Go-Go's Next Chapter Panel, 2021-11
Content Description
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
- Stephenson, Charles C. (Person)
- Kokayi (Person)
- McDuffie, Kenyan R., 1975- (Person)
- Jones, Edward (Person)
- Moten, Ronald (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
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