To promote teaching and research of the Shakur Collection, the AUC Woodruff Library held a two-day conference September 28-29, 2012, Hip Hop, Education, and Expanding the Archival Imagination, that explored Shakur's life and work as well as Hip Hop archives and studies. Hip Hop scholars, educators, students and artists from around the country convened for the event. Dr. Akinyele Umoja, educator and scholar-activist and an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of African American Studies at Georgia State University, served as a featured speaker at the conference.
