Lisa E. Davis
@led0260.bsky.social
Entertainment lawyer; culture warrior;unapologetically Black; author of “Our Minds Were Always Free, A History of How Black Brilliance Was Exploited And The Fight to Retake Control,” coming from Simon & Schuster 5/19/26.
My debut book, “Our Minds Were Always Free, A History of How Black Brilliance Was Exploited and The Fight to Retake Control” is out TODAY and available wherever books are sold. Here is a link to the starred Kirkus review: www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
OUR MINDS WERE ALWAYS FREE | Kirkus Reviews
An entertainment lawyer takes on the topic of Black creators and intellectual property.
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May 19, 2026 at 6:30 PM
My debut book, “Our Minds Were Always Free, A History of How Black Brilliance Was Exploited and The Fight to Retake Control” is out TODAY and available wherever books are sold. Here is a link to the starred Kirkus review: www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
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My debut book, “Our Minds Were Always Free,” which chronicles how Black brilliance built America and how the law determines who profits and gets credit comes out two weeks from TODAY. Pre-order here: bit.ly/lisaedavisbo...
Our Minds Were Always Free: A History of How Black Brilliance Was Exploited—and the Fight to Retake Control
A History of How Black Brilliance Was Exploited—and the Fight to Retake Control
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May 5, 2026 at 8:29 PM
My debut book, “Our Minds Were Always Free,” which chronicles how Black brilliance built America and how the law determines who profits and gets credit comes out two weeks from TODAY. Pre-order here: bit.ly/lisaedavisbo...
I just donated to Trans Continental Pipeline to help trans people after the horrible decision in Kansas invalidating their licenses. www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...
Trans Continental Pipeline-Donate to help queer relocation!
At TCP, our mission is to help Queer and 2SLGBTQIA+ people move from unsafe environments to Colorado and provide connections and resources through our relocation program.Every Cent you donate will go ...
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February 28, 2026 at 4:27 AM
I just donated to Trans Continental Pipeline to help trans people after the horrible decision in Kansas invalidating their licenses. www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...
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If you want to stand up against fascism, then you have to defend trans rights. It’s nonnegotiable. We all lose otherwise.
February 26, 2026 at 5:32 AM
If you want to stand up against fascism, then you have to defend trans rights. It’s nonnegotiable. We all lose otherwise.
New post on Renee Good and our current dystopia on my blog:
www.journaloftheplagueyears.com/unmasked/
www.journaloftheplagueyears.com/unmasked/
Unmasked
1-11-2026 This country’s vaunted credo that it was “conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal,” has always turned to ash in the mo…
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January 11, 2026 at 3:36 PM
New post on Renee Good and our current dystopia on my blog:
www.journaloftheplagueyears.com/unmasked/
www.journaloftheplagueyears.com/unmasked/
I'm attending Indivisible's event, “Rapid Response Call: ICE Killing and Lawlessness in Minneapolis” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
Rapid Response Call: ICE Killing and Lawlessness in Minneapolis · Indivisible
Join us to Thursday, January 8th, at 8:00 pm ET / 5:00 pm PT to discuss the killing by ICE in Minneapolis and their lawlessness and harm in communities across the country.
We will talk with local an...
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January 8, 2026 at 11:53 AM
I'm attending Indivisible's event, “Rapid Response Call: ICE Killing and Lawlessness in Minneapolis” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
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October 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Excited to announce that my book on the intersection of race, culture and the law is available for preorder TODAY!!!
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Our-Mi...
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Our-Mi...
Our Minds Were Always Free
An exploration of how African American innovators and artists—whose impact and financial value in American music, movies, and TV is disproportionat...
www.simonandschuster.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Excited to announce that my book on the intersection of race, culture and the law is available for preorder TODAY!!!
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Our-Mi...
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Our-Mi...
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Yeaaaaa
Trump admin enacted war on chicago again
Trump admin enacted war on chicago again
October 3, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Yeaaaaa
Trump admin enacted war on chicago again
Trump admin enacted war on chicago again
Rest in Power Assata Shakur.
September 26, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Rest in Power Assata Shakur.
Medical Campaign x Sameer Project
Medical Care: The Sameer Project in Honor of Mosab Ali
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August 3, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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Corporations aren’t people, money isn’t free speech, and we need to End Citizens United.
Repost if you agree.
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July 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Corporations aren’t people, money isn’t free speech, and we need to End Citizens United.
Repost if you agree.
Repost if you agree.
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I just left the Everglades Immigrant Interment Camp. No, I’m not using their ridiculous name. It was a very tough to witness humans in those cages. Every Floridian should be ashamed that our taxpayer money is being used for this.
July 12, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I just left the Everglades Immigrant Interment Camp. No, I’m not using their ridiculous name. It was a very tough to witness humans in those cages. Every Floridian should be ashamed that our taxpayer money is being used for this.
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On Friday night, we walked the length of Manhattan, from Inwood Hill to Battery Park.
New Yorkers deserve a Mayor they can see, hear, even yell at. The city is in the streets.
New Yorkers deserve a Mayor they can see, hear, even yell at. The city is in the streets.
June 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
On Friday night, we walked the length of Manhattan, from Inwood Hill to Battery Park.
New Yorkers deserve a Mayor they can see, hear, even yell at. The city is in the streets.
New Yorkers deserve a Mayor they can see, hear, even yell at. The city is in the streets.
They need to impeach this bloodthirsty, demented MF IMMMEDIATELY!!!!
June 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM
They need to impeach this bloodthirsty, demented MF IMMMEDIATELY!!!!
I'm attending SOMA Action's event, “Reclaim Our Flag Day: No Kings!” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/somaaction/e...
Reclaim Our Flag Day: No Kings! · SOMA Action
This year’s Flag Day (June 14) is a national day of action, mass mobilization, and defiance in response to the increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption of the Trump administration. SOMA Action...
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June 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I'm attending SOMA Action's event, “Reclaim Our Flag Day: No Kings!” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/somaaction/e...
Happy 75th Birthday to a brilliant, principled genius who has been bringing us musical joy for 63 of those 75 years!!! From Fingertips, Pt.2 to I Was Made to Love Her to Songs in the Key of Life, Stevie’s artistry is boundless. We’ll be loving you ALWAYS Stevie!!!
May 13, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Happy 75th Birthday to a brilliant, principled genius who has been bringing us musical joy for 63 of those 75 years!!! From Fingertips, Pt.2 to I Was Made to Love Her to Songs in the Key of Life, Stevie’s artistry is boundless. We’ll be loving you ALWAYS Stevie!!!
New York City voters, I am begging you not to rank Andrew Cuomo!!!!!
May 11, 2025 at 12:21 PM
New York City voters, I am begging you not to rank Andrew Cuomo!!!!!