Category: Politics
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Events: 40 Acres & a Mule: The Spike Lee Film Series Hosted By Lamont Lilly (@LamontLilly)
This sounds like it’s going to be super cool! Beginning March 16, Liberty Arts and The Durham Art Guild presents "The Spike Lee Film Series", where each week a different Spike Lee film will be screened. In addition to that there will be guest speakers to engage the audience in dialogue about the work. Guest speakers…
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Kaze (@BlackKennedy) — “No Agenda” (Video)
"Whatever happened to the socially conscience rappers?" This video from Durham, NC legend covers all of the hot sociopolitical topics young Americans should be concerned about: the 2012 elections, gas prices, right to chose (abortion), hunger, poverty, healthcare, racism and more. The track is from Kaze’s upcoming mixtape, the Black Kennedy Project and is produced…
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Rebellious aka Shawt & G (@RebelliousMindz) — “Welcome Home”
With 2012 being a Presidential election year and plus so much happening in politics concerning foreign policy, I wondered when a Carolina artist was going to release a track talking about the war overseas and/or the struggles of being in the military. It’s a relevant topic to cover in lyrics that many don’t seem to…
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#RespectMyVote! Concert & Voter Registration Drive July 15, 2012 At Shakedown Street (@ShakedownSt_Ral) (Events)
RDU’s (Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC) local Hip Hop Caucus committee returns with another great event this weekend. The latest is a concert and voter registration drive that will take place at Shakedown Street in Raleigh (across the street from NC State on Hillsborough Rd). There will be several performances plus we’re breaking out the grill. There will…
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#RespectMyVote! Concert & Voter Registration Drive June 17, 2012 At Shakedown Street (@ShakedownSt_Ral) (Events)
RDU’s local Hip Hop Caucus committee returns with another great event this weekend. The latest event is a concert and voter registration drive that will take place at Shakedown Street in Raleigh (across the street from NC State on Hillsborough Rd). There will be several performances plus free food. $5 cover, $3 if you show…
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Respect My Vote! Townhall Meeting June 5, 2012 3PM-5PM At Hillside Highschool (Events)
The Respect My Vote! program, part of the Hip Hop Caucus, is a non-partisan hip hop voter campaign that works to raise political awareness, register voters and educate young people. RDU’s team has been putting in a lot of work doing just that, and has held several successful events during Sucker Free Sundays at Shakedown…
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VH1’s New Documentary To Examine Hip-Hop’s Role In The L.A. Riots (News)
VH1 continues to explore hip hop’s impact to major societal events through documentaries. In a new special, the network will focus on a combination of race relations and pop culture. "Uprising: Hip Hop and the L.A. Riots" is scheduled to premiere in April 2012. The upcoming documentary will be told from the perspective of rappers,…
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Dr. Mark Anthony Neal’s (@NewBlackMan) ‘Left Of Black’ Tackles Hip Hop & Politics (Video)
On the next episode of Dr. Neal’s TV show Left of Black, he will be joined in the studio by Lester Spence, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University and author of Stare in the Darkness: The Limits of Hip-Hop and Black Politics. The two are set to discuss why people are still apprehensive about…
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Dr. Mark Anthony Neal’s (@NewBlackMan) ‘Left Of Black Season 2: Episode 1’ w/ Michael Eric Dyson (@MichaelEDyson) [Video]
Dr. Neal’s Left Of Black weekly series returns for a second season with special guest Michael Eric Dyson. During the season premiere, the two discuss President Obama’s accomplishments and challenges, as well as Dr. Cornel West’s outlook of the Obama administration to date. In addition to the above, Dr.’s Neal and Dyson talk about the importance…