Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dont-mute-dc-go-go-gentrification-and-resistance-to-cultural-erasure-tickets-73463494289 Dr. Natalie Hopkinson’s Washington-based narrative, Go-Go Live: The Musical Life and Death of a Chocolate City, gives a social history of black Washington told through its go-go music and culture, and how gentrification pushed go-go into D.C.’s suburbs. The Chocolate City is in decline, but its heart, D.C.’s distinctive go-go musical culture, continues to beat. Dr. Hopkinson’s talk will discuss the history of go-go music and how the #DontMuteDC movement evolved into a more extensive conversation about gentrification, culture, and racial justice.