Illya E. Davis

Father of two,Morehouse College Professor of philosophy & Morehouse College graduate, ΩΨΦ

[Illya E. Davis @IThink_UThink]

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[BlackHistoryStudies @BlkHistStudies]

“It is only in revolutionary periods that the culmination of previous trends and the beginning of new ones appear.” - CLR James ❤️🖤💚

#Progressive #TrinidadAndTobago #CLRJames

[ABC News @ABC]

Sunday marks the 105-year commemoration of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. The events of that day in Tulsa, Oklahoma, still reverberate throughout a community seeking justice. https://t.co/Nrkz07Ub2F

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

Jackson Mississippi response to Civil Rights Act of 1964.

[Melodies & Masterpieces @SVG__Collection]

‘Winter in America’ — one of the most powerful and reflective records ever made.

[Illya E. Davis @IThink_UThink]

Check out ANYA DESSALINES’s Story! https://t.co/v3gXpVNvfw

[Jazz Is Dead @jazzisdeadco]

"The Bottle" by Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson, 1974.

Off Winter in America on Strata-East. Brian Jackson's flute carries this one, a Caribbean groove that became an underground hit and has been sampled over 70 times since.

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

This clip of James Baldwin explaining why “black people are in the streets” (1969) remains frustratingly relevant till today.

[Omega Psi Phi State of Georgia Organization @omega_georgia]

The Georgia Ques are OWTside this weekend around the State of Georgia!

Join Mu Phi [IG: @officialmuphichapter /@muphi1926 ], Tau [IG: @tauchapterques ] & Omega Gamma Gamma [IG: @qggques ] Chapters this weekend!

#FIETTS #opp1911 #muphi1926 #tauchapter #qggques

[Thunderin Tau Ques @TauChapterQues]

THUNDERIN’ TAU is BACK! ⚡️
Celebrating 104 years of legacy, brotherhood, and excellence!
Pull up to the Charter Day Cookout — good food, good vibes, and even better company.
Don’t hear about it… BE THERE.

📍 Grant Park, Atlanta
🗓 May 2, 2026
⏰ 1PM – 6PM

#ThunderinTau #Ques

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

Betty Shabazz interview after the assassination of her husband, Malcolm X, 1965.

[BBC News Africa @BBCAfrica]

Nigerian Nobel-winning playwright and political activist Wole Soyinka speaks with the BBC’s Chiamaka Enendu, commenting on a recent UN resolution which described transatlantic slavery as “the gravest crime against humanity”.

[Illya E. Davis @IThink_UThink]

@Bighugh53 MAGNIFICENT 🎉

[Jacobin @jacobin]

Anti-imperialist scholar and activist Walter Rodney was born on this day in 1942.

“By what standard of morality can the violence used by a slave to break his chains be considered the same as the violence of a slave master?”

[Best Movie Moments 🍿 @BestMovieMom]

Denzel Washington refused to affect a British accent for The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021). He and Joel Coen agreed that using his natural voice would ground the language, proving that the rhythm of Shakespeare transcends geography and dialects.

[Melodies & Masterpieces @SVG__Collection]

Nat King Cole made falling in love sound like a promise, not a risk.

[BlackHistoryStudies @BlkHistStudies]

"Love has never been a popular movement..."
Poignant words from James Baldwin ❤️💚🖤

#jamesbaldwin #literacylegend #baldwinlegacy #essayist #novalist #playright #blackhistory

[Socialist Planning Beyond Capitalism @beyond_capital]

Fannie Lou Hamer - the woman who gave us the immortal words "I am sick and tired of being sick and tired" - was born into a world that never intended for her voice to be heard.

[PBS News @NewsHour]

"Sinners" made Academy Awards history recently when it garnered a record 16 Oscar nominations. One, for Best Supporting Actor, went to Delroy Lindo, a 73-year-old veteran actor now receiving his first nomination.

@JeffreyBrown spoke to Lindo for more.

[Saganism @Saganismm]

“… combustible mixture of ignorance and power, sooner or later, is going to blow up in our faces.”

― Carl Sagan