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UMKC Arts & Culture, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Engagement Month, Speakers & Lecture Series

From Minstrelsy to Beyoncé: Race in American Popular Music

The UMKC Cockefair Chair and members of the talented faculty at UMKC deliver short, engaging courses on national issues, Kansas City history and current events and literature and the arts. Join in to experience thoughtful analysis on a variety of subjects.

recurring: 1:00-2:30 PM
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From Minstrelsy to Beyoncé: Race in American Popular Music

This summer’s blockbuster movie Elvis has reignited conversations around Elvis Presley’s connection to the Black artists who inspired him. His earliest hits were covers of artists like Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup (“That’s Alright”) and Big Mama Thornton (“Hound Dog”). But was Elvis’s use of the Blues and Black gospel music cultural appropriation? And what should we think of his legacy today? Join Prof. Andrew Granade to explore the ways in which popular music in the United States has mirrored and commented on the state of race relations and discover how, in spite of the physical barriers that were erected between white and black artists, cultural barriers were constantly torn down in the path towards today’s musical landscape.

Tuesdays, 1:00 – 2:30 p.m.

September 20 and 27 and October 4

UMKC Administrative Center, Brookside Room

Zoom option also available

$40 ($55 with parking permit)

Please note: In consideration of the health and safety of our guests, event and course accommodations will be in accordance with the latest local and CDC guidelines. Please check the UMKC health and safety website for current information- https://www.umkc.edu/coronavirus/

PLEASE NOTE: If in the future you decide to purchase additional classes, you must use the edit button in your confirmation email to return to your form.

For questions, please contact Kim Rudolph at rudolphk@umkc.edu.


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Contact

Kim Rudolph
  rudolphk@umkc.edu

Location

  4949 Cherry St, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA

More Information

https://info.umkc.edu/cockefair/courses/

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