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Go-Go's Next Chapter Panel, 2021-11

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Identifier: 225_01_02_GoGoMusicCafe_003

Content Description

From the Collection:

The Go-Go Museum & Café and partners collected 11 oral histories, produced two go-go concerts, and organized a major conference on go-go: “Go-Go Preservation Week 2021” in collaboration with the Traditional Arts DC project at Howard University. The Go-Go-Preservation Week panel discussions, concerts, and oral history collections.

Dates

  • Creation: 2021-11

Creator

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There are no restrictions to accessing this collection.

Extent

From the Collection: 26 Gigabytes

From the Collection: 270 Files

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

This conversation was the series finale and included citywide leaders in local politics, library, and philanthropy. The panel “broke news” about how the new Go-Go category in the Grammy’s was created by a local artist (who was on the panel), two days before this news was published in the Washington Post. The panel was moderated by Go-Go scholar and activist, Charles C. Stephenson, Jr. Joining him on the panel were Kokayi, the artist responsible for including Go-Go in the Grammy’s, Ward 6 Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie (author of the Go-Go Official Music Designation Act and architect of the Go-Go Stimulus) Edward Jones, Ward 5 resident and Vice President of the Association for Black Foundation Executives, and Ronald Moten, co-founder of the Go-Go Museum & Café.

Repository Details

Part of the The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library Repository

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