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Off the Shelf: Revolutionary Readings in Times of Crisis
"Off the Shelf: Revolutionary Readings in Times of Crisis" is a podcast series featuring in-depth conversations with Black scholars on the University of Illinois campus and beyond. Each episode explores books and scholars they recommend we take “off the shelf” to help us understand these revolutionary times and creative agendas for the here and now. Hosted by Dr. Augustus Wood, a scholar of political economy and gentrification, labor, and social movements in late 20th and early 21st century African American urban history.
Off the Shelf: Revolutionary Readings in Times of Crisis
S1, Episode 6: Stacey Robinson on Art, Hip-Hop, and Black Liberation
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Humanities Research Institute
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Season 1
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Episode 6
"I have a lot more questions than answers, but I turn my questions into an art practice." In this episode, host Augustus Wood and Professor Stacey Robinson explore numerous threads—from James Baldwin and Frances Cress Welsing to hip-hop historian Jeff Chang, and album cover artists Pedro Bell and Overton Lloyd to the golden age of hip-hop—as they consider questions like What is our vision for a better society? And what are the terms and conditions of Black liberation? They also discuss Robinson's new book with writer Alverne Ball, Across the Tracks: Remembering Greenwood, Black Wall Street, and the Tulsa Race Massacre, which was released this summer on the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre.