Lamont Lilly

1963 Birmingham church bombing

Watershed moment for Civil Rights struggle One of the most tragic acts of U.S. terrorism occurred Sept. 15, 1963, in…

September 25, 2013

Black August: A tribute to freedom fighters

The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on Aug. 28, 1963, galvanized hundreds of thousands in the streets of…

August 22, 2013

Defend Carlos Riley Jr. against police brutality

Durham, N.C. — On Dec. 18, 21-year-old Carlos Riley Jr., who is African American, was dropping off his companion around 10…

July 8, 2013

Revolutionary poetry / part 2

showtime if you haven’t heard the call by now you aren’t ready. if you didn’t see those pigs murder that…

June 24, 2013

Revolutionary poetry

prophet assata they would like us to forget the likes of her sacrifices. one dark woman well dressed in plaid…

June 9, 2013

A pardon for the Wilmington 10

On Dec. 31, outgoing North Carolina governor, Beverly Perdue, pardoned the Wilmington 10 — the Rev. Benjamin Chavis, Connie Tindall,…

January 11, 2013

Leyes contra latinos/as indignan al sur

En su formato original, la Ley Beason-Hammon Alabama HB 56 otorgaba a los oficiales de recursos escolares el derecho de…

October 17, 2012

Anti-Latino/a laws ignite the South

In its original format, Alabama’s Beason-Hammon Act, HB 56, granted school resource officers the right to badger fifth graders on…

October 12, 2012