The Back to School Event that Changed the World

As August progresses and we look towards the fall, those of us who are parents begin to think about back-to-school preparations and paying for back-to-school supplies. In that spirit, we should also celebrate today, August 11th, as the 50th anniversary of one of the most important back-to-school events in American history: Cindy Campbell's event at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx in 1973. She held the party to raise money to pay for back-to-school clothes. Her brother, Clive Campbell - better known as DJ Kool Herc, DJed the event that is widely considered to be the birth of hip-hop.