/writer/historian/ph.d./award-winning author of Black Folk/president @natlhumanities /breast cancer survivor/The Oraclehttps://bsky.app/profile/profblmkelley.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/profblmkelley.bsky.social/post/3mx2pjjsfsc23Thrilled to be part of TWO book festivals this fall: the Southern Festival of Books (in Nashville and the Texas Book Festival in Austin!04 Oct 2026 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:tg5zi6ichhf3cd3bwvbahdoc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx2pjjsfsc23https://bsky.app/profile/profblmkelley.bsky.social/post/3msr6mza2sc2cThe aftershocks of Federal layoffs continue to disproportionately hit Black families. What are the best ways for Black communities to create networks of support in hard times? https://www.theroot.com/new-survey-shows-black-adults-are-in-the-worst-financia-200011991810 Aug 2026 22:48 +0000at://did:plc:tg5zi6ichhf3cd3bwvbahdoc/app.bsky.feed.post/3msr6mza2sc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/profblmkelley.bsky.social/post/3msikgll5ek2nLast night's fit check! Thrilled to give the keynote, "Black Education is Always a Radical Act" for the HBCU Fellowship Collective at the Atlanta University Center.07 Aug 2026 12:25 +0000at://did:plc:tg5zi6ichhf3cd3bwvbahdoc/app.bsky.feed.post/3msikgll5ek2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/profblmkelley.bsky.social/post/3mpqwz22n4s2iThrilled to be in Ebony for their coverage of the 250! https://www.ebony.com/when-we-were-freed-an-excerpt/03 Jul 2026 16:16 +0000at://did:plc:tg5zi6ichhf3cd3bwvbahdoc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpqwz22n4s2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/profblmkelley.bsky.social/post/3monqvwe3cc2qGlowing from my Black Freedom event at Kindred Stories in Houston. What a joy to talk Juneteenth, Emancipation Days, memory and struggle in Texas! Black Freedom chronicles the celebration of freedom that began well before the national holiday. Available everywhere books are sold!19 Jun 2026 16:23 +0000at://did:plc:tg5zi6ichhf3cd3bwvbahdoc/app.bsky.feed.post/3monqvwe3cc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/profblmkelley.bsky.social/post/3moittcmuck2wHeaded to Houston for an event at Kindred Books! Join us if you can!!!17 Jun 2026 17:32 +0000at://did:plc:tg5zi6ichhf3cd3bwvbahdoc/app.bsky.feed.post/3moittcmuck2whttps://bsky.app/profile/profblmkelley.bsky.social/post/3mncvgho6ek2aIt's pub day! No better way to resist the erasure of Black history then to buy Black books! Available anywhere books are sold!02 Jun 2026 15:20 +0000at://did:plc:tg5zi6ichhf3cd3bwvbahdoc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mncvgho6ek2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/profblmkelley.bsky.social/post/3mnbrn7ag6k2rBlack Freedom in Banff! Such a thrill to be a part of the Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes convening this year, what a wonderful place to celebrate my publication date! June 2!!!02 Jun 2026 04:39 +0000at://did:plc:tg5zi6ichhf3cd3bwvbahdoc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnbrn7ag6k2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/profblmkelley.bsky.social/post/3mnbra4mee22rAwesome!!!! Thank you for buying it! [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Jun 2026 04:32 +0000at://did:plc:tg5zi6ichhf3cd3bwvbahdoc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnbra4mee22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/profblmkelley.bsky.social/post/3mm2deepmfs2vWow. The generation most exposed to the changes of AI has questions... we ought to be listening. Graduates Boo Commencement Speech About A.I. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/style/ucf-commencement-ai-booed-gloria-caulfield.html?unlocked_article_code=1.jFA.TcF3.4uDX__bwcIk6&smid=nytcore-ios-share17 May 2026 12:10 +0000at://did:plc:tg5zi6ichhf3cd3bwvbahdoc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm2deepmfs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/profblmkelley.bsky.social/post/3mirudzkp5k2jI didn't do TOO much this year, but I still did it. Love keeping my mother's tradition of lamb and ham on Easter alive. Not to mention the tradition of deviled eggs! Miss her and love keeping her spirit alive through my food. #blairiscooking05 Apr 2026 23:04 +0000at://did:plc:tg5zi6ichhf3cd3bwvbahdoc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mirudzkp5k2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/profblmkelley.bsky.social/post/3mhtjsjjvm22qExcited to share that you can preorder Black Freedom at @barnesandnoble for 25% off when you sign up for their free rewards program and use code PREORDER25 at checkout! The offer ends on 3/26. https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/black-freedom-blair-lm-kelley/1148519341 #BNPreorder24 Mar 2026 21:36 +0000at://did:plc:tg5zi6ichhf3cd3bwvbahdoc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhtjsjjvm22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/profblmkelley.bsky.social/post/3mfi2n6wifc2pThrilled to have an advance copy of Black Freedom in my hands! It was a pleasure to tell the stories of emancipation. It will be out June 2nd but available for preorder now!Preorders remind publishers that our history matters, even in this age of repression! https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/blair-lm-kelley-2/black-freedom/9780762486939/?lens=running-press22 Feb 2026 21:15 +0000at://did:plc:tg5zi6ichhf3cd3bwvbahdoc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfi2n6wifc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/profblmkelley.bsky.social/post/3meyialfxks2aThis Black History Month preorder Black books, a concrete way to resist erasure and tell publishing&booksellers we still value this work. #BHM My book Black Freedom is available for pre-order: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/blair-lm-kelley-2/black-freedom/9780762486939/?lens=black-dog-leventhal https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/blair-lm-kelley-2/black-freedom/9780762486939/?lens=black-dog-leventhal16 Feb 2026 16:36 +0000at://did:plc:tg5zi6ichhf3cd3bwvbahdoc/app.bsky.feed.post/3meyialfxks2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/profblmkelley.bsky.social/post/3mer76ijfj22lJust in case you missed this amazing conversation I had with Kellie Carter Jackson about the intersection of family history and our historical work! https://reunion-a-podcast-about-family-histories.ghost.io/episode-003-writing-about-your-own-familys-history-with-blair-l-m-kelley-and-kellie-carter-jackson/13 Feb 2026 19:05 +0000at://did:plc:tg5zi6ichhf3cd3bwvbahdoc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mer76ijfj22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/profblmkelley.bsky.social/post/3mdye6kyfvs2cFinding my 3-times great grandfather, Henry Rucker, registering to vote in 1867 was life changing. He did so at great risk to life and livelihood, but he did it anyway. Honored to commemorate the day that those rights were Constitutionally enshrined, still sacred & paid for at great sacrifice.03 Feb 2026 21:58 +0000at://did:plc:tg5zi6ichhf3cd3bwvbahdoc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdye6kyfvs2c