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Long-form lessons — the deep cuts on empire, extraction, and the policies that outlived them.
Writing & media
Ideas are infrastructure, too.
Essays, a newsletter, and a 185-episode public education series — written to be used, not just read.
Flagship series
The Counter-Archive
A 185-episode educational video series on history, policy, and power — now in development. Full episodes are planned for YouTube, with shorts across TikTok and Reels.
Shorts & Reels
Bite-size explainers from each episode, built for TikTok and Instagram.
Companion essays
Sources, further reading, and the arguments behind the episodes — on Substack.
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Works on the desk
In progress
The Beyond Avalon paper
A public-history paper reconstructing the Jones-Perkins enslaved kinship network through archival evidence and digital methods.
Proposal stage
Alabama Historical Association 2027
Proposed panel paper: "Beyond Avalon: Reclaiming the Jones-Perkins Enslaved Kinship Network through Digital Public History."
Ongoing
Substack essays
Regular writing on research, reading, and the work of unlearning — at alexisbendickson.substack.com.
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