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Hip Hop in the classroom: Reaching students where they are

Hip Hop in the classroom: Reaching students where they are

Update: 2025-07-11
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We speak with Dr. Dawn Hicks Tafari, Professor of Education and Coordinator of Elementary Education at Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina. Dawn is author of "The Journey of Kamau Miller: Hip Hop Composite Counter Stories for Black Men Teachers." She uses hip hop as a way to communicate with students and composite counter stories to communicate beyond the academy.


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References

- The Journey of Kamau Miller: Hip Hop Composite Stories for Black Men Teachers, book by Dawn Tafari


- If we treated teachers like Pro Athletes by Key & Peele on YouTube


- Wet Dreams by J. Cole on YouTube


 


Soundtrack by Poddington Bear

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Hip Hop in the classroom: Reaching students where they are

Hip Hop in the classroom: Reaching students where they are

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