I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening. The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.

in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today

Pleased to share the news that the latest issue of our journal "Civil War History"—edited by @jimdowns.bsky.social, and featuring articles by @legg.bsky.social, @nielseichhorn.bsky.social, and others—is now available at @projectmuse.bsky.social: muse.jhu.edu/issue/56267

Two days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. Weaponizing the justice system against your opponents is an authoritarian tactic. The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.

Still getting used to my commute from Hattiesburg to New Orleans three days a week for classes. Today’s digital history class was so fulfilling. My students just amazed me and I left class with such a teaching high. That two hour drive back, however, wrecked me. Worth it.

This. It’s why they’re grabbing at power more desperately and violently. They can feel it slipping away. It’s a moment for us to stand up and speak out.

It was such a pleasure to talk with Rich. You can watch the first part of the interview at the link below: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Mxq...

Great news today: I’ve been accepted to write a chapter for the Handbook on Digital Activism (ed. Paromita Pain). I’ll explore the ethics of digitizing sensitive Indigenous histories through case studies at Dickson Mounds, the American Civil War Museum, and the Minnesota Historical Society.

Great news! @llassabe.bsky.social and I signed a contract for our edited volume, Degrees of Liberation: Public History, Campus Activism, and the Fight for Educational Justice. The book shows how campus activism drives change and advances public history work with communities. @sunypress.bsky.social

Student evals came in: Do you have any suggested improvements for the instructor (John Legg)? Student: "stay exactly the way you are" Me:

I’m thrilled to share that Board of Governors of the UNL Center for Great Plains Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has appointed me Affiliate Fellow for the 2026-2031 term. I’m very thankful for Melissa Anne Amateis's nomination and excited to serve the Center for the next several years.

Look what came in the mail! You can read “Cracks in the Granite: Contested Civil War Memories in the American West” in this year’s December issue of Civil War History. @nielseichhorn.bsky.social. W/great company: @jjacobcalhoun.bsky.social & William S. Kiser. Thanks @jimdowns.bsky.social & staff

Job: Digital Humanities Librarian employment.ku.edu/jobs/faculty...

Historians - I'm looking for an article or essay that demonstrates how to tell the history of Black individuals/communities in the American West when you have a fragmented and sparse source base. Suggestions?

It's release day for -Of Many Minds-! Get your copy from Johns Hopkins University Press!

The ruling sided with environmental groups and the Miccosukee Tribe, who had filed a suit alleging that the facility built in the Florida Everglades violated federal environmental laws.

from chandra manning's wonderful book "what this cruel war was over"

Last week, Boston received a letter from AG Bondi threatening to prosecute officials and withhold funds unless we cooperate with carrying out mass deportations. The US Attorney General asked for a response by today, so here it is: stop attacking our cities to hide your administration’s failures.

Cities aren’t scary. You are scared. There’s a difference

It’s time to wake up - we are literally on the verge of losing our democracy if Donald Trump cheats his way to those seats in Texas.

Received page proofs for an article co-authored with @nielseichhorn.bsky.social in Civil War History (with excellent company)! Very excited to have this work out in the world this December! 🎉

With all the news about the return of Confederate monuments, I wanted to share my Confederate Monuments Syllabus page. It includes op-eds going back to 2017, interviews, lectures, teaching resources, primary sources, and a bibliography. #sschat #historyteacher 🗃️ cwmemory.com/civilwarmemo...

Fish gutters in New Orleans! Taken yesterday.

Are the issues only because people are “overwhelmed, distracted, or frustrated with the technologies”? What about the environmental factors? What about data scraping issues? Why don’t you have an environmental historian on the committee?

Dune, 1965

To my academic friends! I’m looking for online adjunct opportunities for this fall and spring semester. If your department is looking for online/asynchronous support in history, please check out my academic website to learn more about my work. www.johnlegg.org

I know “A Century of Lawmaking” has been out of commission for a little while now, but I absolutely cannot stand the migration to congress.gov. It’s excruciating to search historical collections. I just want to browse the 1862 Congressional Globe 😢

Does anyone have any contacts with the Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma or anyone who has cultural ties to Dickson Mounds in Illinois? Thanks in advance!

This is every scholar’s nightmare come true 🗃️

Honestly I still can’t stop laughing 😂😅🤣

Move to hold the agents who assaulted a sitting senator in contempt of Congress. Call for articles of impeachment against Noem. Stop working on crypto legislation. Demonstrate the stakes of what is happening in LA with your actions.

Padilla: If this is how DHS responds to a senator with a question you can only imagine what they're doing to farm workers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California.

Christopher Capozzola: we’re gonna need a new forward to your book…

New headshots by the wonderful @legg.bsky.social. If you get the chance to work with John, do it!

Any recs to overcome this? I've been working on a journal article since '22. I've revised a few times after great feedback from other folks. I feel stuck. I've lost steam finishing it. I found new material that slightly changes the argument + just don't know if I have the capacity to revise again.

Very much looking forward to diving into @welborntiger.bsky.social and Patrick Lewis’ stacked edited collection on identity and memory in Civil War video games featuring chapters by @legg.bsky.social, @davidsilkenat.bsky.social, @jonathansjones.bsky.social, and many more super talented historians.

Excited about next week’s talk at the Galesburg (IL) Public Library, almost 80 years to the date of my grandpa sustaining wounds on Okinawa (May 16, 1945).

Editor: You have room to add a few hundred words to meet the maximum word count of 8,000 words for this chapter. Me: revising and finishing the chapter with 8800 words. Crap.

A history friend from Georgia has been battling cancer and has a long road ahead. Consider donating a few bucks to her Go Fund Me campaign to help out. @historypro1.bsky.social www.gofundme.com/f/support-ma...

check this out y'all, terrific postdoc opportunity 🗃️

It was great to see @legg.bsky.social and @jenandrella.bsky.social at #OAH25!!

Thanks for the book, @william-sturkey.bsky.social! We can’t wait to dive in before our move to Hattiesburg and USM! @jenandrella.bsky.social

Who all will be at OAH this weekend? I’ll be around on Saturday. #OAH2025 #OAH25

The Department of Government Efficiency, for example

80 years ago, my Grandpa + his fellow Marines in Co. L of the 22nd Marines/6th Marine Division landed on Okinawa for the last major battle of WW2. Willard Legg survived a month + a half on Okinawa, sustaining wounds on May 16 fighting up Sugar Loaf Hill. www.sixthmarinedivision.com/21StoryLegg....

I’m so thrilled to share the cover of my first book, Opium Slavery: Civil War Veterans and America's First Opioid Crisis, forthcoming this fall from @uncpress.bsky.social 🗃️

These rumors have been confirmed, Blueskis. I am enraged.

We're headed south to Hattiesburg, Mississippi! Very excited for this new adventure with @jenandrella.bsky.social!