Brandon M. Terry
@brandonmterry
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Baltimore-born political theorist and African American Studies scholar at Harvard. Co-Editor of To Shape a New World: Essays on the Pol. Philosophy of MLK
Boston, MA
Joined August 2010
Thrilled for the affordable paperback edition of To Shape a New World with @tommie_shelby to drop! All profits go to powerful work of @eji_org and Bryan Stevenson #MLK #JustMercy.
Today is the publication date for the paperback edition of “To Shape a New World: Essays on the Political Philosophy of Martin Luther King Jr. I’m still immensely proud of this effort. @brandonmterry @Harvard_Press
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Join us for the final Un-monument public conversation of the year! Ft. Prof. Danielle Allen (@Kennedy_School) and Prof. Michael J. Sandel (@Harvard_GovDept) with host Prof. Brandon Terry (@HutchinsCenter) Monday 9/30 | 5:30 p.m. | The Embrace RSVP: https://t.co/zg8dJU4gEP
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Extraordinary conversation TODAY free at the Boston Common with @fieldkendra @HutchinsCenter @GreenidgeKerri @KyeraChristine
Join us this afternoon for "Black Lives, Black Stories, Our History: The African Diaspora and New England" with Prof. Kerri Greenidge and Prof. Kendra T. Field. 📅 Today, Weds. 8/21 🕠 5:30 PM 📍 The Embrace 📩 RSVP at https://t.co/zg8dJU3IPh
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‘10 Million Names’ documents enslaved people of African descent - Good Morning America — so excited to be a small part of this amazing project, led by the brilliant Kendra Field
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A new project is working to recover the names of the 10 million people of African descent who were enslaved before 1865 in the present-day United States.
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Glad to share the first paper (in @Nature no less!) from @IPIPS_Harvard and the brilliant @jkbren @elizabhinton @big_data_kane @svscarpino Critical new research on sentencing disparities by race and their impact in a time of crisis
New in @Nature! In the first year of the pandemic, we saw a large/abrupt spike in the percent of Black & nonwhite people incarcerated in state prisons https://t.co/HncXuwOcbg A key driver: pervasive differences in sentence length by race @elizabhinton @big_data_kane @svscarpino
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"It is a city that listened to what Black Bostonians wanted the monument to look like and entrusted Black Bostonians to lead the process to make it happen. " @Dart_Adams @EmbraceBOS @bostonfdn @hankwthomas #love #theembracemonument
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On the polarizing Boston sculpture's true significance.
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Really enjoyed this conversation on #mlk with the generous @ezraklein
The paradox of Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy is that while many revere him, very few have actually read his works. The political theorist Brandon Terry explores King's nonviolent philosophy on the latest episode of The Ezra Klein Show.
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Happy Birthday, #MLK! Born #OnThisDay in 1929. Here is @brandonmterry on how canonization has prevented a reckoning with the substance of King’s intellectual, ethical, and political commitments—with responses from @KeeangaYamahtta, @elizabhinton and more:
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Canonization has prevented a reckoning with the substance of King’s intellectual, ethical, and political commitments.
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If you're working on Black Power or developing theoretical work drawing on Black Power thought, apply!!! Excited to lead this with the brilliant @jarvisrgivens
Excited to lead this 2023-24 fellowship on “The Future of Black Power Studies” with my friend and colleague Brandon Terry (@brandonmterry). Application deadline is Jan. 17, 2023. Please pass the word.
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Join @tommie_shelby for a discussion on his newest work, The Idea of Prison Abolition, at @Harvard’s @HutchinsCenter, Nov 16, 4 - 5 pm EST. This event is co-sponsored by @HarvardEthics, the Center for History and Economics, and @HarvardAAAS. Register here: https://t.co/BR5gqvxXtE
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Incisive and challenging essay by the brilliant Shatema Threadcraft on #breonnataylor and the complex problems of gender based violence, policing, and crime https://t.co/wG1j7JwPKs
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Police and prison violence against Black women can be seen as an extension of intimate partner violence.
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In a few hours hosting this convo with @CornelWest on @jarvisrgivens BRILLIANT new book. I've learned so much from it and can't wait to talk about the forgotten history of anti racist teaching, the past and future of Black Studies, and the profound legacy of Carter G Woodson
WE CAN'T WAIT!!!! TONIGH @ 8PM we discuss the work of Dr. #CarterGWoodson and the history of Black education in the U.S.! In partnership w/@pbsbooks, featuring @jarvisrgivens @CornelWest & Brandon Terry! #ASALHBooks #ASALHFamily #TheBlackFamily #BlackHistory #ASALH2021
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Blk teachers were transmitting the tradition of Black Studies long before it was implanted in American colleges in the 1960s, just as they were critical in founding and sustaining ASALH (1915). Eager to continue this convo w/@CornelWest, that began in @brandonmterry’s seminar.
#MarkYourCalendars for this exciting @ASALH discussion with @pbsbooks on @jarvisrgivens #NewBook “Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching” !! Featuring also @CornelWest & Brandon Terry !! Tuesday, May 11th!#fugitivepedagogy
https://t.co/qeAXpKD0oW
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Incredible opportunity with @BostonReview, one of the absolute best outlets for smart and original thinking. Please apply and share widely if you haven't already!
We are thrilled to announce our new fellowship for the next generation of Black journalists, editors, and publishers! Supported by an advisory board that includes @KeeangaYamahtta, @dsallentess, @AMLwhere, and @brandonmterry:
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Great piece by @DrPhilGoff "This type of work...is scrappy, not soaring. It demands coming to the table in good faith with folks you probably dislike. It demands engaging with real people in real pain, not abstractions...[and] more interest in making progress than...enemies."
“Eventually, if we have the courage to keep asking “how,’ we’ll get closer to a vision worthy of the people whose sacrifice forced us to reimagine in the first place.” @DrPhilGoff brings it
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“Hoping to quiet Malcolm’s inimitable voice, his enemies inadvertently consolidated his immortality.” @brandonmterry on the life of Malcolm X:
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"The revolution is at hand, and we must free ourselves of the chains of political and economic slavery." Read John Lewis' *original* speech draft for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom before it was edited begrudgingly in compromise #RIPJohnLewis
https://t.co/k0AWCF9Qkr
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Legislation to restore the Voting Rights Act that John Lewis nearly died marching for has been sitting on your desk with no action for 225 days
My statement on the passing of Congressman John Lewis:
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This! RIP to two of our greatest heroes.
The best way to honor John Lewis & C.T. Vivian is not with statements or even renaming the Edmund Pettus Bridge. We must restore & expand the Voting Rights Act. We must insist members of Congress (including Mitch McConnell) actually get this done. Anything less is shameful.
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