# Footnotes by Jemar Tisby

Truth-telling at the intersection of faith, history, and justice  
Focus on white Christian nationalism +  
the Black Christian tradition

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# [Footnotes by Jemar Tisby](https://jemartisby.substack.com/)

[What I Learned from Reading the Confederate Constitution](https://jemartisby.substack.com/p/what-i-learned-from-reading-the-confederate)  
The other founding document and the vision some still want today.  
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[The Blue Wave and the Racial Color Line](https://jemartisby.substack.com/p/the-blue-wave-and-the-racial-color)  
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["Shaken and Heartsick"- Another Professor at a Christian University Fired for Racial Justice Teachings](https://jemartisby.substack.com/p/shaken-and-heartsick-another-professor)  
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[House Speaker Mike Johnson's Selective Deployment of His Black "Son"](https://jemartisby.substack.com/p/house-speaker-mike-johnsons-selective)  
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[I Am Tired](https://jemartisby.substack.com/p/i-am-tired)  
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Truth-telling at the intersection of faith, history, and justice  
Focus on white Christian nationalism +  
the Black Christian tradition