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Freedom Fest
July 29, 2023
featuring
Big K.R.I.T.
Jidenna
DEQN
SUE
DJ
GAP
HALO WHEELER
KELVIN
WOOTEN
GET EMPOWERED
50 YEARS LATER: THE INTERSECTION OF HIP-HOP AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
2023 Celebrates the Golden Anniversary of the transformative genre of Hip Hop. The music whose storied creation and the art form created a sonic boom in cultural expansion while lending a voice to the voiceless of communities of color faced with poverty and violence. Storytelling for generations now became the genre of a generation.
ED BOWSER
(MODERATOR)
Deputy Director of Communications
City of Birmingham Mayor’s Office
PATRICK
JOHNSON
Co-Founder
Red Light District
LAURENCE
SALVARY
Podcaster and
Hip Hop Enthusiast
DJ RAHDU
MAHDI
Editor-In-Chief
Bama Love Soul
FROM CIVIL RIGHTS TO SOCIAL JUSTICE – THE BLACK ATHLETE: THEN AND NOW
Black athletes throughout American history have used their public platforms to advocate for social issues that run in contrast to the opinions of their fanbase and sometimes the organizations they play for. This conversation is an in-depth look at the roles black athletes play and have played off the court and field in social justice, then and now.
ROY S.
JOHNSON
Columnist/Director of Content Development
Alabama Media Group
CHAD
SLADE
Former NFL Lineman and Auburn University Athlete
LEONARD
SMOOT, JR.
Head Coach
Miles College Golf Team
FERDINAND
RUTLEDGE
Former Negro Southern League player
1963: 60 YEARS OF BLACK RESISTANCE
In 1963, Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth called on the help of civil rights leaders Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. and Reverend Ralph Abernathy to come to Birmingham to lead the Birmingham Campaign for Civil and Human Rights. At the time is was called Project C for ‘Confrontation. During this campaign young people lead the charge and marched in the streets. These young people were attacked, brutalized and jailed—the world was watching.
MAYOR RANDALL
L. WOODFIN
City of Birmingham
DENISE E.
GILMORE
Senior Director, Division of Social Justice and Racial Equity
City of Birmingham Mayor’s Office
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