State Library of Pennsylvania STEMlab Adult Programs - 2024 Monthly Series

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Black and Punk Event Details

Science Programs for Adults: Black and Punk - March 7, 2024

March 7, Noon to 1 pm

Often thought of as a white man's game, there have been minorities in punk rock since the very beginning. Come and hear about it

Recording -STEMLab Lunch and Learn: Black and Punk

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Online Sources

THE BLACK ORIGINS OF PUNK
The TeachRock lesson on punk diversity
The Secret History of Black Punk: Record Zero
An amazing new graphic novel on the topic
History of Punk & Alt-Rock
Carnegie Music Hall's punk sub-page of the Timeline of African-American Music
These 16 early Afro-Punk artists made huge contributions to alt-rock
The Alternative Press (AP) magazine overview
'We still need to be seen': behind the rise of black punk culture
The Guardian looks at the way the press and culture ignore Black bands in punk and alt-rock
Music at Home: 15 Great Punk Songs by Black Artists
Rolling Stone's feature on Black Punk
"Music at Home: 15 Great Punk Songs by Black Artists"
The Spotify playlist from the Rolling Stone article of the same name
Diary of a Philadelphia punk rock preservationist
An article on the integrated nature of the Punk scene, especially in Philadelphia
Afro-punk
The Wikipedia article on Black participation in Punk. I would debate this term a bit
6 Iconic Black Punk Bands You Should Be Listening To
Black Punk bands in the 1970s, at the start of the movement
The black punk pioneers who made music history
The pioneers and must listens, plus 1 new artist
These 10 artists made Washington DC into one of the epicenters of punk
The DC Punk scene was the East Coast's LA, and like Los Angeles was well integrated
Who was the first black person in a punk band?
The obvious question, with other questions answered
Death
The TeachRock article on the original Black Punk band
Punk, purity, and positive mental attitude: The turbulent tale of Bad Brains
The Black Punk band that everyone thinks of, from the DC scene
Bad Brains
TeachRock's article on Bad Brains
My mum, the punk pioneer: Poly Styrene’s daughter remembers the X-Ray Spex leader
Poly Styrene's daughter remembers her mother
Up Yours! The Black, Queer, and Feminist Artists That Revolutionized Punk
Diversity in Punk rocks
X-Ray Spex
The seminal British band, first to be led by not only a woman, but a biracial woman
Fishbone
LA's Ska/Punk/Funk pioneer band
The forgotten story of Pure Hell, America’s first black punk band
The Philadelphia band that played with the major bands, and helped birth a movement
The Black Punk Princesses Making Hella Noise
The newest of the female and female-led Punk bands
New graphic memoir shows how punk rock helped a young Black man find his identity
James Spooner's seminal graphic novel study of finding Punk
The DC Punk Scene Relied on the Local Latinx Community
The Latin and Black community that led to the founding, and continued evolution, of the DC Punk scene
‘It Can Never Die’: How Punk Has Rocked D.C.
An exhibit from Georgetown on the DC scene
James Spooner
Spooner is the seminal historian of the Black Punk scene, through histories, graphic novels, and the documentary Afro-Punk
An interview with James Spooner (Black Punk Now, The High Desert)
James Spooner talking about the scene, the philosophy, and how it is changing
Where are the Black punks now?
Another James Spooner interview
The High Desert: Black. Punk. Nowhere.
Spooner's graphic autobiography
Black Punk Now
The Spooner-edited anthology on Punk and being Black in the scene
The Afro-Punk pioneers who defy stereotypes
An article from the Voice
Black female-led pop punk bands?
A great Reddit thread on Black female and female-led Punk bands
From Poly Styrene to Big Joanie: A celebration of black women in punk
The history and double curse of Black women in the Punk movement
Black Feminist Punks to the Front
Big Joanie, one of the hottest new bands in the Punk scene today
The Beauty and Freedom of Black Punks
A Harper’s Bazaar article about the Black Punk scene
20 Black Punk Bands You Need To Listen To
The newest Black Punk bands from the international scene
Black Punk Is Definitely Having a Moment
More on current happenings in the Black Punk scene and its visibility
Black Female Punk Singers
A quick overview/FAQ
Afropunk
Spotify playlist
Punk in Africa
An article on punk off the continent of Africa

Black and Punk chat
Because the chat was the best part of the Lunch and Learn