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March 2010
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October 22 & 23, 2010

Let Me Clear My Throat:
15 Years of Hiphop Scholarship Conference

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The Blueprint I:
The Takeover - The Break's Over Pre-Conference.


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be available soon!


Interview with
Prof. Cathy Cohen

Cathy Cohen Interview
Professor Cathy Cohen from the University of Chicago  was recently interviewed by the Hiphop Archive about her childhood and her life in academia.

 
Film Review:
Say My Name
by Nicole Hodges-Persley
Wire Cast
Say My Name (2009) is a documentary that excavates many of the lost voices of women in Hiphop.

What's Going On @
Du Bois
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Hiphop Archive Newsletter

Celebrating Women's History Month

Women's History month is the perfect time to reflect on the fact that many women unapologetically support both Hiphop and feminism.  When I teach college courses on language use and identity, I ask all of my students to write the words they hear and use to describe women in their communities and on their campus.  I also ask them to list the words used to refer to men.  The young men and women don't have any problem doing this assignment, and they often chuckle as they do it.  When they have completed their task, I compile the names and write the male and female lists on the board.  Sometimes there is embarrassed laughter...

Prof. Marcyliena Morgan, Director
Women In Hiphop Collection
Women In Hiphop Collection
Women In Hiphop Playlist
Women In Hiphop Playlist
"I Have Something To Tell You": Marvelyn Brown author of "The Naked Truth"
Marvelyn Brown
Watch Marvelyn Brown speak about her life with HIV at the Hiphop Archive's End It Now conference. Her story is informative, touching, and real.

 
Beyond Beats and Rhymes, Sisters In The Name of Rap, Women In Rap, & Nobody Knows My Name
Medusa
Samples from our collection include the 1991 concert "Sisters in the Name of Rap" hosted by Dee Barnes. The footage from the concert provides a range of women representing Hiphop from the 1980's into the 1990s.  The documentary "Miss MC: Women in Rap" was directed by Danila Perkins in 2000.  It includes many of the back-stories of artists like Roxanne Shante, Medusa, Salt & Pepa, Synquis, Nikki D, Rah Digga, Heather B, Rage, Queen Pen, The Poetess, Pri The Honey Dark and more. Rachel Ramist's award winning documentary "Nobody Knows My Name" appeared... (Read More)
Poll: Women In Hiphop Timeline
Mc Lyte

The Hiphop Archive is creating a Women In Hiphop timeline, and we want your input. Follow the link below to get started. 




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- Alvin Benjamin Carter III, Editor



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