Manisha Sinha

Historian here:

“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”

― Theodore Roosevelt

Happy Diwali 🪔 folks when we celebrate the triumph of good over evil, light driving out darkness. Raising a glass to American citizens who did this and my letter in our town paper showing how much the past shapes our present.

Historian of Reconstruction here. I am seeing this all over social media but Hiram Revels was the first black man to be elected to the Senate from Mississippi before Blance K. Bruce. Read what Garrison wrote about this event in #theriseandfallofthesecondamericanrepublic

Historian here and slave trader and responsible for the massacre of black Union Army soldiers at Fort Pillow! Probably turning in his grave right about now!

Historian here if you are in the Providence area join me for this great Democracy project conference at Brown University today at 4. 30 pm. Register using the QR code in the poster!