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South Florida Book Festival 2023: The Rise of the Hip-Hop South
July 15 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
The South Florida Book Festival presents a conversation with Dr. Regina N. Bradley, an award-winning writer and researcher of the Black American South. Dr. Bradley is the author of Chronicling Stankonia: The Rise of the Hip-Hop South. She is an alumna of Nasir Jones Hip Hop Fellow (Hutchins Center, Harvard University, Spring 2016) and an Associate Professor of English and African Diaspora Studies.
Join the Broward County Library’s African American Research Library and Cultural Center for the 2023 South Florida Book Festival, “WORD! Celebrating 50 Years of Hip-Hop Culture” to explore the cultural explosion generated by the hip-hop phenomenon. Attendees will hear from nationally known speakers, learn the roots of hip-hop culture and meet local authors.
Registration is suggested but not required.
Funding is provided in part through a Florida Humanities Book Festival Grant with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities and in partnership with the Broward Public Library Foundation. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of Florida Humanities or the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Event Details
Event Date/time:
July 15 @ 11:00 am -
July 15 @ 12:00 pm
