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My first book, Say Her Name: Centering Black Feminism and Black Women in Sport, came out this March with Rutgers University Press. Since then I've given talks in Boston, Urbana-Champaign, Charlotte and most recently Memphis. /1

I am a student of Zora Neale Hurston I am a student of bell hooks I am a student of W.E.B Du Bois I am a student of Octavia Butler I am a student of Ida B. Wells I am a student of Audre Lorde I am a student of the Combahee River Collective 🌸🌸🌸

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Super excited to be part of this upcoming conversation with three other fantastic authors! It's an online event in November, still time to register for the: Conversations in Black Freedom Studies on Sports! Link below. www.eventbrite.com/e/conversati...

For folks in or near Brooklyn tonight! There is nowhere like the Brooklyn Public Library. There is no one like @chenjerai.bsky.social. And there are few things more Brooklyn than Howard Zinn. Come on through! www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/dav...

Pink has always been my favorite color, but I don't think I really understood pink until this moment. 🌸🌸 Gorgeous!

@chantalalive.blacksky.app I hope today is beautiful for you! Another trip around the sun, Happy Birthday 🌸🌸🌸

blackfreedomstudies.org/events/fall-... So excited to be taking part in the "Conversations in Black Freedom Studies," talk hosted by the Schomburg Center! Our topic "Sports and the Black Freedom Struggle" (November 5th)!

The new “A Different World” isn’t replacing the classic—it’s answering a question some of us have been asking for decades. Yes!!!!!

I woke up this morning, the day that should be my dad's 67th birthday, not knowing how I'd feel...i still can't put it into words, but i am grateful for my four sisters who i know are grieving too. In them, in me, Michael Brown, our dad, will always be🩵🩵🩵

If there's one thing I will do, its post great books 😁

Had the pleasure of covering this amazing book by @anthonyocampo.bsky.social in my graduate intro to inequality course. Definitely recommend!

One of the best books I've read this year. Legacy by @ucheblackstockmd.bsky.social is an incredible account of systemic racism in medicine as well as a tribute to Black women who continue to work for change. Personal. Powerful. 10/10 recommend.

This month we bury my last grandma...and also the month of my dad's 1st heavenly birthday 😢 My heart hurts 💔

www.ms.now/opinion/trum... By @victorerikray.bsky.social

I'm looking forward to getting back in the freelance, op-ed game. I've always spoken my mind. Now that I have tenure, get ready. IYKYK.

It felt good to be back in the classroom! Week 2 of Fall 2026 (as an Associate Professor), 1st day of teaching for me. I love teaching social inequality, this semester as a grad class. We started the semester with Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk 😄

This is one of the many reasons defunding the arts is an all-around bad idea! Arts heal your brain, offer third places, and facilitate social and civic life!

"I am the greatest. I said that even before I knew I was." Muhammad Ali ✊🏾

“When we talk about lynching today, we must recognize it in all its modern forms, racially motivated murders, hate crimes, and systemic violence that target marginalized groups,” said Angela Farhnam, a 47-year-old historian. “Understanding this is crucial to breaking cycles of oppression.” 📍

4...almost 4 decades...though, my last grandma was close to 10💙

I really wish people actually paid attention to Ferngully and Captain Planet. 🤦🏾‍♀️because...well, IYKYK 🤷🏾‍♀️

people.com/dolly-parton... This hurts 💔 Rest well 💙💙

Is my duck holding bottle of bubbly 🍾? Yes.

I am a bundle of emotions. But August has brought major good things: tenure and promotion, and now full legal custody of my little sis. Dad, its settled 😭💙

Since my dad passed in December of last year, I've been navigating guardianship matters for my little sis. Today, the court officially gave me full legal custody. I didn't realize how much I'd been holding in since then 😭😭 I am happy. Relieved.

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www.wlwt.com/article/east... Today little sis came home in tears 😢 one of her friends (14), was recently shot. She's well acquainted with grief from the loss of family, but this is different. Someone close to her age. Someone she'd seen recently. My heart brakes for her 💔

Next week begins the start of my first semester as a tenured Associate Professor of sociology😄 So this week: new head shots, department retreat, grad orientation, and a workshop...where did summer go 🤔 Looking forward to another go around of the academic calendar 📅 😄

Well, now that the board has met and confirmed things, I'm so looking forward to my new rank of Associate Professor with tenure come August 15th!

Wait, stop, hold the fuck up

Yes📍

Truly in love with this storyline 📚

Last summer reading(s): Grown Mondays Not Coming The Scammer Current: The Weight of Blood On a Tiffany D. Jackson reading binge 😊

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