A.D. Carson, University of Virginia
Hip-hop culture is often recognized as being born on Aug. 11, 1973. That was about seven months after Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision that protected the right to choose to have an abortion.
Accordingly, reproductive rights have long been part of...
"Snider Hall was almost at full capacity as students, faculty and members of the community gathered to watch Dr. A.D. Carson perform "This Is the Next Time: Reflections on Resistance Through Rhymes and Revolutions."
Carson, who is a hip-hop professor at the University of Virginia,...
I’ve been thinking a lot about “Talking to Ghosts.”
It’s a song I’m constantly reminded of, actually. For me, it connects memories from many different points in my life—childhood at my grandmother’s home in southern Illinois, growing up in central Illinois, living on the Calhoun plantation...
A group of former and current Clemson students and faculty recently learned that Clemson University has chosen a theme of diversity for its First Friday Parade. The theme is “The Stripes That Make a Tiger,” which is described, “Just as a tiger is not complete...
“Students Debut a Mixtape Straight from UVA’s ‘Rap Lab’ in Unusual Final Exam”
By Caroline Newman
Even on a rainy Tuesday night, it’s not unusual to hear music pumping through the speakers at Boylan Heights, a popular restaurant and bar across the street from the University of...