Regents of the University of California v. Bakke

This growing confidence and struggle for black identity led to a new widespread celebration of blackness. The Ebony magazines from the 1970’s featured advertisements that declared a new “Beautiful Black.” The May issue in 1970 encouraged both black men and women to embrace their natural beauty. For example, some commercials displayed black men and women with afros, showcasing their natural hair instead of straightening it out. One article even wrote of a beauty queen, Miss “Black America,” who…

Louis rapper, who grew up in University City, Missouri, a town where my parents lived. Nelly formed a group called the St. Lunatics. Most rap of this era, during the early to mid-nineties, was either located on the east or west coast. Nelly living in St. Louis created a great branding opportunity. Nelly was an all-around athlete and played football, baseball, and basketball at University City High School. Several of his songs make references to the game of…

Hip hop artist and basketball players are both performers, who have a rich connection and similar persona, showcasing style, swagger, urbanism, bravado, and coolness. This rich bond was established in 1979; from 1984 to 2009, a new era was conceived, known as “The Dunkadelic Era.” In 1979, the first mainstream explicit connection between hip-hop and basketball was established. The Sugarhill Gang’s hit song “Rapper’s Delight,” which is commonly referred to as the first mainstream hip-hop song,…