'The Black Church and Hip Hop Culture: Toward Bridging the Generational Divide'

In The Black Church and Hip Hop Culture: Toward Bridging the Generational Divide, Emmett G. Price III, chair of the Department of African American Studies at Northeastern University, opens wide the space for progressive, intergenerational dialogue between the Black Church and the Hip Hop Generation. In bringing together the work of leading thinkers, preachers, scholars and practitioners from across the country, Dr. Price’s collection aims to challenge the BlackChurch and Hip Hop Culture to realize their shared responsibilities to each other and to the greater society. Recognizing the rich diversity of expressions within the Black Community, this volume explores the key issues in the debate between these two significant institutions within Black Culture with an eye toward honest conversation and reconciliation.

“Although Hip Hop Culture in the twenty-first century is different from its infant state in the late 1960s and early 1970s, its urgent cries, moans, groans and hollers remain consistently focused on the same survival, liberation, and equality that the Black Church has fought over for generations, “ Dr. Price writes. Melding commentary, critical analysis and case study, The Black Church and Hip Hop Culture both initiates conversation and generates a powerful rally call which “challenges the [divided] generations to come back to the table to settle differences and move forward together.”

About the Editor: Emmett G. Price III, PhD, is chair of the Department of African American Studies and associate professor of music and African American studies at Northeastern University in Boston. He is author of Hip Hop Culture (2006) and executive editor of the Encyclopedia of African American Music (2011). A widely sought-after lecturer, consultant, and preacher, he is one of the leading authorities on music of the African Diaspora, the Black Church, and bridging the generational divide. The acclaimed musician and ordained minister is Pastor of Community of Love Christian Fellowship and founder of the Black Church Music Ministry Project.  Sites with more information on him include: www.emmettprice.com, www.COLCF.org, www.bcmmp.org.

The event is at Northeastern University's John D. O'Bryant African American Institute in the Amilcar Cabral Center, 40 Leon Street, Boston [conveniently located near the Ruggles stop on the Orange Line or the Northeastern stop on the Green Line (E train)]. Free and open to all; books, signed by the Dr. Price, will be available for purchase.  For information: 617-373-4913, m.mason@neu.edu.

Text and information provided by Mary Curtin Productions and the organizers.