As of 2:15 p.m. PST, I am AERA @AERA_EdResearch President. 2023 Theme: "Interrogating Consequential Education Research in Pursuit of Truth" @vupeabody @RaceResearch

Today we celebrate the birthday of civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer, who boldly declared she was “sick and tired of being sick and tired.” ✊🏿 Her fearless fight for voting rights and equality still inspires us to speak truth to power. Rest in Power, Fannie Lou.

👧🏾👧🏾👧🏾👧🏾 Denise McNair • Cynthia Wesley • Addie Mae Collins • Carole Robertson Speak their names today. #OTD 62 years ago, the 16th Street Baptist Church (Birmingham) bombing shook this nation. The deaths of #FourLittleGirls, killed by the bombing at the hands of vicious

Happy birthday, #RubyBridges. Thank you. 🖤

Toni Morrison died on this day (August 5) in 2019. 🖤🕊️📚 And she was loved.

Annie Minerva Turnbo Malone was the first Black, female millionaire with a reported $14 million in assets, generated from her beauty and cosmetics company in 1920. She employed Madame C.J Walker! Annie Malone was a chemist entrepreneur, philanthropist, educator and lived up until

On this day in 2006, U.S. sailor Carl Brashear passed away. He was the first Black American to become a Navy Master Diver. Master Chief Carl Brashear fulfilled his dream in 1970 when he qualified as a Master Diver. Brashear overcame poverty, racism, and a life-threatening injury

Selma Burke was a sculptor & member of the Harlem Renaissance movement, best known for her bas-relief portrait of President Franklin D. Roosevelt She never received credit for her portrait of President Franklin D. Roosevelt which was later featured on the US dime. —In 1943,

Albert Einstein defying the prevailing racial climate at the time by visiting Lincoln University, Pennsylvania — the first degree-granting black college in the US — to teach a class. He was an outspoken civil rights advocate for black Americans, 1946.

The #AERA2026 submissions deadline has been extended one week to August 1, originally scheduled for July 25. We hope this extension will provide support during a time of funding losses and disruptions to work. https://t.co/LENdtNUwvT

My heart goes out to Pamela Warner🙏🏽 No words can ease the pain of losing her precious son…but I pray she feels surrounded by love, support, and the deep admiration the world had—and will always have—for Malcolm. May she find comfort in knowing how much he meant to so many 🙏🏽🙏🏽

Henrietta Smith Bowers Duterte was the first female undertaker in the United States. She Used Coffins to Help Free Enslaved People. —Henrietta was born free in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1817. One of 13 children, she went on to become the first practicing female mortician in the

The King Center mourns the tragic passing of our dear friend, #MalcolmJamalWarner. Malcolm was a brilliant, multi-faceted artist and an inspiring giver. We are grateful for his love for #TheKingCenter and the King legacy. And for the ways he showed his support, including as

Getting ready for the gym listening to @heydannybauer podcast w/@MilnerHRich whose an author of 7 books and ed. professor at @VanderbiltU Rich describes a day when he connected w/his students after someone in his family passed. Rich says It's about creating and connecting w/kids

Oseola McCarty was a Mississippi philanthropist who donated most of her life savings, $150,000, to the University of Southern Mississippi to provide scholarships for African American students in need. A seamstress and washerwoman who was paid mostly in dollar bills and loose

We're two weeks away from the #AERA2026 Submission deadline! If you haven't already, now's the time to begin or complete your submission. https://t.co/LENdtNUwvT

The great Mosie Burks done made it to that great coronation. Sleep WELL Mama! Well DONE!🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️

#BreakingNews: Mama Mosie Burks, the legendary lead vocalist of the Mississippi Mass Choir, has passed away at the age of 92. Mama Burks was a true representation of Jackson, the state of Mississippi and Black American gospel culture ✝️

Judge Shera Grant, and her twin sister, Judge Shanta Owens from Alabama State * This may mark the first time in history that identical twins serve on the bench at the same time * Grant serves Judicial * Owens serves District * Birmingham, Jefferson Co

Submissions for #AERA2026 are open until July 25! Submit now to the theme for 2026, "Unforgetting Histories and Imagining Futures: Constructing a New Vision for Education Research." https://t.co/LENdtNUwvT

BREAKING: Video of President Obama singing "Amazing Grace" as a eulogy ten years ago today is going mega-viral. This is what American greatness actually looks like.