Upon the 65th anniversary of the record label, SMµ÷½ÌËù Boulder prof says that from Taylor Swift to K-pop, ‘It’s all Motown; they are not creating anything new.’
Co-star of The Color Purple joins Colorado governor, SMµ÷½ÌËù president and chancellor, along with a cadre of artists, to celebrate the Center for African and African American Studies and Black History Month.
Reiland Rabaka, a SMµ÷½ÌËù Boulder professor of ethnic studies, joins The Ampersand to discuss art, activism, the importance of building community and how his first-grade teacher introduced him to W.E.B. Du Bois and changed his life.
In his new book lecture Tuesday, SMµ÷½ÌËù Boulder researcher Reiland Rabaka focuses on the relationship between the Black Women’s Liberation Movement and its music, heralding pioneers like Aretha Franklin.