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Chapel Hill poet laureate Cortland Gilliam speaks truth to power

By Leoneda Inge
Published November 1, 2023 at 10:20 AM EDT
Chapel Hill poet laureate Cortland Gilliam believes that creative work and activism go hand-in-hand.
Leoneda Inge
Chapel Hill poet laureate Cortland Gilliam believes that creative work and activism go hand-in-hand.

After spending his formative years frequently traveling as part of a military family, Cortland Gilliam can now say with confidence that he calls the Town of Chapel Hill home — which is fortunate, since the town has named him its 2023-24 poet laureate!

Gilliam recently sat down with Due South host Leoneda Inge to discuss his work as an activist, community organizer and public artist. The doctoral candidate in education at UNC-Chapel Hill also shared some of his poetry.

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Leoneda Inge
Leoneda Inge is the co-host of WUNC's "Due South." Leoneda has been a radio journalist for more than 30 years, spending most of her career at WUNC as the Race and Southern Culture reporter. Leoneda’s work includes stories of race, slavery, memory and monuments. She has won "Gracie" awards, an Alfred I. duPont Award and several awards from the Radio, Television, Digital News Association (RTDNA). In 2017, Leoneda was named "Journalist of Distinction" by the National Association of Black Journalists.
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