Tag: Hiphop Archive and Research Institute

  • Nation & World

    Protesting police violence, a playlist

    Decades before cellphone video and social media demanded Americans witness police brutality, hip-hop turned a bright light on all of it, and more.

    12 minutes
    Marcyliena Morgan.
  • Nation & World

    Hip-hop steps up

    In Aysha Upchurch’s new course, “Hip Hop Dance: Exploring the Groove and the Movement Beneath and Beyond the Beat,” students learn the histories behind some of their favorite moves.

    3 minutes
    Aysha Upchurch teaches Hip Hop Dance in Farkas Hall.
  • Nation & World

    Nas next to Mozart? Why not?

    Since 2002, the Hiphop Archive and Research Institute has been documenting hip-hop’s growing legacy and culture.

    6 minutes
    Makeda Daniel
  • Nation & World

    Six luminaries to receive Du Bois Medal

    Harvard University announced Sept. 18 that it will award the W.E.B. Du Bois Medal to six leaders across government, the arts, and athletics during a ceremony on Oct. 2. The ceremony will also mark the launch of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research.

    6 minutes