Marc Lamont Hill shares fresh perspective about civil rights in Black History Month speech

Hip-hop intellectual Dr. Marc Lamont Hill will present “Civil Rights Movement and Today’s Struggle for Equality” at 7 p.m. today in the Indiana Memorial Union Alumni Hall.

Hill, whose work on hip-hop culture, sexuality and politics has been featured in several publications, is the annual Black History Month speaker presented by Union Board
Sophomore Erika Hall, director of lectures for Union Board, said Hill was nominated as the speaker after the board realized that he would provide a fresh perspective to the Civil Rights Movement.

“We think his lecture topic is very timely and appropriate to the month,” Hall said. “A lot of people don’t know about the civil rights movement that is going on now.”

Considered the youngest hip-hop intellectual of the moment, Dr. Hill lectures widely at university campuses.