On October 27, the Society for Ethnomusicology will open its 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting with a pre-conference symposium Celebrating Historically Black Colleges and Universities' (HBCUs) Musical Legacy: An Exploration of Relationships Between HBCUs and the Society for Ethnomusicology. In this episode we talk with pre-conference co-chairs, Loneka Battiste and Fredara Hadley, about musical life at HBCUs, the work of members of the Gertrude Robinson Network, and supporting sustained conversations among HBCUs and the Society for Ethnomusicology.