Mix of Hip Hop, Soul, Social Commentary by Khalil Ismail Continues UB's 'Language of Protest' Course, Nov. 3
October 19, 2016
Contact: Public Affairs
Phone: 410.837.5739
On Thursday, Nov. 3, artist and community activist Khalil Ismail will perform at the University of Baltimore's Wright Theater in the UB Student Center, 21 W. Mt. Royal Ave. Continuing the tradition of black message music, Ismail will deliver a set of original hip hop and soul music. Beginning at 6:30 p.m., the event is free and open to the public. Pizza will be available starting at 6 p.m.
Ismail is a lyricist and vocalist from Baltimore, with roots in Washington, D.C. His fusion of hip hop and R&B is inspired by Marvin Gaye, Donny Hathaway, John Legend, Maxwell, Lauren Hill, Tupac Shakur, Brother Ali, and Nas. Ismail's singing and rhyming are drivien by a sense of social justice and the universality of music.
The performance is part of "The Language of Protest," a new course in the University's Klein School of Communications Design that offers a sweeping examination of the country’s history of protest movements, and how words, songs, stories, tracts and a host of related methods of communication have advanced a remarkable range of causes. It is led by Arthur J. Magida, author of several works of non-fiction and writer in residence in the school.
"Since," Magida said, "this is a nation founded on protest—we call it our revolution—activism is endemic to our culture. Not a day has gone by since 1776 that someone hasn't embraced a new cause, hopefully in pursuit of justice. The Language of Protest is devoted to figuring out why this is so, and what accounts for valuable and lasting protest."
NOTE: Ismail and Magida will be guests on the Marc Steiner Show on WEAA-FM on Monday, Oct 31, beginning at 11:30 a.m.
Course readings include writing and songs by Tom Paine, Henry David Thoreau, Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells. Susan B. Anthony, Woody Guthrie, Thomas Merton, Allen Ginsberg and Muhammad Ali.
Ismail's performance is sponsored by the University of Baltmore's Hoffberger Center for Professional Ethics.
Learn more about "The Language of Protest" course.
Learn more about Prof. Magida and the Klein Family School of Communications Design in the Yale Gordon College of Arts and Sciences.
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