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‘Urgency and Realness’: Inside the Human Rights Campaign’s Beyoncé-Inspired ‘Renaissance’ Syllabus
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) debuted a new Beyoncé-inspired HBCU syllabus based around her 2022 album 'Renaissance.' Get all the details here.
Curated by Justin Calhoun, Leslie Hall and Chauna Lawson of the HRC’s HBCU program, the syllabus will serve as an educational resource designed to honor, analyze and celebrate the joy, resilience, innovation and legacy of the Black queer community. From the economic impact of Beyoncé’s silver fashion aesthetic to career boosts given to Black queer icons such as Kevin Aviance, Ts Madison and Honey Dijon, Renaissance proved itself to be much more than a standard LP. Despite Calhoun’s initial concerns that breaking up the tracklist would “lose the flow” of the album — Renaissance is intentionally mixed and sequenced to emulate a seamless DJ set — he ultimately agreed that the approach helped the syllabus feel more like a lesson plan.
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