Civil Rights, Hip-Hop and Hope: The Power of Young People by Alton B. Polard, III.
What better way to start the lecture with photos attached with 1,000 words. Wichita, Kansas Sit in, Greensboro Sit in, and Nashvville Sit in. Then transitioned to The Elders. The Great, Martin Luther King, Jr. ,Ella Baker, Septima Clark, Fannie Lou Hamer, Myrlie Evers, Betty Shabazz, Rosa Parks, joann Robinson, Coretta Scott King, Queen Mother Audley Moore, Malcolm X, Kwame Nkrumah, Jomo Kenyatta, Julius Nyerere, Sekou Toure, Patrice Lumumba, Nelson Mandela, Stokely Carmichael, Angela Davis, Eldridge Cleaver, Kathleen Cleaver, Huey Newton, Elaine Brown, Erika Huggins, Frances Beal, David Hilliard, Francis Carter-Hilliard, Assata Shakur, Frantz Fanon, Cheikh Anta Diop, Mari Ecans, Ed Bullins, June Joradn, Miri Barakka, Muhammad Ali, Maya Angelou, John Coltrane, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Marvin Gaye Stevie Wonder, The Last Poets, KRS-One, Chuck D, Biggie, Tupac, Salt-N-Peppa, Queen Latifah, MC Lyte, Missy Eliot, Lauryn Hill, Common, De La Soul, The Roots, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Dead Prez, Nas, Tribe Called Quest, just to name a few! Legends from African Independence Leaders to the movement of Black Power; African Scholars; The Poets; The Music; and Hip Hop.
The one thing I surely remembered about the lecture was the last song, Anthony Hamilton featuring in Jadakiss song, called “Why”. This song meant so much to hip-hop because it exposed all the cruel things that hurts our race and community. The power of the expression of words is so important and Jadakiss took advantage of just that.
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