American Requiem: Beyoncé, Country Music, and the Drive to Roll Back the New Reconstruction

Name: American Requiem: Beyoncé, Country Music, and the Drive to Roll Back the New Reconstruction
Start: 2025-09-04T19:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-09-04T20:30:00-04:00
Location: 650 East Ave, Erie, PA 16503-1535, United States

Schedule

Thu Sep 04 2025 at 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

650 East Ave, Erie, PA 16503-1535, United States | Erie, PA

Professor/Instructor/Speaker: Rhonda Matthews and Chelsea Oliver
How are Beyoncé's "Cowboy Carter" and country music embodying opposing cultural and political forces in America when they, in fact, should not? Join Erie's Black Wall Street Cofounder Dr. Rhonda Matthews and Chelsea Oliver, JES Director of Marketing and Community Engagement and JES Raimy Fellow, as they examine the cultural landscape of racial progress, the backlash against it, and how artists become symbols in the fight for (and against) a more inclusive nation.