The Graphic History of Hip Hop
The history of Hip Hop
March 1, 6:00-7:15 PM
Get ready for a new kind of keynote.
During the opening reception and keynote at VCSSC 2024, hear from renowned Afro-futurist historian and author, Dr. Walter Greason, about the history of hip hop and how this history can help our students better connect to and understand modern American history. As Dr. Greason takes us through the history itself, artist, Tim Fielder, will share his process of illustrating this history. During the keynote, Fielder will also be illustrating live, and his iPad will be projected for the audience to view!
All ticketed conference attendees are invited to attend!
graphic_history_of_hip_hop_v9_web.pdf"Uniquely blending music, history, research, and art, The Graphic History of Hip Hop takes you on a journey of the music revolution that changed the world over the last half-century. From its roots in The Bronx to today’s game-changing artists, this beautiful one-of-a-kind graphic novel intertwines hip hop’s storied history, massive global appeal, and its extensive influence on culture, politics and economics into a new and innovative scholastic experience.
As the first in a series of graphic novels, The Graphic History of Hip Hop brings together a powerful blend of music, art and history with over sixty years of research from hundreds of professional historians and other scholars from the humanities and social sciences. The curriculum is uniquely designed to engage students as they will see, hear and experience how the world of Hip Hop evolved in response to the rapidly changing political and environments from the 1970s through the 2000s. This work is an essential resource to enhance modern urban and world history curriculums and create a unique and engaging classroom settings for students.
The series is a collaboration between lifelong Visual Afrofuturism artist and illustrator, Tim Fielder and pre-eminent historian of Afrofuturism, Walter Greason."