Zócalo Public SquareUSC Pop Culture Historian, Critic, and Commentator Todd Boyd – Zócalo Public Square https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org Ideas Journalism With a Head and a Heart Mon, 21 Oct 2024 07:01:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 USC Pop Culture Historian, Critic, and Commentator Todd Boyd https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/2018/05/28/usc-pop-culture-historian-critic-commentator-todd-boyd/personalities/in-the-green-room/ https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/2018/05/28/usc-pop-culture-historian-critic-commentator-todd-boyd/personalities/in-the-green-room/#respond Mon, 28 May 2018 07:01:28 +0000 Zocalo https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/?p=94463 Todd Boyd is a race and pop culture scholar at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. He appeared in the Academy Award-winning documentary Twenty Feet From Stardom, and is the author of several books, including Young, Black, Rich, and Famous: The Rise of the NBA, the Hip Hop Invasion, and the Transformation of American Culture. Before taking part in a Zócalo/Getty panel discussion titled “Can We Appreciate the Great Art of Bad People?” at The Getty Center, he spoke in the green room about New York’s ’50s jazz scene, Howard Cosell’s influence on him, and his boyhood sports heroes.

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