This year is the 50th anniversary of the transformative year that was 1968. In the decades since the Civil Rights Movement, songs highlighting racial injustices have diminished in commercial appeal, especially in the “post-racial” era of the past decade. This has led to increased access barriers to conscious music for youth and adults alike. This presentation will look at curated black music and it’s accompanying artwork that has provided a portion of the soundtrack for the civil rights movement from 1968 to the present. Furthermore, the presentation will explore the context from which this music was created. The goal of this presentation is to increase our historical understanding and consciousness by rediscovering social justice-oriented records of the past, as well as be empowered by the lesser-heard liberation records of the present.
About the presenterBruce Campbell
Dr. Bruce Campbell Jr. is a Senior Fellow and Director of the Mid-Career Doctoral Program at the University of Pennsylvania.