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Submissions from 2023

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Aretha Franklin and Janis Joplin: Women Take the Lead as the Vietnam War Politicizes Popular Music, Mark Naison

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From Affirmative Action to Reparations, Mark Naison

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Genius Amidst Tragedy- Wu Tang, Nas, Biggie, Jay-Z and Tupac’s Poetic Portrait of Inner City America in the 1990’s, Mark Naison

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How African American History Can Empower Everyone! The Bronx Experience, Mark Naison

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The United States of Percussion- Changes in Music and Society in the Late 1960's Which Set The Stage for the Rise of Hip Hop, Mark Naison

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Why Black History is YOUR History: Three Black Songwriters Who Left an Indelible Impact on Every American Teenager, Mark Naison

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Why Public Housing Did More to Stabilize the Bronx Than Destroy It, Mark Naison

Submissions from 2022

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A Tribute To Bob Gumbs and Harriet McFeeters: Two Community Leaders Who Changed the Way We View Bronx History, Mark Naison

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Backdrop to a Musical Revolution: Urban Uprisings, Black Power and the Vietnam War Shatter The Politics of Respectability in Popular Music, Mark Naison

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Economic Trends Which Helped Spawn 60's Uprisings and Helped Pave the Way for Affirmative Action in Employment and Admissions, Mark Naison

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Thank you Governor Abbott! Sending NYC Busloads of Migrants Helps Strengthen our City's Economy, Mark Naison

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The Cultural Capital Bronx Residents Possess, Mark Naison

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The Reinvention of Hip Hop In the Crack Epidemic Years, Mark Naison

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Thoughts on the Harvard Case: Why Discrimination Against Asians Cannot Be Attributed to Race Based Affirmative Action, Mark Naison

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Why Environmental Racism in the Bronx May Be A More Pressing Issue Than Gentrification, Mark Naison

Submissions from 2021

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The Crack Epidemic and the Transformation of Hip Hop: A Bronx Tale, Mark Naison

Submissions from 2020

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Appropriating Black Music While Segregating Black People: The Paradox of 1920’s American Culture, Mark Naison

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No Innocence Here: How Irish, Jewish and Italian New Yorkers Benefited From Their Whiteness in Post-World War II NYC, Mark Naison

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No Innocence Here: How Irish, Jewish and Italian New Yorkers Benefited From Their Whiteness in Post-World War II NYC, Mark Naison

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Woodie Guthrie and Billie Holiday- Revolutionizing Music and Society in the Great Depression, Mark Naison

Submissions from 2019

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Girl Groups in the Bronx: Race Gender and the Pursuit of Respectability, Mark Naison

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In the Shadow of The Great Depression- Car Imagery in Post War Rhythm and Blues Country, Mark Naison

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Italian Americans in Bronx Doo Wop-The Glory and the Paradox, Mark Naison

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The Multiracial Bronx: A Unique Cultural Incubator in Post War America, Mark Naison

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The Unacknowledged Economic and Political Forces Which Shaped the Rise of Rock and Roll, Mark Naison

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Why Hip Hop Began in the Bronx- Lecture for C-Span, Mark Naison

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Critical Review of Break Beats in the Bronx: Rediscovering Hip-Hop’s Early Years, Corey Lionel Spencer

Submissions from 2008

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Bronx Soundscape: Reflections on the Multicultural Roots of Hip Hop in Bronx Neighborhoods, Mark Naison