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Charles H.F. Davis III 🇵🇸🍉

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Third-generation educator, organizer, and artist committed to the lives, love, and liberation of everyday Black people |👌🏽♦️| 13.1 | @blkimagined

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A story about the only time wearing a hoodie with Arabic on it works in your favor at the airport. #FreePalestine forever. #TSmfA
👕@sugarbombingworld by @hfdavis

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3 years ago

Back in the lab. What y’all working on this semester? Year?

Still #FreePalestine 👨🏽‍🔬📚📝🇵🇸 🍉 #PhDLife by @hfdavis

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Yesterday, I was granted two minutes to address the U-M Board of Regents on the matters of campus racism and institutional repression of student activism. I remain thankful for @safeumich, @jvpumich, @geo_3550, and the entire @tahrirumich Coalition for their organizing efforts in solidarity with Palestinian self-determination and the divestiture of institutional resources in apartheid regimes. #freepalestine 🇵🇸 by @hfdavis

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Grateful to @j.m.cox and @cbcfinc for the opportunity to moderate “Our Numbers, Our Narrative: Power, Policy, and Progress through Black-Led Data” during the American Legislative Conference last month. Brilliant insights from @iamkristinpowell of @blackfutureslab and @marshawnwolley of Obsidian Research Insights on community-based approaches to data collection and analysis in partnership with Black communities. #lategram by @hfdavis

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WHAT UP DOE!

We finally made it to Detroit and are excited so excited to screen “Things We Imagined” at @detblackfilmfest tomorrow.

Friday, September 25 at 12:30pm • Block 8

Detroit Historical Museum
5401 Woodard Ave
Detroit, MI 48202

If you’re in the area, pull up! taken in Detroit, Michigan by @hfdavis

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24 days ago

7th Annual DETROIT BLACK FILM FESTIVAL
OFFICIAL SELECTION

" THINGS WE IMAGINED "

Charles — @hfdavis
Candace Hall — @hallofacademia
Jaelin Collier — @jaelincollier

This year’s festival will showcase 82 films from over 15 countries, featuring work from Redaric Williams, Jesse Williams, Terri J. Vaughn, Killer Mike, Tristan “Mack” Wilds, Stoney Watts, Mohamed Williams, Lanett Tachel, Philip AJ Smithey, Corey Grant, Stephen Cofield, Sam Jay, Hassan Johnson, Gregory Alan Williams, Tia A. Smith, Christine Swanson, Alterik Miller, Okema T. Moore, Jason C. Louder, Taryn Delanie Smith, Keith Arthur Bolden, Sophia Lucia Parola, Petey McGee, and many more.

Festival highlights:
- Signature event: Taste of Black Spirits
- Dates: September 23–27
- Indie Filmmakers Lounge: panels, masterclasses, and career-boosting educational opportunities
- Special presentation: “Sincerely Detroit” — a poetic, cinematic tribute honoring Detroit’s film community and industry champions including Diarra Kilpatrick, Randy Huggins, Courtney B. Vance, and others who’ve carried the city’s talent worldwide

Detroit—get ready. The 7th Detroit Black Film Festival is coming.

The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Trinity Films Entertainment Group, The Ford Foundation, RealTimes Media, The Love Building, and The Carr Center Performance Studio are thrilled to present the 7th Annual Detroit Black Film Festival (DBFF) in Detroit, September 23–27, 2026 — showcasing films from 30 countries and celebrating the creativity and talent of Black filmmakers worldwide. taken in Detroit, Michigan by @hfdavis

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3 months ago

WHAT UP DOE!

We are excited to announce “Things We Imagined” has been named an Official Selection of the 7th Annual Detroit Black Film Festival!

Friday, September 25 12:30pm
Block 8

Detroit Historical Museum
5401 Woodard Ave
Detroit 48202

If you’re in the area, pull up! taken in Detroit, Michigan by @hfdavis

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3 months ago

So everybody wanna be in a documentary now? Don’t worry, we got y’all! by @hfdavis

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At least one measure of a nation are the conditions of its most vulnerable, especially of its children.

According to 2024 data from the Department of Health and Human Services, this country consistently demonstrates a lack of care or the provision of access to resources that would remedy disparities rendering Black children at the bottom of nearly every major category when compared to youth from other racial groups. The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children maintains that Black children represent nearly 33% of all missing children despite being 14% of the population. In 2022, a national study by KIDS COUNT® Data Center reported 84% of Black fourth graders did not read at proficiency levels, 91% of Black eighth graders tested below proficient in math, and Black students were most likely to be suspended and expelled from school.

In no uncertain terms, this nation continues to refuse its obligations to protect and defend Black children. So what’s worth celebrating exactly? 250 years of enslavement, apartheid, systemic violence, and callous disregard for the well-being of Black babies? Because that is exactly what we have seen, repeatedly, with little to no reprieve and certainly no reparation. Frederick Douglass raised the question “what to the negro is your 4th of July?” and the United States has always answered the same: “it may be nothing to you, but it is everything to us, and we will die with the lie that ‘America is great’ no matter what it costs you.”

There is nothing nationalistic worth celebrating. Not today, not ever. Because the truest version of a patriot, to return to Douglass, are a people who love their country by rebuking its sins and not excusing them.

#shotbyhf #fujifilmxt4 #blackqtdn by @hfdavis

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Grateful to @jaelincollier for trusting me to suit up for @currystreetstudios to be his second shooter for @nhaainc’s Legacy Blue Gala last month. As a scholar of higher education and a creative, it was truly a once in a lifetime experience to witness and document a powerful evening of love and appreciation for one of our preeminent HBCUs. Here are some of the highlights, including the 40 Under 40 crew, honorees, and dignitaries with a brief cameo at the end 📸

#shotbyhf #hamptonuniversity #therealHU taken in Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture by @hfdavis

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4 months ago

Proof of living 🙏🏽

Happy Freedom Day, y’all 🖤✊🏾

🎨 by @mrgcornelius
🧢 by @the___south taken in Galveston, Texas by @hfdavis

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I first met Comrade Andrew Joseph, Jr. at the @thedreamdefenders annual congress in 2017. He, his wife Deanna and daughter Deja shared the story of their son and brother, Andrew Joseph III, who was killed due to police negligence and disregard for his safety. Years later we would reconnect in Los Angeles through the Justice Families work with @blmgrassroots as he and Deanna organized and supported families impacted by state and state-sanctioned violence.

From the very first moment I heard his voice, as you hear in this clip from my movement archive, it was clear that he loved his family and he loved our people. His presence in their lives, as well as our own, will be deeply missed. Let us rest well knowing he will finally reunite with his son and that his impact and legacy will never be forgotten.

Rise in power, Comrade ✊🏽🖤 taken in New Orleans, Louisiana by @hfdavis

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