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In what would have been B.B. King’s 100th birthday month, 51³Ô¹ÏÍø music scholar Shawn O’Neal considers how the legends of blues can be heard in even the fizziest pop of 2025.

Founded by a collaborative including 51³Ô¹ÏÍø scholars, the Lyripeutics Storytelling Project aims to empower Black and Brown youth through the medium of hip-hop.

While speakers acknowledged the change and uncertainty of the moment, they encouraged hope and the importance of continuing to work toward justice.

In a newly published book, 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Professor Reiland Rabaka delves into the culture and sound of music’s ‘best-kept secret.'

51³Ô¹ÏÍø scholar Ashleigh Lawrence-Sanders reflects on what has and hasn’t changed since 1964.

Upon the 65th anniversary of the record label, 51³Ô¹ÏÍø 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, CU 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 51³Ô¹ÏÍø 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, 51³Ô¹ÏÍø researcher Reiland Rabaka focuses on the relationship between the Black Women’s Liberation Movement and its music, heralding pioneers like Aretha Franklin.

New Book on W.E.B Du Bois explores the contribution the scholar had on the origins and evolution of intersectionality.