Natalie Hopkinson

Faculty @ American U. Author of 3 books. Co-founder of Don't Mute DC and the Go-Go Museum. Former staff writer/editor/columnist WashPo, TheRoot, HuffPo.

[SAVE A SEAT FOR ME (Simon & Schuster, 2026) @NewBlackMan]

POWER OF THE FOLK | Natalie Hopkinson

Summonsing the spirit of Zora and other ancestors for clues on how to survive and thrive in dark times.
https://t.co/cgfaRZloUi

[Natalie Hopkinson @NatHopkinson]

My new post about folklife, democracy what I saw last weekend in Richmond and hope to see in Mississippi next month: https://t.co/m6Gy0MpZlI

[Natalie Hopkinson @NatHopkinson]

This is trolling at the highest levels. I have never seen trolling like this.
He usually saves this kind of taunting for women, colored men, disabled people, gays....but to play directly in the faces of most powerful voting blocks days before the Midterms...is a choice. He DGAF

[Natalie Hopkinson @NatHopkinson]

@ProfDNgong I read it 3 times.

He is paying the seniors a one-time payment of $90.

Perhaps it will cover a tank of gas...

[Natalie Hopkinson @NatHopkinson]

@ProfDNgong I read it 3 times.

He is paying the seniors a one-time payment of $90.

Perhaps it will cover a tank of gas...

[Natalie Hopkinson @NatHopkinson]

My mom is a fixed-income Florida retiree. Her monthly health care bill going up by $1,000s. Was JUST asking her why seniors not storming White House gates!

Then I see this: He's giving out $90 direct deposits.

That should do it right???
https://t.co/bnzb028cj0

[Natalie Hopkinson @NatHopkinson]

Baby Boomers are famously bratty. Famously pushy, demanding....They may horde power and vote in their own interest only. All of that is to say: I just can't see them go out like this...

[Natalie Hopkinson @NatHopkinson]

@jafarisinclaire @Tyler_A_Harper "A token is placed. It is a thing set down by one who imagines they can therefore pick it back up and do with it what they will.

Speak for yourself, son. You have never spoken for us."

🔥🎤

[Natalie Hopkinson @NatHopkinson]

Just read @jafarisinclaire cleanly dismantle the myth of the "black token" professor. This is an old, well-funded scam and a distraction from the real game. He gives @Tyler_A_Harper exactly what he earned. "Sonned" him even. 🤣
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[Natalie Hopkinson @NatHopkinson]

@jafarisinclaire @Tyler_A_Harper "Be a token, if you must. But we will not abide the miserable inference—the dog whistle, I am not like those others—that we who came through a door nailed shut against our parents and grandparents, and did the work once we were through it, should carry any shame for being [there"

[Natalie Hopkinson @NatHopkinson]

Sharing some of the inspiration behind a journalism series I launched this week with my students marking America’s 250th birthday. How to rise above the smallness of various moments. Happy Fourth! https://t.co/N6SsAIiv7p

[Natalie Hopkinson @NatHopkinson]

Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day! https://t.co/a9kVOu4PlS

[Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless @WashLegalClinic]

Trump directed every homeless encampment to be cleared that he might see on the way to Kennedy Center. *NO NOTICE* to residents. This isn't about helping people who are homeless. This isn't about crime. This is about not wanting to LOOK at poor people. https://t.co/eQ9Vw14wtQ

[American University @AmericanU]

Cofounded by @ausoc professor Natalie Hopkinson, the 8,000-square-foot Go-Go Museum in Anacostia tells the story of the genre and its cultural and political significance to DC through interactive digital exhibits, an outdoor performance space, and more.

Learn more about the museum, brush up on your go-go lingo, and give Hopkinson’s playlist a listen. https://t.co/SSHsf1jibU

[Natalie Hopkinson @NatHopkinson]

Wishing Happy Father's Day to all the immigrants and dreamers in memory of my dad, who left us 10 years ago. https://t.co/EWK4HubMma

[w.22🍉 @isitW1LL]

I have tasted Instagram. I have tasted Twitter. I have tasted Tiktok. I highly recommend reading a book.

[Councilmember Brooke Pinto @CMBrookePinto]

DC is the proud birthplace of Go-Go music and I was thrilled to be part of the grand opening for the official Go-Go Museum and Cafe in Anacostia! 🎶

Congratulations and thank you to Ronald Moten and Natalie Hopkinson for your vision and execution on creating a space we can be in community, learn about Go-Go's history, and celebrate its future.

[Natalie Hopkinson @NatHopkinson]

@Jderbyshire You should come check it out when you are in DC! We do have some artifacts from the brief go-go craze in London. Li'l Benny from when he was on the cover of a short-lived magazine. Also, a scrapbook from when Trouble Funk was on tour there....

[Global Black Studies at Duke @DukeAAAS]

“We have aimed to disrupt stubborn racial hierarchies that have determined who is invited into the halls of power and who is free to party in the streets of DC,” says American University professor Natalie Hopkinson
https://t.co/kI995CB516

[Susan Tran @susantran]

#GoGoMuseum in #DC opening weekend. Definitely check it out! The team turned 3,000 sq ft of space into an incredibly interactive space. It also meant they had to use every inch, including the bathrooms. @DCNewsNow @NatHopkinson @MotenSpeaks @mattsonsalla
https://t.co/txKWmSXSmP

[Duke University Press @DukePress]

Congratulations to Natalie Hopkinson @NatHopkinson, who has worked for many years to make DC's go-go museum a reality. Check out her book "Go-Go Live" which started it all.
https://t.co/BcZbq0VMxm
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