17th Annual Black New England Conference:
I, Too, Sing:
Art, Music, and Writing in Our BIPOC Communities
Suggested Reading List
Tour #1
Boston Jazz History Walking Tour
Articles
The Place of Race in Jazz Discourse: Storyville, Boston
Panel #1
GENERATIONS RISING: RECOVERING LANGUAGE AND CULTURE
Books
The Signifying Monkey: A Theory of African-American Literary Criticism by Henry Louis Gates, Jr
Reclaiming Culture: Indigenous People and Self-Representation by J Hendry
Articles
Effort to recover Indigenous language also revitalizes culture, history and identity
If language tells us who we are, then who am I?
The Power of Language: How Words Shape people, culture
Panel #2
THE PEOPLE COULD FLY: MYTHS, LEGENDS, FOLKTALES, AND SONG
Books
The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales by Virginia Hamilton
The Annotated African American Folktales by Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Maria Tatar
Articles
How African American folklore saved the cultural memory and history of slaves
Why Telling Our Own Story Is So Powerful for Black Americans
The Flying Africans: Returning Home in African American Folklore
Panel #3
IN LIVING COLOR: RECONSTRUCTING THE CANON
Books
Transpacific Convergences: Race, Migration, and Japanese American Film Culture before World War II (Studies in United States Culture) by Denise Khor
Shakespeare in Sable: A History of Black Shakespearean Actors by Errol Hill
Articles
Who Gets to Decide What Belongs in the ‘Canon’?
Artistic Canon - What is Considered Canon in Art History and Why?
Panel #4
A CONVERSATION WITH PLAYWRIGHT KIRSTEN GREENIDGE
Books
Sans-culottes in the Promised Land by Kirsten Greenidge
Storytelling for Social Justice: Connecting Narrative and the Arts in Antiracist Teaching by Lee Anne Bell
Articles
Why Inclusive Language Matters
THE POWER OF PLACE: ART AS A TOOL FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE
Art as a Critical Response to Social Issues
Panel #5
RE-FRAMING THE MUSIC: HIP HOP AND ITS INFLUENCE ON THE BIPOC COMMUNITY
Books
Cultural Appropriation and the Arts by James O. Young
Soul Thieves: The Appropriation and Misrepresentation of African American Popular Culture by T. Brown
Articles
Native American rapper looks to break stereotypes
How to separate cultural appreciation, appropriation in music
‘They use our culture’: the Black creatives and fans holding K-pop accountable
Panel #6
I AM THE FUTURE: INNOVATION IN THE ARTS AMONG BIPOC GROUPS
Books
We Are Here: Visionaries of Color Transforming the Art World by by Jasmin Hernandez
Lux et Veritas: Pushing a White Wall by William Cordova (Introduction), Bonnie Clearwater (Contributor)
Articles
The New Generation of Black Women and Nonbinary Gallerists
Five shifts in the art world that are creating a more inclusive market
The Next Generation: BIPOC Spotlight
