On September 28-29, 2012, the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library and the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation presented the Tupac Amaru Shakur Collection Conference:
Aug 1, 2019

Tupac Amaru Shakur Collection Conference: Hip Hop Education & Expanding the Archival Imagination

On September 28-29, 2012, the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library and the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation presented the Tupac Amaru Shakur Collection Conference: "Hip Hop, Education and Expanding the Archival Imagination." The Tupac Amaru Shakur Conference was designed to combine AUC Woodruff Library's mission to facilitate scholarly research and the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation's mission to encourage hip hop curriculum. Works posted to the Library's website from the Tupac Amaru Shakur Collection Conference may be downloaded, archived, and/or printed for noncommercial, educational, and research use. Any further use or dissemination of these works requires the express written permission of the copyright holders.
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To promote teaching and research of the Shakur Collection, the AUC Woodruff Library held a two-day conference September 28-29, 2012, Hip Hop, Education, and Expanding the Archival Imagination, that explored Shakurs life and work as well as Hip Hop archives and studies. Hop scholars, educators, students and artists from around the country convened for the event. Featured speakers included Dr. Mark Anthony Neal, Professor of Black Popular Culture at Duke University; Dr. Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar, Vice Provost for Diversity and Professor of History at the University of Connecticut; Kevin Powell, author and political activist; and Dr. Akinyele K. Umoja, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of African American Studies at Georgia State University.
 The twelve presentations were submitted by panelists at the 2012 conference. Information for each author may be found in the section entitled Panelist Biographies.
Tupac Amaru Shakur Collection Conference: Hip Hop Education & Expanding the Archival Imagination
Presentations of the 2012 Tupac Amaru Shakur Collection Conference: Hip Hop, Education & Expanding the Archiva
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2013-08-19
Description
To promote teaching and research of the Shakur Collection, the AUC Woodruff Library held a two-day conference September 28-29, 2012, Hip Hop, Education, and Expanding the Archival Imagination, that explored Shakurs life and work as well as Hip Hop archives and studies. Hop scholars, educators, students and artists from around the country convened for the event. Featured speakers included Dr. Mark Anthony Neal, Professor of Black Popular Culture at Duke University; Dr. Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar, Vice Provost for Diversity and Professor of History at the University of Connecticut; Kevin Powell, author and political activist; and Dr. Akinyele K. Umoja, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of African American Studies at Georgia State University. The twelve presentations were submitted by panelists at the 2012 conference. Information for each author may be found in the section entitled Panelist Biographies.
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Tupac Amaru Shakur Collection Conference: Hip Hop Education & Expanding the Archival Imagination
To promote teaching and research of the Shakur Collection, the AUC Woodruff Library held a two-day conference September 28-29, 2012, Hip Hop, Education, and Expanding the Archival Imagination, that explored Shakurs life and work as well as Hip Hop archives and studies. Hop scholars, educators, students and artists from around the country convened for the event. Featured speakers included Dr. Mark Anthony Neal, Professor of Black Popular Culture at Duke University; Dr. Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar, Vice Provost for Diversity and Professor of History at the University of Connecticut; Kevin Powell, author and political activist; and Dr. Akinyele K. Umoja, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of African American Studies at Georgia State University.
 These documents represent fifteen papers submitted by panelists at the 2012 conference. Information for each author may be found in the section entitled Panelist Biographies. The papers have been reformatted only to maintain similarity in font style and margins.
Tupac Amaru Shakur Collection Conference: Hip Hop Education & Expanding the Archival Imagination
Papers of the 2012 Tupac Amaru Shakur Collection Conference: Hip Hop, Education & Expanding the Archival Imagi
Date Created
2013-08-19
Description
To promote teaching and research of the Shakur Collection, the AUC Woodruff Library held a two-day conference September 28-29, 2012, Hip Hop, Education, and Expanding the Archival Imagination, that explored Shakurs life and work as well as Hip Hop archives and studies. Hop scholars, educators, students and artists from around the country convened for the event. Featured speakers included Dr. Mark Anthony Neal, Professor of Black Popular Culture at Duke University; Dr. Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar, Vice Provost for Diversity and Professor of History at the University of Connecticut; Kevin Powell, author and political activist; and Dr. Akinyele K. Umoja, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of African American Studies at Georgia State University. These documents represent fifteen papers submitted by panelists at the 2012 conference. Information for each author may be found in the section entitled Panelist Biographies. The papers have been reformatted only to maintain similarity in font style and margins.
Collection
Tupac Amaru Shakur Collection Conference: Hip Hop Education & Expanding the Archival Imagination
To promote teaching and research of the Shakur Collection, the AUC Woodruff Library held a two-day conference September 28-29, 2012, Hip Hop, Education, and Expanding the Archival Imagination, that explored Shakurs life and work as well as Hip Hop archives and studies. Hop scholars, educators, students and artists from around the country convened for the event. Featured speakers included Dr. Mark Anthony Neal, Professor of Black Popular Culture at Duke University; Dr. Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar, Vice Provost for Diversity and Professor of History at the University of Connecticut; Kevin Powell, author and political activist; and Dr. Akinyele K. Umoja, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of African American Studies at Georgia State University.
 The twelve presentations were submitted by panelists at the 2012 conference. Information for each author may be found in the section entitled Panelist Biographies.
Tupac Amaru Shakur Collection Conference: Hip Hop Education & Expanding the Archival Imagination
Presentations of the 2012 Tupac Amaru Shakur Collection Conference: Hip Hop, Education & Expanding the Archiva
Date Created
2013-08-19
Description
To promote teaching and research of the Shakur Collection, the AUC Woodruff Library held a two-day conference September 28-29, 2012, Hip Hop, Education, and Expanding the Archival Imagination, that explored Shakurs life and work as well as Hip Hop archives and studies. Hop scholars, educators, students and artists from around the country convened for the event. Featured speakers included Dr. Mark Anthony Neal, Professor of Black Popular Culture at Duke University; Dr. Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar, Vice Provost for Diversity and Professor of History at the University of Connecticut; Kevin Powell, author and political activist; and Dr. Akinyele K. Umoja, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of African American Studies at Georgia State University. The twelve presentations were submitted by panelists at the 2012 conference. Information for each author may be found in the section entitled Panelist Biographies.
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Tupac Amaru Shakur Collection Conference: Hip Hop Education & Expanding the Archival Imagination