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When then-journalist Joan Morgan got tired of explaining how hip-hop and feminism can co-exist, she decided to write her first book, “When Chickenheads Come Home to Roost: A Hip-Hop Feminist Breaks It Down.” First printed in 2000! Her publication helped to define an entire new iteration of feminism that chose to reimagine the rap industry as a place where women could, not only stake their own claim, but also lead the discourse on gender equality and hip hop becoming a force for societal change.
Now, 25 years later, Morgan has gotten her Ph.D. and finds herself embedded in academia, an outcome she did not originally set out to accomplish. Dr. Joan Morgan joins her childhood friend, host Mark Anthony Neal, to unpack her writing practice over the years and how being a better writer makes one a better thinker overall.
Dr. Joan Morgan works as the Director of the Center for Black Visual Culture at the Institute of African American Affairs at @newyorkuniversity, originally founded by photography legend Deborah Willis, Ph.D.
Learn more about the Center here: https://cbvc.nyu.edu/
Find “When Chickenheads Come Home to Roost” here: https://www.amazon.com/When-Chickenheads-Come-Home-Roost/dp/068486861X
“Left of Black,” Duke University’s intrepid web series on Black Studies and the Black Arts, begins its milestone fifteenth season! “Left of Black” is the 2024 Gold Davey Award-winning and 2023 Webby Award-nominated series featuring interviews with Black Studies scholars, along with musicians and artists, created and hosted by the James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of African and African American Studies, Dr. Mark Anthony Neal.
Directed, produced & edited by Eric Barstow, M.F.A.
Camera and gaffing by Jakiah Glass and Melissa Looney
