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“Things are kind of hazy, and my head’s all cloudy inside…” The crescent moon and Venus dance to a slow jam in the night sky. 🧵 #astrophotography #crescentmoon #venus #moonoverhermitage

Explore how Chicago's kitchenette apartments shaped race, housing, and urban life in Amani Morrison's A Kitchenette to Fit Your Needs. 🏢🏙️ Discover how Black migrants transformed cramped spaces into hubs of creativity and resilience, rewriting the history of Bronzeville and modern Chicago. 📖✨

Damilare Jamiu Kanyinsola (Nigerian, born 1994) The Frailty of Beautiful Things, 2025 Oil and acrylic on canvas 42 by 30 inches Private collection #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Thank you so much, @vincempls.bsky.social for pointing out the "guided by Indigenous knowledge" part. We keep working on raising that awareness. @profsecchi.bsky.social

The Black Soldiers Who Changed the Meaning of the Civil War These troops helped transform a conflict fought initially to preserve the Union into one that destroyed slavery as well. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

The Enslaved South Carolinians Who Rowed to Freedom | Virginia McGee Richards Along the Lowcountry’s Inner Passage, they steered south by starlight as slave catchers pursued them toward Spanish Florida. This #Juneteenth, their names should not be forgotten thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-enslaved...

Uncovers how Chicago's kitchenette apartments shaped housing, race, and urban life in the twentieth century. During the twentieth century’s Great Migration, kitchenette apartments served as the primary homes for Black migrants to Chicago. These small one- and two-room units were often illegally converted from larger apartments and were concentrated on the city’s densely populated, segregated South Side. Typically featuring a communal hallway bathroom, a cooktop tucked into a closet, chronic overcrowding, and exploitative rents, kitchenettes gained widespread fame and notoriety in news reports, housing code campaigns, and the works of celebrated Black artists including Gwendolyn Brooks, Lorraine Hansberry, and Richard Wright.

Along the Lowcountry’s Inner Passage, they steered south by starlight as slave catchers pursued them toward Spanish Florida. This Juneteenth, their names should not be forgotten.

#OnThisDay June 17 1673: Accompanied by voyageurs and guided by Indigenous knowledge, Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette travel down the Wisconsin River and enter the "Micissipi." They are the 1st Europeans to see the Upper Mississippi, in one of the most important explorations in American history.