Lamont Lilly

@LamontLilly

Black radical organizer. Journalist. Poet. Revolutionary. Descendant of enslaved Africans. 2016 WWP U.S. VP Candidate. Contributor: & .

Durham / Fayettenam, NC
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Joined April 2011
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    27 Jun 2020

    Today marks 5 yrs since climbed a 30-ft flag pole & took down the confederate flag in SC. I interviewed her for reflections. We discussed her political evolution & Black womanhood, the recent mass protests & Black Freedom Struggle

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    Feb 7

    "A lot of times as artists and creatives, we're so focused on what we don't have, we forget to work with what we do have." Charlotte’s Queen of Neo-Soul Cyanca Dishes on New Beginnings, New Label, New EP via (cover photo)

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    Feb 7
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    Thank you for supporting and sharing my work. It means the world to me.

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    Feb 7

    Poet, activist, freedom fighter on "Black Power"

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    Jan 1

    👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾

    "Black activists organized for racial justice for years, but the murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor by police pushed a large, diverse swath of protesters to support them."
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    29 Aug 2020

    dear supporters of the blk radical tradition, is still living. STILL LIVING! this man has sacrificed 4 decades of his life as a u.s. political prisoner for daring to speak the truth abt this wicked system! for fighting for the liberation of blk ppl!! love him now.

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    Feb 5

    Released after decades in prison, a former Black Panther still faces threats to his freedom

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    Feb 1

    Photographs from the archive of Gordon Parks (1956)

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    Feb 4

    "... Parks established his reputation with unflinching photographic series on the civil rights movement, Harlem gangs, the Black Panthers, Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam..."

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    Feb 5

    Gordon Parks, Missouri, 1950

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    Feb 7

    February 7, 1987 — Today would have Sandra Bland’s 34th Birthday.

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  12. Feb 7

    "Mother and Child Deciding" Pittsburgh (1991) by photographer Ming Smith

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  13. Feb 7

    "A lot of times as artists and creatives, we're so focused on what we don't have, we forget to work with what we do have." Charlotte’s Queen of Neo-Soul Cyanca Dishes on New Beginnings, New Label, New EP via (cover photo)

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    Feb 2

    Newly signed Infinite Companion artist Cyanca is currently working on a new body of work, set to release on Infinite Companion early 2021. For now, you can listen to on Marmoset's “Celebrating Black History Month through music” mixtape.

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    Feb 6

    This woman is the future of Hiphop..... I produced this , FIRST person to actually use one of my beats. Wow

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    Feb 4

    As a hip-hop head and fan of vintage R&B, few tracks hit harder than a soul beat from . Here's 25 of the greatest beats from one of the game's greatest producers.

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    Feb 7

    SPRING WAY, Romare Bearden, 1964

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    Feb 6

    Faith Ringgold - these are all made with fabrics 🔥

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  19. Feb 7

    Poet, activist, freedom fighter on "Black Power"

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    Feb 5

    Still one of my favorite poems of all time. It Is What It Was. Aja Monet. Your book has continued to be a great late night read. Thank you for your heart and soul. For articulating my own inner thoughts in a way I could never.

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  21. Feb 7

    5 Contemporary Black Poets You Should Know ft. + via

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