Back to ‘the Message”: What Can Hip-Hop Teach Us about Law and Social Movements?
Yale Law School
Location: Room 127
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
6:10 PM - 8:00 PM
Contact:Jamelia Morgan
jamelia.morgan@yale.edu
- "Back to 'the Message'": What Can Hip-Hop Teach Us About Law and Social
Movements?
Tuesday, February, 28th | 6:10-8pm
Location: Room 127, Yale Law School, 127 Wall Street
"Back to 'the Message" will discuss the ways in which hip hop confronts the
injustices found within the legal and public policy spheres and offers
(viable) solutions for reforming these injustices. Specially, the panel will
discuss the ways in which hip hop can be utilized as a tool for social
change and the ways in which hip hop's relationship to social activism has
evolved over time, particularly as the art form became more mainstream and
commercialized. The panel will feature <http://goog_879768315/>
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Akilah Folami (Professor, Hofstra Law School),
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Asbury (Professor, Earle Mack School of Law),
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(rapper/activist, Wandering Worx Music), and
<http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07011/752695-42.stm
(rapper/activist, X-Clan/One Hood). *Dinner will be provided*
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