• From Black Power to Hip Hop-
    Who's Going to Take the Weight?
    A National Intergenerational Dialogue on
    Black Power & Hip Hop

    Howard University
    November 2nd – 4th, 2012

    The objective is to have an intergenerational dialogue between elders that made the Black Power movement and the hip hop generation. With the hip hop generation, taking this primary source information, applying it to their daily lives and continuing on the struggle for self-determination, self-respect and self-defense.

    This will be a three day event that will take place at Howard University, with the collective participation of area students and community organizers committed to practicing Sankofa, in spirit and in truth. Over the course of three days, the youth organizers will spend extensive time sitting at the feet of the elders listening, absorbing, and receiving information, advice, and strategy. Strengthening the weakened relationship between our elders and our youth is the responsibility of any organization committed to the uplift and empowerment of Black people in the United States. Through structured dialogue, workshops, and communal discussion, the youth will have the opportunity to learn what no textbook, no university course, nor museum exhibit could convey about the Black Power Movement. In turn, the elders will have the opportunity to call upon the energy of the youth to revive the Black Power Movement and once again instill a collective fight towards Black empowerment and self-determination.


    Conference Agenda

    Friday November 2, 2012

    Taking Our Movement to the Streets

    4:30 pm - Black Power Hip Hop Rally & Parade on Building Political Power

    Location - African American Civil War Memorial (1000 U St. North West)

    6:30 pm - Black Political Power Town Hall Meeting

    Location – Howard University Blackburn Center - Digital Auditorium


    Saturday November 3, 2012

    Sitting at the Feet of the Elders:
    Intergenerational Dialogue on Black Power (Panel Discussions)

    Location Howard University Blackburn Center – Forum

    9 am – Opening Ceremony

    • Drum Call
    • Libation
    • Pledge to the Red, Black & Green
    • National Anthem – Lift Every Voice & Sing

    10:00 am -Transition of a Movement: From Civil Rights to Black Power

    11:30 am - Contributions of Women During the Black Power Movement

    1:00 pm - Black Power Era’s Influence on Hip Hop

    2:30 pm Success and Failures of the Black Power Movement

    4:00 pm - From the Campus to the Community: The Role of Black Studies in Developing Community Power

    5:30 pm Networking/Community Building

    7:30 pm Shades of Blackness Visual & Performing Art Show - Dedicated to the Ancestors of the Black Power Movement $10

    Location Emergence Community Art Collective (733 Euclid Ave North West)


    Sunday November 4, 2012

    Black Power Strategy Sessions

    Location – Howard University Blackburn Center – Hill Top Lounge

    10:00 am – Opening Ceremony

    • Drum Call
    • Libation
    • Pledge to the Red, Black & Green
    • National Anthem – Lift Every Voice & Sing


    10:30 am Creating a Black United Front – Building a Movement from the Ground Up

    12:30 pm Political Prisoners Teach In

    2:00 pm Internationalizing Our Movement – Organizing with Continental Organizations

    3:30 pm Middle School Student Presentation on Black Nationalism

    4:30 pm Spirituality, Hip Hop & Black Power


    7:00 pm - Sounds of Sankofa – Black Power Hip Hop Show $10

    Location Sankofa Bookstore & Café (2714 Georgia Ave North West)


    ******All events are located at Howard University Blackburn Center and free unless noted******

    Participants include

    Kofi Taharka NBUF
    Salim Adofo – NBUF
    Mirimba Ani – SNCC
    Baba Zulu – SNCC, Ujamaa Shule
    Nkechi Taifa RNA
    Chokwe Lumumba RNA
    Dr. Jared Ball MXGM, WPFW
    Muhammad Ahmed RAM
    Akinyele Umoja RNA
    Khadir Muhammad -NOI
    Ras Baraka Newark City Councilman
    Charles Barron NBUF, BPP
    Kolanji Changa FTP Movement
    Fayemi Shakur Hycide Magazine
    Autumn Marie
    Taalam Acey – International Spoken Word Artist
    Bomani Armah

    Cornel West Theory
    Malcolm X Drummers & Dancers
    NSAA Dance Ensemble
    Kuumba Kids
    Darryl Moch
    Natasha Danielle
    Iresha Picot
    Mjiba Frehiwot - AAPRP
    Kymone Freeman We Act Radio
    Zarinah Shakir - WPFW
    Naji Mujahid - WPFW
    Divine Allah NBPP
    DJ Honey B
    Fuse Box Radio
    Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle
    Ubiquity Inc
    Epiphany
    Enoch 7th Prophet
    DJ 360 Degreez
    DJ Wise 
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