Historian at Elmhurst U, UW Madison + UT Austin alum
Good Parents, Better Homes, and Great Schools: Selling Segregation before the New Deal available July 2025 from UNC Press
Karen Benjamin
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I've got some extra copies of There Is No Place for Us, and I'd love to give away 5 signed books.
Just repost, like, or comment to signal your interest. I'll pick names at random on Friday.
Totally optional: feel free to share how the struggle for stable housing shows up in your life or community.
Based on early numbers, there are easily more people participating in the second No Kings Day than in the first. Trump's strategy of constantly talking about this on TV and GOP govs sending in the national guard obviously energized the left. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
The forests that once sheltered the small town of Roseland are turning brown. Now, many residents are left wondering: Is what was left behind after the Aug. 22 blast safe? If it’s making the trees ill, what about them?
HUD today fired two civil rights lawyers who spoke publicly about their whistleblower complaint over the Trump admin's cuts to the office that enforces fair housing laws.
Increased security at the Association for the Study of African American Life and History #ASALH due to illegal recording aimed at discrediting the org that Carter G Woodson founded 110 years ago. Last week the website was targeted. Donate @asalh-bhm.bsky.social
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Interested in the story behind redlining? We're hosting an #AMA with @kallienebenjamin.bsky.social , author of "Good Parents, Better Homes, and Great Schools: Selling Segregation before the New Deal". #Skystorians can come ask question & discover the full story!
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Black homesteaders founded the community of Royal, Florida, and the town has survived as what the SPLC calls "a rare, historic Black agricultural community in the nation, characterized by intergenerational land ownership and strong community bonds."
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The sentiments could not be clearer by this administration- upholding imperialism even amidst a surrender showing the devaluation of Native lives, women, children, civilians- estimated at 250. Remember Wounded Knee
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Come check out @kallienebenjamin.bsky.social's fantastic AMA today on @askhistorians.bsky.social for Good Parents, Better Homes, and Great Schools: Selling Segregation before the New Deal!
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Dr. Quintard Taylor, Jr., who died on September 21 in Houston, Texas, is perhaps best known for creating the website BlackPast 2004, a groundbreaking resource for African American and African history ...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced that he has decided that the 20 soldiers who received the Medal of Honor for their actions in 1890 at Wounded Knee will keep their awards.
They attacked our site, but we fought back and we will not be silenced.
For 110 years, ASALH has carried Dr. Woodson’s mission forward. Stand with us. Your gift of $25, $50, $100 or more helps protect our work and preserve Black history.
Take a stand: asalh.org/donate/
Association for the Study African American Life & History
