Jeffrey O.G. Ogbar
@ProfOgbar
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Historian, author, cultural critic. Professor at University of Connecticut, hip-hop head and former tagger. Better late to the party than never.
Joined November 2014
Wow! @PublishersWkly just released its “Best Books of 2023” and my upcoming “America’s Black Capital”made the list! I’m amazed and honored! @BasicBooks #Atlanta #AtlantaHistory #history #BlackHistory #southernhistory
best-books.publishersweekly.com
Best Books 2025, Best Nonfiction Books, Philippe Sands, Greg Grandin, Andrea Long Chu, Lana Lin, Nicholas Boggs, Sarah Chihaya, Caleb Gayle, Michael Thomas, Peter Guralnick, Sim Kern, Jacob Silverm...
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👉🏾In WAKE UP AMERICA (@wwnorton), I bring together the voices of major progressive Black women politicians, grassroots activists, and intellectuals to offer critical insights on how we can create a more equitable political future. Please pre-order your copy today! 🙏🏾
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Workers everywhere sick and tired of low pay and gigantic #CEO pay. #WGAStrike #SAGAFTRAStrike RT:UAW workers launch unprecedented strike against all Big Three automakers - CNN Business
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“Georgia’s oldest city…made a historic break with its slavery-era past Thursday as Savannah’s city council voted to rename a downtown square in honor of a Black woman who taught formerly enslaved people to read and write.”
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Susie King Taylor's name will replace John C. Calhoun, a former U.S. vice president who was a vocal supporter of slavery in the decades preceding the Civil War.
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Twenty years ago Atlanta was her stage en route to Hollywood. Look at that fresh-faced future #EGOT shine!
It was on this very day in 2003 that my best friend @wallybean1 and I traveled all the way to Atlanta, Georgia for my American Idol audition ! 20 years, yal! Look at God !! I hopped on that American Idol roller coaster and it has been going ever since ! I’ve lived a lot of life
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In 1971, 17-year-old Juliane Koepcke was flying over the Peruvian rainforest with her mother when she got sucked out of the airplane after it was struck by a bolt of lightning. She fell two miles to the ground, strapped to her seat. "The plane jumped down and went into a
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RIP, Prof. Ogletree.
Charles Ogletree, legal scholar who championed reparations, dies at 70 'The longtime Harvard Law professor also represented Anita Hill, rapper Tupac Shakur and survivors of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre.' https://t.co/YE1qFfQk7F
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Do not vote for politicians who are hostile to or dismissive of the climate crisis— like most Republicans. This also means, of course, to vote for those who address it in policy. Our lives depend on it.
Several climate scientists say this month’s heat is likely the hottest Earth has been in about 120,000 years, easily the hottest of human civilization.
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In March 1995, Mississippi became the last state to ratify the 13th Amendment, which outlawed slavery. The state, at least, stays on brand. #Juneteenth
NEW: Mississippi state offices remained open today on the Juneteenth federal holiday—even though officials closed state offices two months ago to celebrate the state's Confederate Memorial Day holiday. https://t.co/hSS55fhXSh
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Can’t wait to read this one! Congrats, @KeishaBlain
✨ I'm excited to share this remarkable book w/ you! https://t.co/mi82aWhBGP *WAKE UP AMERICA: Black Women on the Future of Democracy* will be published by @wwnorton on February 13, 2024. It features essays by major progressive Black women politicians, grassroots activists &
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I’ve never had a forthcoming book featured in Publishers Weekly. This is exciting to see on the fall list! #AmericasBlackCapital #Atlanta #ATLHistory #ATL
We're honored to see our titles featured on this list! 📖 AMERICAN ANARCHY 📖AMERICA'S BLACK CAPITAL (@ProfOgbar) 📖THE MASTER BUILDER (@AMartinezArias) 📖MISCHIEVOUS CREATURES 📖TEN BIRDS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD (@StephenMoss_TV) 📖THE LIVING CITY (@Des_Fitzgerald)
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I’m wildly excited to announce that my forthcoming book, “America’s Black Capital: How African Americans Remade Atlanta in the Shadow of the Confederacy,” has a release date! Use 25% off discount code “preorder25” until 4/28 at https://t.co/2W3pbO3Ax8
@BNBuzz @BasicBooks
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The big homie @FINALLEVEL reminds me of my aunt who always had the most thoughtful, sharp observations about life expressed with simplicity. Ice T never ceases to drop insightful commentary.
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I know it’s last minute, but if you can, please come through! There is a rich history of how black athletes in the Long Sixties engaged in social justice work. Learn more about the Syracuse football team of the era. #BHM #blackhistorymonth #syracuseu
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Food justice experts share what you should buy for dinner that'll make the biggest impact.
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Food justice experts share what you should buy for dinner that'll make the biggest impact.
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I bet you NEVER thought you’d see a pic with @TheRealMikeEpps @UncleRUSH @icecube @MrChuckD Mariska, Ice T and Dick Wolf. EVER ⭐️
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We all have our top-5. Who tops yours? Fat Joe Explains Why Jay-Z Is The Greatest Rapper Ever
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Fat Joe also recently said that Jay-Z has the ’hardest lyric in hip-hop.’
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This Sun. Feb. 19 @ProfOgbar will discuss his book Hip-Hop Revolution: The Culture and Politics of Rap (@Kansas_Press), which presents a balanced cultural history that looks past negative stereotypes of hip-hop. Join us at the Central Library: https://t.co/miIwXBOt41
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