Library After Hours: The Roots of Rap to the STEM of Hip Hop (Online)

Trace rap's roots in African-American oral traditions and learn about technology you can use to create your own raps.

Join us for another Library After Hours event! Meet a three-time Caldecott Honor author and a multi-talented illustrator and spoken word artist all in one presentation. Carole B. Weatherford will deliver a lively presentation tracing rap's roots in African-American oral traditions and Jeffery Weatherford shares techniques and technology you can use to create your own raps. 

Carole Boston Weatherford is a New York Times bestselling author
http://cbweatherford.com
her work includes:
Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement
Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-ins
Becoming Billie Holiday
Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane
Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America
The Roots of Rap: 16 Bars on the 4 Pillars of Hip Hop
Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library
Freedom in Congo Square

This event will be presented through Crowdcast. Registration is required. 

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