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Published June 12th, 2025, 04:00 am

From the start, Black Twitter permeated popular culture and sparked social change. An ecosystem in it’s own right, Black people went to twitter to read about what went down, and to watch the timeline react with jokes, memes and laughter. 

Professor Sherri Williams joins us on The Metro today to share how Black Twitter transformed the way we watch our favorite shows together, drawing from her book Black Social Television: Black Social Television: How Black Twitter Changed Television and more.

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Black Twitter’s evolution as a pillar of pop culture

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