Nicole Carr

From Atlanta to Kingston, Jamaica, I’m excited to be in community with you for The Price of Exclusion 2026 Summer Book Tour. Please check out the tickets/RSVP links, venues, dates and fantastic conversation partners here: https://www.nicolefcarr.com/book-tour

Last year I wrote about the formerly enslaved who held the first Decoration Day rituals. This is how Black people enterprised Memorial Day, (and why journalism history and Black studies are key to our understanding of the holiday’s origin story) From Fortify/ May 26, 2025: https://open.substack.com/pub/nicolefcarr/p/the-racial-politics-behind-memorial?r=45k8og&utm_medium=ios

The racial politics behind Memorial Day In the wake of the Civil War, Black people created rituals for the modern Memorial Day remembrance. A Black studies professor's archival discovery corrected our historical record 100+ years later.

VOTE TODAY, GEORGIA.

If you don’t read anything else today, read Sherrilyn Ifill:

SCOTUS Drops The Other Shoe on the Voting Rights Act The Supreme Court's Decision in Louisiana v. Callais Completes the Decimation of the Voting Rights Act