@jimdowns.bsky.social
Author of Author of Maladies of Empire & Sick from Freedom; Stand by Me: The Forgotten History of Gay Liberation; Gilder Lehrman NEH Prof at Gettysburg College; https://www.jimdownsofficial.com
@jimdowns.bsky.socialThank you and thanks for sharing!!!!
@jimdowns.bsky.socialYesterday was publication day for my new book, Medicine by the People: How Ordinary People Changed American Healthcare! If you are in the area, please join me at Brown University on Oct 28, at 4 for a conversation about the book, hosted by the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America.
@inthepastlane.bsky.socialReposted by @jimdowns.bsky.socialSan Jose school bd official rebuked for false claims about the history of the nation’s founding
#ushistory #founders #SCOTUS #fakehistory #tencommandments
@profbrucedorsey.bsky.socialReposted by @jimdowns.bsky.socialWanna know how the Trump-broken economy is damaging my little town?—we lost our one and only wonderful bakery due to tariffs and labor supply and overall affordability troubles.
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@jimdowns.bsky.socialAs editor of Civil War History, I’m thrilled that Katie has won the award for Best Article! A wonderful recognition of her scholarship. Check out her interview to learn more about her research !https://kentstatebooks.wordpress.com/2026/10/06/kathryn-lofton-awarded-the-2026-john-t-hubbell-prize/.
@ksupress.bsky.socialReposted by @jimdowns.bsky.socialCongrats to Kathryn Lofton, who has received the John T. Hubbell Prize for her article “Great Excitement Prevails: The American Lynching Myth." KSUP annually presents the award for the best article published in the journal "Civil War History," edited by @jimdowns.bsky.social.
@jimdowns.bsky.socialThanks for mentioning my book
@jimdowns.bsky.socialI'm a fellow at Brown University’s Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America (CSREA). I'm giving a paper tomorrow. “When Health Became Public: The Transatlantic Slave Trade and the Market for Prevention. 96 Waterman Street, Providence, Tomorrow at 10 a.m. csrea.brown.edu/about/people...
@lizhighleyman.bsky.socialReposted by @jimdowns.bsky.socialWhen I was a young activist, I was down on voting too -- the lesser of two evils is still evil, yada yada. Today, I'm more mindful of that other slogan: If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal. And that's exactly what they're trying to do.
@ksupress.bsky.socialReposted by @jimdowns.bsky.socialNow available at @projectmuse.bsky.social: the September issue of KSUP's journal "Civil War History," edited by @jimdowns.bsky.social.
@jimdowns.bsky.socialToday is Pub Day! US History at the 250th.This grew out of a conversation about the past a & what it means now @nhannahjones.bsky.social, @agordonreed.bsky.social @sienriquez.bsky.social, @redped.bsky.social Erika Lee Robert Parkinson Marc Stein @william-sturkey.bsky.social y, & Catherine Clinton
