George Washington Carver, widely known for his groundbreaking agricultural research, was also an accomplished artist. Before his scientific career at Tuskegee Institute, Carver studied art and piano at Simpson College, where his talent for painting plants earned him recognition. His art teacher, Etta Budd, encouraged him to explore botany, leading to his eventual focus on agricultural science. Carver's innovative work with peanuts and sweet potatoes led to the creation of over 400 products, including plant-based paints, which he used in his artwork, blending his passions for science and art.

This #LaborDay, we honor the heroic efforts of American workers participating in labor movements. In response to African American exclusion from labor organizations, Black workers created all-Black unions that championed their members’ class & racial interests. #ANationsStory

Artist Sonya Clark ingeniously crafted this portrait of Madam C. J. Walker from three thousand plastic combs. Walker, born to formerly enslaved parents in Louisiana in 1867, built an empire of black hair-care products and is often credited as the U.S.'s first female self-made millionaire. This artwork is featured in Clark's retrospective 'We Are Each Other' at the Museum of Arts and Design, on view until September 22.

A cat waiting to start her day of research at the British Library @britishlibrary! Apparently, she is called Daisy #CatsOfTwitter #LibraryCat

Happy Windrush Day to all. Remembering all before us and continuing their legacy. Including our Indian and Chinese Caribbean fam too.

I had such a wonderful time at this years @HOTCUS conference. It was my first time attending, but certainly won’t be my last! Everyone was so welcoming and the scholarship being showcased was phenomenal.

"All that was Beauty, all that was Love, all that was Truth, stood on top of these mad mornings and sang with the stars. A great human sob shrieked in the wind, and tossed its tears upon the sea, - free, free, free." W. E. B. Du Bois, 'Black Reconstruction', 1935

forgive me karl marx for I have bought

David Harewood: “My wife went to the theatre the other day, it cost her nearly £200 - who could afford that? We all need to start talking about it and protecting it because if we’re not, if we’re not careful it will vanish.”

On February 23, 1915, Congressman Robert Smalls passed away at his home on Prince Street in Beaufort - a house in which he was born enslaved, and died free after buying the property during Reconstruction. He now rests just a few blocks away in Tabernacle Baptist Church cemetery.

W. E. B. Du Bois was born on this day, February 23, 1868 in Great Barrington, MA. He went on to become one of the most consequential intellectual leaders of his time or any other. His legacy continues to inspire our efforts to resist fascism, greed, war, imperialism and racism.

Here is a lovely picture of the young Roland Barthes. I call it "The Pleasure of the Twink."

when I was trained as an Americanist the coolest thing you could possibly say was shit like “actually this Flannery O Connor short story is all about the rise of air conditioning in the South” and now you gotta stay stuff like “Wise Blood allegorizes its own mode of production”

happy 1st of february to the kafka enthusiasts out there

Black and brown employees often labor in art spaces as docents, safeguarding artworks while providing guidance and answering the questions of museum patrons. They are central to the functioning of museums, but their presences are overlooked and their contributions to our experience in museums are rendered invisible. Artist Deni Wohlgemuth-Ponty, however, made this black docent the subject of his painting "ArtGuard2000." He is flanked by seemingly canonical artworks filled with white figuration. Ponty suggests that this coy figure also deserves our contemplation and scholarly attention. Another notable example of acknowledging the significance of docents is evident in the work of artist Fred Wilson, who has always been conscious of the labor performed by black and brown museum employees. He incorporated them into his groundbreaking 1992 exhibtion "Mining the Museum" at the former Maryland Historical Society and in "Guarded Views"—his contribution to the 1994 "Black Male" exhibtion at the @whitneymuseum.

To speke trouthe, Elmo, these are not my best yeares.

enough “debates” over the wisdom of handling rare books with gloves on, as the professionals are always telling you not to do you can touch books with gloves on in a few special circumstances. but only if you are also wearing a little hat no little hat, no gloves! that’s final

Keble 🤝 winter fog @UniofOxford

Perrysburg Journal, Ohio, May 18, 1916

We need a series of heartwarming romcoms about how romance first blossomed between Taylor and Francis, Palgrave and MacMillan, and Boydell and Brewer