The war is over, but the fighting has just begun. John Gibbon Died February 6, 1896

Episode 3 of Lost Credits is live! 🎙️ Dr. Timeka Tounsel @timekatounsel-phd.bsky.social and Dr. Ashleigh Wade (University of Virginia) explore the rise of 1990s Black family sitcoms that centered Black girlhood and the impact of their decline. Listen here: lostcreditspod.com/episodes/epi...

It’s wonderful to be here in the great state of Chicago. Dan Quayle Born February 4, 1947

I felt as if aided from above. My tongue was cut loose, the stammerer spoke freely; the love of God, and his service, burned with a vehement flame within me—his name was glorified among the people. Jarena Lee Died February 3, 1864

The only luck I had in my life was when I married you. Eddie Slovik Died January 31, 1945

Wherever there is excessive wealth, there is also in the train of it excessive poverty; as, where the sun is brightest, the shade is deepest. Walter Savage Landor Born January 30, 1775

Episode 2 of Lost Credits is live! 🎙️ Dr. Timeka Tounsel @timekatounsel-phd.bsky.social and Dr. Ashleigh Wade explore how Laura Winsow's beloved character was gradually overshadowed as Family Matters shifted toward more male-centered storylines. Listen here: lostcreditspod.com/episodes/epi...

Just walking through this life as a Black person, and actually surviving that, was and still is an ovation-worthy performance. Cicely Tyson Died January 28, 2021

Architecture in general is frozen music. Friedrich von Schelling Born January 27, 1775

No human being is illegal. Angela Davis Born January 26, 1944

Why of all of the multitudinous groups of people in this country [do] you have to single out Negroes and give them this separate treatment? Thurgood Marshall Died January 24, 1993

I spoke with @aljazeera.com this afternoon to situate the President's Independence Arch within a history of arches stretching back to ancient North Africa. Link to video: mediaview.aljazeera.com/video/GuhCBD...

Yet in thy dark streets shineth The everlasting Light; The hopes and fears of all the years Are met in thee tonight. Phillips Brooks Died January 23, 1893

Thrilled to celebrate the launch of Timeka Tounsel's @timekatounsel-phd.bsky.social and Ashleigh Greene Wade's brilliant new podcast, Lost Credits! 🎙️ ✨ These Black feminist media scholars offer insights on pop culture, Black girlhood, and media. Listen here: lostcreditspod.com/episodes/epi...

Bounds of Blackness has been named a finalist for the P. Sterling Stuckey Book Prize! Many thanks to everyone supported me through this project, and congrats to fellow finalists @randybrowne.bsky.social, Edda M. Fields-Black, and Erik S. McDuffie 🙏🏾

Oh, the humanity! Herbert Morrison Died January 10, 1989

Some are teethed on a silver spoon, With the stars strung for a rattle; I cut my teeth as the black raccoon— For implements of battle. Countee Cullen Died January 9, 1946

Hello friends! Please join UW African Studies as we host Dr. Reginold Royston for his virtual talk, “Futurisms and the African Now: Tech for Development and Democracy.” Date: Monday, Jan. 12, 2026 Time: 12:30-1:30 pm (PST) Register here: washington.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

I love going to black churches, and I love some of these black preachers. The best preacher I ever saw in my life was a 93-year-old in a black church in Hamilton, Virginia. What a preacher! Robert Duvall Born January 5, 1931

In the beginning of your journey in search of the whither in the world, God’s great garden, I pray you be sure to find the Gardener first. It will simplify greatly your search, and lighten the burdens of the way. Randall Albert Carter Born January 1, 1867

I believe that in the end the truth will conquer. John Wycliffe Died December 31, 1384

Extinguish my sight, and I can still see you; plug up my ears, and I can still hear; even without feet I can walk toward you, and without mouth I can still implore. Rainer Maria Rilke Died December 29, 1926

It is a sure criterion of the civilisation of ancient Egypt that the soldiers did not carry arms except on duty, and that the private citizens did not carry them at all. William Winwood Reade Born December 26, 1838

Today is Christmas Eve. . . . A grand genius had been born who preached truth and love; who suffered because of his mission; and on account of his sufferings the world has become better. José Rizal Letter dated December 24, 1886

My thanks to @us.theconversation.com for posting my latest article, “Sudan’s civil war: A visual guide to the brutal conflict.” I hope this visual guide helps to broaden understanding of a conflict that urgently needs global attention 🙏🏾 theconversation.com/sudans-civil...

My grandmother’s name is Estelle Marie Talley. She’s not here tonight. And this is going to be the toughest part…She told me to stand up straight. Put your shoulders back. Act like you got some sense. Jamie Foxx Born December 13, 1967

God is the perfect poet. Robert Browning Died December 12, 1889

Economic disorder is a symptom of spiritual disorder. Fulton J. Sheen Died December 9, 1979

@npr.org has released an amended version of its Throughline podcast that dives into the roots of Sudan’s civil war. In it, I discuss the fall of President Bashir, the rise of Burhan and Hemedti, and the RSF's contested position that contributed to the conflict. www.npr.org/2025/12/05/n...

You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements. Norman Douglas Born December 8, 1868

The RSF recently launched drone strikes on a kindergarten and other civilian facilities in Sudan, killing at least 47 people (mostly children) and injuring 50 more. Many thanks to the BBC for having me on to discuss the broader ramifications of the attacks.

The façade and the dome of the palace and temple, the monuments of heroes and saints, crumble before the ruining breath of time, while the Psalms last. William Stanley Braithwaite Born December 6, 1878

Who has seen the wind? Neither you nor I: But when the trees bow down their heads, The wind is passing by. Christina Georgina Rossetti Born December 5, 1830

When I was ten I read fairy tales in secret. Now that I am 50 I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness. C.S. Lewis Born November 29, 1898

The fox provides for himself, but God provides for the lion. William Blake Born November 28, 1757

Shout out to Prof. Timeka Tounsel @timekatounsel-phd.bsky.social for her latest piece @forbes.com, "Lifetime and OWN Spotlight Black Joy in 2025 Christmas Movie Lineup" 🎄 www.forbes.com/sites/timeka...

No battle can be won in the study, and theory without practice is dead. Alexander Suvorov Born November 24, 1729

Please join us for "Female Genital Cutting and Marriage in Egypt" feat. Prof. Suzanna Khalifa! Details below: 🗓 Dec 4, 2025 🕗 8:00–9:00 AM PST 📍 Online via Zoom 🔗 Register: washington.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Effective Dec. 15, the U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika as a hate symbol and instead classify it--along with nooses and the Confederate flag--as “potentially divisive”, according to documents reviewed by @washingtonpost.com. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Love is God, and to die means that I, a particle of love, shall return to the general and eternal source. Leo Tolstoy Died November 20, 1910

God is within you, and you are within God. Howard Thurman Born November 18, 1899

Commitment is spelled M-O-N-E-Y. John Richard Wimber Died November 17, 1997

Please join us for "Pan-Africanism in Paris: Haiti & the Black Atlantic at the 1900 World's Fair" feat. Prof. Matthew Alexander Randolph! Details below: 🗓 Nov 20, 2025 🕗 8:00–9:00 AM PST 📍 Online via Zoom 🔗 Register: lnkd.in/gASqsNjg #GlobalAfrica #PanAfricanism #BlackAtlantic #AfricanStudies

Keep cool and you will command everyone. Justinian I Died November 14, 565

Against stupidity the very gods Themselves contend in vain. Friedrich Schiller Born November 10, 1759

The childhood shows the man, As morning shows the day. John Milton Died November 8, 1674

Anytime a child is born, the old people look in his face and ask him if he’s the One. Ernest J. Gaines Died November 5, 2019

A pretty good test of a man’s religion is how it affects his pocketbook. Francis J. Grimké Born November 4, 1852

Many thanks to @aljazeera.com for hosting me today to discuss the announcement of famine in El-Fasher and Kadugli, Sudan. The war is devolving into an increasingly harrowing situation, and shout-out to those media outlets that are doing their part to #KeepEyesOnSudan 🙏🏾

Richard Nixon inherited some good instincts from his Quaker forebears, but by diligent hard work, he overcame them. James Reston Born November 3, 1909