The Evolution of Hip-Hop Politics: From Conscious Hip-Hop to Presidential Elections

Join the Framingham Public Library, guest speaker Bakari Kitwana, Hip-Hop author and activist, and guest host Dr. Maytha Alhassen of Al-Jazeera’s The Stream and the Young Turks for “The Evolution of Hip-Hop Politics.”

Bakari Kitwana is a contributor to the newly released anthology 400 Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019, edited by Dr. Ibram Kendi and Dr. Keisha Blain. In this video, he discusses his essay, “The Convergence of Civil Rights/ Black Power and Hip-Hop 1984-1989,” which documents the evolution of Black political thought from the Baby Boom generation to the Hip-Hop generation.

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