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December 09, 2018
Kaiserslautern-Saarland Region

'We're gon' be alright.' Contemporary African-American protest music

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December 09, 2018

Kaiserslautern-Saarland Region Chapter Communications Coordinator; DA Global Veterans and Military Families Caucus Steering Committee; Co-Chair, DA Germany Veterans and Military Families Caucus


Speaker: Prof. Lakeyta M. Bonnette-Bailey, Ph.D., Georgia State University

Date: December 11, 2018, Tuesday, 6-7:30 p.m.

Venue: TU Kaiserslautern, Building 57, Room 208/210 (Rotunde)

Organized by the Atlantic Academy  and TU Kaiserslautern


Black music has served as a resistance mechanism for African Americans throughout their history in the United States. Keeping in the tradition of music as a resistance mechanism, Hip-Hop culture has continued to fight against injustices and for political and social rights through the music and by using previously successful political models.  This talk will discuss ways in which you can incorporate Hip-Hop culture to discuss issues of social justice domestically and internationally.



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