Duke University historian and author Tim Tyson is now doing hip-hop.
Tyson and gospel singer Mary D. Williams will meet with students Monday night at Pullen Memorial Baptist Church to help develop what organizers are calling “hip-hop infused chants” to be used at the following day’s march.
Protesters plan to march from the Raleigh Convention Center to the State Capitol before showing up at Tuesday’s Wake County school board meeting to oppose the elimination of the socioeconomic diversity policy.
School officials sent letters this week barring Tyson and Williams from school property following their arrest on second-degree trespassing charges for disrupting the June 15 school board meeting. Also receiving trespassing notices were the Rev. William Barber, president of the state NAACP; and the Rev. Nancy Petty, senior pastor of Pullen Memorial.
School board member John Tedesco called Monday’s attempt to help students develop chants an example of “staged theatrics” on the part of the opposition.
(I'm got a couple things running between now and Monday but I'm on vacation until July 26. I scheduled it back when the board wasn't meeting in July and before the march was announced.)
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fiwedding
Wed, 07/21/2010 - 04:36 — fiweddingI'm about to think most "law-yers" are sleezebags......it's that "if you can't beat em, join em" thing, I guess...money's just too darn good apparently, whether it's "good money" or "bad money."
I like big bus and I cannot
Sat, 07/17/2010 - 17:13 — CaryCurmudgeonI like big bus and I cannot lie............
Yowsa!
Sat, 07/17/2010 - 08:07 — DebrahTyson "be gettin' down wid his bad self"! Puffy T!
Let me hear ya say, Puffy T!
Where's Sean Combs (aka) Puff Daddy/P.Diddy when you need him?
Methinks---and my senses tell me from the carefully-crafted, homespun, self-serving, and detailed version of one "ellabaker"---that Tyson is rappin' here on this very forum!
Wow, does Dicky Brodhead and the Duke Gang of 88 know how "well-rounded".......so to speak.......their "colleague" is?
Entertainment galore on the Tobacco Road professional protest circuit!
Oh, I think Puff Daddy will
Sat, 07/17/2010 - 09:26 — CaryCurmudgeonOh, I think Puff Daddy will be there.
Chanting in lieu of learning?
Sat, 07/17/2010 - 08:47 — jwileyjYep. Nothing like some hip hop infused chants to add credibility to the street theater comic performances orchestrated by the ne'er do wells.
It's a pity they can't arrange a set of war drums and a cameo appearance by Johnny Weissmuller and Cheetah.Yep, nothing like having some hip hop infused chants
story is not factual
Sat, 07/17/2010 - 01:34 — ellabakerIn point of fact, Keung Hui kind of dinged this story. We are not expecting Professor Tyson to help out with the "hip-hop-inflected chants." This is the youth thing. He's cool, we love him, but he is not a youth. His son says he likes country music and gospel. Mrs. Williams is teaching us gospel songs and spirituals, and she and Professor Tyson are good friends, so maybe he will be around Monday night. I bet he will be outside on his cell phone during the hip-hop part. This is funny, except for all the nasty comments about a sweet man who spends a lot of time working with young people and laughs all the time.
Sweet?
Sat, 07/17/2010 - 07:40 — Bob_SconceAsk him how sweet his behavior in the Duke Lacrosse hoax was.
I know I'm supposed to be on
Sat, 07/17/2010 - 01:37 — KeungHui (author)I know I'm supposed to be on vacation but at Thursday's NC HEAT meeting, it was said that Tyson and Williams would help the kids with the chants. The teens were encouraged to come and participate Monday.
I believe Mr Hui
Sat, 07/17/2010 - 07:03 — PACK_MIKE77I guess hip-hop is not allowed for folks over 25.
"This is funny, except for all the nasty comments about a sweet man who spends a lot of time working with young people and laughs all the time."
Painting the school board as racist is not funny. Dr. Tyson is not a sweet man. He is a man looking for fifteen minutes of fame and he laughs the loudest when he is making nasty comments about those he opposes. At least the times I have seen Dr. Tyson speak.
i think tyson has a change of heart...
Fri, 07/16/2010 - 22:32 — red_balloon... now that he is focusing on educating WCPSS students.
Oh my god...
Fri, 07/16/2010 - 20:04 — true_freedomHip-hop infused chants?? Normally, I support Tyson, but this is the stupidest thing I've ever seen.
word
Fri, 07/16/2010 - 18:45 — CaryCurmudgeonYo, Mister Tyson! If you're gonna throw down some rap, you need a street name. Too bad Ludacris is already taken. How 'bout Lunatik?
?
Fri, 07/16/2010 - 18:27 — Bob_SconceBizarre.
Hip-hop chants orchestrated
Fri, 07/16/2010 - 18:03 — woodstockHip-hop chants orchestrated by a middle-aged white guy. All you can do is laugh. Just when you think this character has reached the epitome of foolishness, he takes it to a new level.
tyson
Fri, 07/16/2010 - 17:42 — acaveinTyson continuous to discredit himself and Duke, jumping in front of the camera after a failed movie. For not manning up after a slanderous column about the Duke LAX team , hard to understand such twisted logic. It is evident that Tyson believes voters have no rights. Busing has been on the decline since the 80's everywhere across the nation, ignoring the facts does not change the facts Tyson. Funny in New York city the gifted schools are all white and asian hmmmmm not much diversity going on up their.