W&M ScholarWorks Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects Theses, Dissertations, & Master Projects Fall 2016 Putin' on for Da Lou: Hip Hop's Response to Racism in St. Louis Travis Terrell Harris College of William and Mary,
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[email protected]. PUTIN' ON FOR DA LOU: HIP HOP'S RESPONSE TO RACISM IN ST. LOUIS Travis Terrell Harris Williamsburg, Virginia Master of Divinity, Virginia Union University, 2011 Bachelor of Arts, University of Virginia, 2006 A Thesis presented to the Graduate Faculty of the College of William and Mary in Candidacy for the Degree of Master of Arts American Studies The College of William and Mary August, 2016 © Copyright by Travis T. Harris 2016 APPROVAL PAGE This Thesis is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts Travis Harris Approved by the Committee, 04/2016 Committee Chair Professor Michael Blakey, American Studies and Anthropology The College of William and Mary Associate Professor Grey Gundaker, American Studies and Anthropology The College of William and Mary Assistant Professor Chinua Thelwell, Africana Studies and History The College of William and Mary ABSTRACT The brutal slaying of Michael Brown on August 9, 2014 by Police Officer Darren Wilson is part of an endemic system of institutional racism against Blacks in St.