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I’ve uploaded a PDF version of my new post on the history of Arlington House to Rice’s Research Repository. DOI: 10.25611/3KFS-1A94

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@jaheppler I don’t think I realized how little content is HTML.

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Grateful to have a write-up by Katharine Shilcutt for Rice’s research magazine about SSSFRU.

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@jmadelman.bsky.social The Spurs fan in me is wondering how it’s fair that he’s on the sideline! ;-)

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@jaheppler Personal fave

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NEW POST: How “Arlington House” Became “The Robert E. Lee Memorial.” Read more …

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Today I’m at the annual conference of the Alliance for Texas History, which is off to a great start!

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The AI-generated, fake book club solicitation emails are getting pretty weird …

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✅ Enter Spring 2026 grades.

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It’s commencement season! That’s me in the bumblebee suit on Saturday night, seated next to my dear colleague José Aranda. (Credit: Rosie Nguyen)

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I never know how to respond when the robot coffee machine in the business school asks me how my day is going.

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