Yvonne Bynoe
Yvonne Bynoe is an author and lecturer whose work combines
the relevant issues of politics, culture and economics
within the context of American popular culture. Bynoe has
been called one of the most important voices of her
generation. Famed scholar Manning Marable called
Bynoe, "one of Hip Hop Culture's most insightful
observers." Duke University professor Mark Anthony Neal,
author of several books on popular culture including,
That's The Joint: Hip Hop Studies Reader, said that Bynoe
is a member of "the Hip Hop intelligentsia." Currently,
Bynoe is a regular commentator on the National Public Radio
(NPR) program, News and Notes with Ed Gordon. Bynoe is the author of the book Stand and Deliver:
Political Activism, Leadership and Hip Hop Culture (Soft
Skull Press, 2004). Her second book, The Encyclopedia of
Rap and Hip Hop Culture (Greenwood Press), is scheduled to
be published in December, 2005. Her writings have been
included in university curricula across the country. For her activism, The Network Journal named her one of
ten "New Yorkers Who Make a Difference" (October, 2003).
The Source Magazine named Bynoe one of its "Top 10
Political Players" in the nation in its 7th annual "Power"
Issue. As an expert on the intersection between culture and
politics, Bynoe has been invited to speak at numerous
universities and colleges in the country including:
Columbia University, Harvard University, University of
Chicago, City University of New York Graduate Center, Duke
University and University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Most recently, Bynoe was a featured panelist at the first
Feminism and Hip Hop Conference held at the University of
Chicago. She was also a speaker at the conference,
Criminally Unjust: Young People and the Crisis of Mass
Incarceration, sponsored by The Institute of Research in
African-American Studies & the Africana Criminal Justice
Project at Columbia University. She was also a participant
in the historic Hip Hop Political Convention. She has
appeared on the Air America Radio show, "Unfiltered" with
co-host Chuck D, Tavis Smiley's radio show on National
Public Radio (NPR), has been a panelist at The Harlem Book
Fair and the town hall meeting during the Black Enterprise
Magazine's Annual Entrepreneurs Conference. She was also a
guest speaker at the National Urban League's Annual
Conference and has been a guest on the #1 cable news show,
The O'Reilly Factor. Bynoe has also appeared on numerous regional radio programs
around the nation. She has also been quoted in a variety of
publications including the New York Times, The Washington
Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, USA
Today, City Limits (New York), Black Enterprise Magazine,
AlterNet.org, Tavis Smiley Show (NPR) The Crisis magazine
and Jornal do Brazil (Rio de Janeiro). Bynoe's writings have appeared such publications as:
AlterNet.org, PopandPolitics.com, PoliticallyBlack.com, The
Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, Colorlines,
Africana.com, Popmatters.com, QBR: Black Books Review and
The Black World Today (online), Youth Today. Her essays have also appeared in several anthologies
including: National Urban League's 2001 State of Black
America; Rhythm and Business: The Political Economy of
Black Music (Askashic Press); "Race and Resistance: African
Americans in the 21st Century (South End Press) and America
Now! (Bedford/St. Martins) Writing Arguments, 6th Edition
(Addison Wesley) Bynoe is a Co-Founder and the former president of the Urban
Think Tank Institute. The mission of Urban Think Tank
Institute, a nonpartisan, not-for-profit, organization
founded in 2000, is to educate and engage young adults
about relevant policy issues and to develop new political
leadership. She is a past member of the advisory committee for Black
Youth Vote! a nonpartisan organization. She is also a
member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Xi Zeta Omega
chapter. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority is the oldest Black
service organization for women in the nation. Ms. Bynoe
holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Howard University and
a Juris Doctorate from Fordham University School of Law.
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Series
Books:Encyclopedia of Rap and Hip Hop Culture, December 2005
Hardcover
Stand and Deliver, March 2004
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