Author of Soul City and The Great Dissent. RFK Book Award and Hooks National Book Award Winner. Constitutional law professor at Seton Hall.
Joined January 2021
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5 Feb 2021
In 'Soul City,' One Man Envisions A Place Where Black People Have Power, Opportunity npr.org/2021/01/29/961968832…
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29 Jun 2023
Enjoyed talking with Harry Allen on his new podcast about Soul City. Check it out!
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Thomas Healy retweeted
1 Nov 2022
@HealyProf has received the @HooksInstitute National Book Award for his most recent book, Soul City. Read more here: hubs.li/Q01r6Yvz0
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28 Oct 2022
So thrilled to announce that SOUL CITY has been awarded the Hooks National Book Award! Thanks to @HooksInstitute for this incredible honor.
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10 Aug 2022
So thrilled and honored that SOUL CITY has been chosen as a finalist for the Hooks National Book Award. What a great lineup of authors and books. @HooksInstitute
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Thomas Healy retweeted
23 Jun 2022
Lots to dislike in Bruen, but one of the biggest problems is requiring lower courts to conduct historical inquiries without any direction on how to do so. In Bruen, the Court cobbled together the supposedly relevant history from statements in the parties’ and the amici’s briefs.
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Thomas Healy retweeted
25 Mar 2022
Did you miss our February North Carolina Reads Book Event? You can watch the full recorded program on our YouTube page! This event featured author @HealyProf and Dr. Kofi Boone in conversation about the book "Soul City." @NEHgov
youtu.be/Cwe33vogF3o
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Thomas Healy retweeted
21 Mar 2022
A lot of great books here, by @JMchangama @jon_rauch @JonHaidt @tmbejan @HealyProf & @ericberkowitz4
11 Mar 2022
THREAD: Free speech culture didn’t come out of nowhere, it’s been built on the foundation of centuries of conflict, philosophy & law. If you want to brush up on the history, look no further than my #FreeSpeech Culture Study List. 1/18
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Thomas Healy retweeted
16 Mar 2022
What I am reading: Grey Bees by Ukrainian author @AKurkov, translated by @BorisDralyuk, and published by @DeepVellum. Also, Soul City by @HealyProf, a selection in the @NCHumanities state wide readalong.
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Thomas Healy retweeted
15 Mar 2022
The @nytimesbooks highlights SOUL CITY by @HealyProf and AMERICAN DELIRIUM by Betina González (translated by @_heathercleary), now in paperback! Check out their full list here: ow.ly/13SF50IjRvm
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Thomas Healy retweeted
15 Mar 2022
We just launched our annual membership drive at @TPM. If you're a member or a reader who hasn't become a member yet, we'd so appreciate if you could take a moment to read this post. Thank you! talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog… via @TPM
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Thomas Healy retweeted
11 Mar 2022
“The Great Dissent” by @HealyProf details how thinkers like Learned Hand & Harold Laski persuaded Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes to reinterpret the #FirstAmendment to actually mean something in the real world. 10/18
amzn.to/2D5stBK
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Thomas Healy retweeted
11 Mar 2022
Now in paperback, SOUL CITY by @HealyProf!
The @nytimesbooks calls it, “One of the greatest least-told stories in American history...Healy does an excellent job recounting the details.” On sale now from @MetropolitanBks. Get it here: ow.ly/X4Yn50Ie8PE
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11 Mar 2022
SOUL CITY, now out in paperback, featured in the NYT's Paperback Row this Sunday!
New in Paperback: ‘A Little Devil in America’ and ‘My Friend Anna’ nytimes.com/2022/03/11/books…
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10 Mar 2022
Are free speech and racial equality at odds with one another? I explore that question in my review of a new book on the subject. (Short answer: No, but that doesn't mean we can't modify First Amendment doctrine to more fully realize the goal of racial equality.)
AFRICAN AMERICANS AND THE FIRST AMENDMENT
(from @SUNYPress)
Click over to @HealyProf's (@SetonHallLaw) review of Timothy Shiell's (@uwstout) recent book.
clcjbooks.rutgers.edu/books/…
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Thomas Healy retweeted
24 Feb 2022
On February 28 join #NCHumanities for our first-ever North Carolina Reads book club event to hear @HealyProf and @KBbop discuss "Soul City!" This virtual event is free and you do not need to have read the book to attend. See you there! Register: bit.ly/3pdKUJJ _ @NEHgov
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Thomas Healy retweeted
4 Feb 2022
This was January 6th.
This is not “legitimate political discourse.”
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Thomas Healy retweeted
27 Jan 2022
Of Course It’s Fine for Biden to Pledge to Nominate a Black Woman talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog… via @TPM
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26 Dec 2021
Gordon Carey, a Force in the Civil Rights Movement, Dies at 89 nytimes.com/2021/12/24/us/go…
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Thomas Healy retweeted
17 Dec 2021
TONIGHT on #1on1 @HealyProf Professor of Law @SetonHallLaw and Author, “Soul City: Race, Equality, and the Lost Dream of an American Utopia,” discusses the history of #SoulCity, an attempt to build a city devoted to #RacialEquality.
7p & 11:30p @MyNJPBS 12:30a @ThirteenWNET
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16 Dec 2021
Thanks to @DrMChatelain for the shoutout! SOUL CITY and FRANCHISE are great complements to one another.
14 Dec 2021
My favorite books of the year (and the podcasts/documentaries that pair nicely with them) in the latest edition of my @substack YOUR FAVORITE PROF.
Fully Booked, by @DrMChatelain yourfavoriteprof.substack.co…
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